Access
Through technology
Mobile wallets, agent networks and digital rails that meet people where they are.
Pan-African Non-profit
Improving lives through digital finance.
Over 300 million Africans are excluded from basic financial services. We connect the people, ideas and partnerships rewriting that story.
Your one-stop hub for Financial Inclusion professionals across Africa — discover the latest publications, jobs and training, share ideas and connect with peers. Everything you need, whether you're a researcher, practitioner, regulator or innovator.
50%
of Africans have access to basic financial services
54
countries within our continental remit
4
knowledge events planned each year
1
trusted database of FI experts
How we define FI
Access, usage and improved lives — not just a bank account.
Usage
Through data & design
Products people return to — built around real lives, not assumptions.
Improved Lives
Through assets
Savings, credit, insurance, pensions and many other financial services that translate into livelihoods and resilience.
Member of the day
A face from the Forum.
WD
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Founder of FIF Africa, leading the movement for financial inclusion across the continent.
William Derban
Founder & Board Chair — Ghana
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The Forum is a rallying call to all who are passionate about financial inclusion — to focus our energies on a common vision: every adult African with the right to access and use a financial product to improve their lives.
Recognition
Honoured as the Best Financial Inclusion Initiative of 2020.
The Centre for International Strategic Alliances recognised Financial Inclusion Forum Africa at the 2nd Annual Digital Innovative & Excellence Awards for “exceptional work in promoting financial inclusion across Africa.”
ICSA · Digital Innovative & Excellence Awards 2020
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