Each year, the AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase reveals how digital technologies are expanding the use of safe, convenient and affordable financial services among disadvantaged groups. Since 2020, the event has featured disruptive innovators from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific.
For the 2026 Edition, AFI is bringing its Showcase alumni together on 11 June, to discover how their businesses have evolved, to identify lessons for scaling innovation, and to explore key challenges and opportunities in inclusive fintech, including:
- AI, data, and next-generation infrastructure
- Consumer protection, integrity and trust
- Expanding access for disadvantaged groups
- Cryptocurrencies and digital assets
- Financial inclusion solutions for forcibly displaced people
Watch the 2026 AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase
The AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase will be recorded and published here, and on AFI Youtube.
Previous AFI Inclusive Fintech Showcase winners
- Affinity Africa: providing affordable and accessible digital financial services to individuals and business
- iFarmer Limited: connecting farmers, agri-retailers, and institutional buyers through finance, technology, and data
- Growth Platform: supporting MSMEs through emerging technologies, agent networks and financial tools
- Pezesha: providing SMEs and individuals with access to affordable credit
- OKO Finance: providing crop-specific insurance products to farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa
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