Alliance for Financial Inclusion

AFI and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) hosts three-day training event in Harare, exploring how to boost financial literacy among women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WMSMEs).

On 9 July, 144 attendees from 36 countries took part in an AFI Webinar on Behavioral Insights for Effective Financial Inclusion Policymaking.  

On 28 June, the President of Suriname and the Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname officially launched the country’s National Financial Inclusion and Education Strategy (NFIES).

In the Maldives, where women-owned businesses account for the majority of small and medium-sized enterprises, their constrained access to financial credit is holding the entire country back.  

"If we want to have thriving communities and innovative economies, we need to support Women-led MSMEs," says Bank of Zambia's Freda Tamba as she explains how women got to lead the country's MSME sector.

Central bank mandates increasingly allow them to influence job creation, says Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, Governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). Speaking at AFI’s 13th African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI) Leaders’ Roundtable in Abidjan, Gover...

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion and the European Commission launch major partnership to support Sub-Saharan African countries to enhance the regulatory environment for financial inclusion.

The Experts Group on Financial Inclusion Policy (EGFIP) for AFI’s African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI) meets in Abidjan, at an event co-hosted with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Côte d'Ivoire.

Around the world, conflict and climate-induced disasters are uprooting more and more families and communities. A new AFI report examines how financial policymakers and regulators can help improve their lives by enhancing access to finance for refugee-led micro, small and medium e...

Members from AFI’s Financial Inclusion Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC) are in The Bahamas, exploring opportunities to advance financial inclusion during five days of meetings co-hosted with the Central Bank of the Bahamas (CBB). 

Until 20 years ago the male child in The Gambia was sent to school, while the girls stayed home to help with house chores. Cultural, religious and social norms have all had a detrimental impact on women’s economic participation, particularly in rural parts of the country where ...

Each year, the AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase spotlights digital solutions with the promise to improve access to financial services for low-income populations. In our third interview with the 2024 Showcase winners, we profile Mosabi, a Sierra Leone-based platform which blends...