2024 AFI Financial Inclusion Awards winners are revealed

Each year, AFI Awards celebrate member institutions and policymakers’ success in advancing financial inclusion. At the 2024 Global Policy Forum in San Salvador, the 2024 winners and finalists were revealed:

Nestor Espenilla Jr. Financial Inclusion Innovation Award

Winner: Reserve Bank of Fiji

Finalists:

• Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Bank of Ghana
• Nepal Rastra Bank
• Central Bank of Nigeria

Global Youth Financial Inclusion Award

Winner: Bangladesh Bank

Finalists:

• Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria de Ecuador
• National Bank of Georgia
• National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
• Banque Centrale de Tunisie

Maya Declaration Commitment Award

Winner: Central Bank of Jordan

Finalists:

• Bangladesh Bank
• Central Bank of Egypt
• Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria de Ecuador
• Palestine Monetary Authority

Institutional Leadership Award

Winner: Bank of Zambia

Finalists:

• Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
• Maldives Monetary Authority
• Bank Al-Maghrib
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Technical Leadership Awards

Consumer Empowerment & Market Conduct

Winner: Natalia Sanchez, Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana

Finalists:

• Sevak Mikayelyan, Central Bank of Armenia
• Cesar Ricardo Umanzor Zavala, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Ligia Marcela Herrera, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
• Kiran Pandit, Nepal Rastra Bank

Digital Financial services

Winner: Kwame Oppong, Bank of Ghana

Finalists:

• Ines Paez, Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
• Eserani Muvani, Reserve Bank of Fiji
• Ann Valery Victor Metellus, Banque de la République d’Haïti
• Fatoumata Mayaki, Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)

Financial Inclusion Data

Winner: Settor Amediku, Bank of Ghana

Finalists:

• William Medardo Rodriguez, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Fredy Antonio Vides Romero, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
• Layanah Wreikat, Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC)
• Mynard B. Mojica, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 

Financial Inclusion Strategy

Winner: Mohanad Salous, Palestine Monetary Authority

Finalists:

• Tiana Ramparany, Direction Générale du Trésor, Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances, Madagascar
• Mohamad Riadh Tlili, Banque Centrale de Tunisie
• Varisha Chaar-Starke, Centrale Bank van Suriname
• Janisse Magali Gonzalez Arriola, Banco Central del Paraguay

Global Standards Proportionality

Winner: Phephile Dlamini, Central Bank of Eswatini

Finalists:

• Carmen Elena Pineda, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Clarence Blay, Bank of Ghana
• Florabelle M. Santos-Madrid, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Inclusive Green Finance

Winner: Rhodora Brazil-De Vera, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Finalists:

• Liakat Ali Chowdhury, Bangladesh Bank
• Gabriela Viera, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Ingrid Cyuzuzo, National Bank of Rwanda
• Kabinda Kawesha, Bank of Zambia

SME Finance

Winner: Audrey Chetty, Central Bank of Seychelles

Finalists:

• Ana Idalia Portillo Cueva, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
• Shereen Farouk Dahab, Central Bank of Egypt
• Omar Enrique Colindres Velásquez, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
• Andrew John, Reserve Bank of Vanuatu