Procurement Summary
Country: South Africa
Summary: South Africa - Development of enabling Legal Framework for movable asset financing
Deadline: 05 Feb 2026
Posting Date: 28 Jan 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 134577516
Document Ref. No.: 0002020692
Financier: World Bank (WB)
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the privatesector arm of the World Bank Group, is a major multilateral financier focusedon supporting private enterprises in emerging markets. Its FinancialInstitutions Group (FIG) promotes financial inclusion, services the realeconomy, and mobilizes third-party resources. FIG carries out these goals byinvesting in various financial subsectors and strengthening financialinstitutions, notably through its Upstream Advisory services. These advisoryservices help banks and financial institutions in their digital transformation, enhance their outreach, and improve specialized financing capabilities in areassuch as gender, agriculture, and climate finance. FIG also works withgovernment clients to create legal and institutional frameworks that improveaccess to finance for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), includingreforms in credit reporting, secured transactions, and financial distressmechanisms.In South Africa, MSMEs face significant barriers toaccessing finance, primarily due to the lack of acceptable collateral. Thecountry-s legal frameworks heavily favor immovable assets, disadvantagingbusinesses that depend on movable property. This structural issue limitscredit, hinders entrepreneurship, and slows economic growth. A comprehensiveassessment in 2015, updated in 2023, revealed the absence of a unified legalframework for security transactions involving movable assets and highlightedoutdated, complicated security devices. Although South Africa-s financialsector is well-developed, MSMEs still struggle to obtain credit because theylack suitable collateral and face a complex legal environment. The assessmentrecommended reforming the legal framework and creating an electronic collateralregistry to support value chain financing and improve transparency.IFC is providing technical assistance and advisory supportto the Government of South Africa, working with the Department of SmallBusiness Development (DSBD) and an intermin...
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SA-STCR-605660_-Legal-framework-Final.pdf