This article examines the impact of banking financial institutions on the promotion and growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda, focusing on Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) in the Gisozi sector. The purpose of the study was to find out the impact of banking financial institutions on promoting of SMEs in Rwanda using BPR bank as a case study. The study was based on two specific objectives, that is, to examine the services and products provide by BPR BANK to SMEs in Gisozi sector. to evaluate the effects of financial services provide by BPR BANK in promotion of SMEs in Gisozi sector. To achieve these objectives, the research adopted descriptive study design. Data were collected through questionnaires, face to face interviews and direct observation methods. Data were analyzed by use of statistical methods, (descriptive statistics, Correlations). The findings revealed that according to the objective Table 4.5 presents the respondents’ perceptions on stakeholders' engagement, respondents agreed that banking institutions play a significant role in promoting the growth of your SMEs.as shown by a mean of 4.44 (very strong) which is in the range between: The standard deviation .512 implies Heterogeneity of answers from respondents on banking institutions play a significant role in promoting the growth of your SMEs. The same table indicated that banking institutions adequately understand the financing needs of your SMEs. as shown by a mean of 4.56 (very strong), which is in range between: Such a very strong mean implies that Banking institutions adequately understand the financing needs of your SMEs. The standard deviation .516 implies Heterogeneity of answers from respondents on stakeholders feel included and valued. The effects of banking financial institutions on promoting SMEs in Rwanda and correlation matrix shows that independent variable has positive high correlation to dependent variable equal to . 928** and the p-value is .000 which is less than 0.01. When p-value is less than significant level, therefore researchers concludes that variables are correlated and the hypotheses are confirmed. This means that there is a significant relationship between banking financial institutions on promoting SMEs in Rwanda. Therefore, it is through this the second specific objective of this study was analysed and of course the above results allowed researchers to confirm the second hypothesis stipulating that “banking financial institutions has positive effects on promoting SMEs in Rwanda
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