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AFRICAN FINANCIAL
INCLUSION POLICY
INITIATIVE (AFPI)

AfPI is the primary platform for AFI’s African members to support and develop
financial inclusion policies, regulatory frameworks and other knowledge products
in Africa, and to coordinate regional capacity building and peer learning
efforts. Unveiled in May 2017, in Maputo, Mozambique, AfPI succeeds the African
Mobile Phone Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI), which was launched in
February 2013.

From AFI’s regional office in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, AfPI brings together
high-level representatives from financial policymaking and regulatory
institutions in Africa. Stakeholders from private sector entities,
telecommunications regulators and international development agencies also
participate in and support AfPI activities. By establishing a platform for
public and private engagement, AfPI aims to enhance the implementation of
innovative financial inclusion policies in Africa.

Key AfPI initiatives include leaders’ roundtables, private-public dialogues,
capacity building workshops, developed-developing country dialogues and experts
group on financial inclusion policy meetings (EGFIP).


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Active member institutions

29
Countries

251
Policy changes

15
Knowledge products

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Maya Declaration commitments

10
Annual AfPI Leaders’
Roundtables

9
EGFIP
meetings

11
Capacity building
workshops

8
Peer advisory programs on
in-country implementation
of financial inclusion policy

5
Regional Policy Frameworks

2019
Establishment of the AFI Regional Office in Africa to strengthen the
institutionalization of AfPI and support regional efforts


AFI OFFICE IN ABIDJAN

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LEADERS

Chair

Governor, Bank of Ghana

Co-Chair

Governor, Central Bank of Eswatini

Focus Areas
 * Reinforce the capacity building efforts of financial regulators to ensure
   that they keep up with the rapidly changing financial inclusion landscape and
   mitigate underlying risks.
 * Deepen the understanding of policy and regulatory approaches that enhance
   innovative financial services in Africa.
 * Reinforce the dialogue with private sector players and other related
   stakeholders through AFI’s public-private dialogue in Africa and other forms
   of cooperation.
 * Strengthen cooperation between financial and telecommunication regulators on
   issues related to digital financial services (DFS).
 * Deepen the understanding and learning of approaches for interoperable schemes
   or models to inform effective policy interventions for interoperability that
   support financial inclusion.
 * Promote DFS for agricultural micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and
   deepen the understanding of policy reforms to support agricultural finance.
 * Promote inclusive policies for women, especially by leveraging new
   technologies and promoting the adoption of regulations and financial consumer
   protection frameworks to advance women’s economic participation.
 * Strengthen synergies between microfinance institutions and DFS providers.
 * Facilitate the adoption of policy and regulatory approaches to enhance
   consumer protection for digital credit in Africa.

 

Objectives
 * Coordinate the formulation of financial inclusion policies that address
   regional challenges.
 * Harmonize policies and regulatory approaches to deepen financial inclusion in
   Africa.
 * Facilitate high-level discussions among leaders to provide strategic guidance
   that addresses financial inclusion challenges in Africa.
 * Enhance in-country implementation of financial inclusion policies in Africa.
 * Share regional financial inclusion lessons with the wider AFI network.
 * Elevate the regional voice on key financial inclusion policy issues in
   Africa.

 

Governance

AfPI is part of the AFI network and any AFI member institution in Africa can
participate in AfPI activities. AfPI operates under a governance structure
consisting of the leaders’ roundtable, the chair and EGFIP. The chair serves for
a two-year term and is replaced by the vice-chair at the end of the term. A new
vice-chair is then elected.



 

Operational Structure

AfPI activities are implemented and coordinated through the following mechanism:

 * AFPI LEADERS’ ROUNDTABLE
   AfPI leaders, high-level policymakers and regulators meet at an annual
   roundtable to discuss policy issues and provide strategic guidance. They also
   convene on the sidelines of the AFI Global Policy Forum to discuss other
   urgent matters.
 * AfPI CHAIR
   The chair provides leadership and guidance to EGFIP to ensure a smooth and
   successful implementation of the activities, and represents AfPI in its
   relations with governments and other entities.
 * EGFIP
   A group of senior officials from AFI member that undertakes the technical
   implementation of AfPI activities. They provide insight on policy and
   regulatory approaches to help address pertinent regional and sub-regional
   challenges on enhancing financial inclusion in Africa. Institutions that are
   members of EGFIP rotate within each sub-region every three years. AFI
   Management Unit coordinates the organization of meetings with leaders and
   EGFIP.

 

Member institutions
 * Banco Nacional de Angola
 * Banque de la République du Burundi
 * Banque Centrale des Comores
 * Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances de la Côte d’Ivoire
 * Banque Centrale du Congo
 * Central Bank of Eswatini
 * Ministry of Finance – Eswatini
 * Bank of Ghana
 * Banque Centrale de la République de Guinée
 * Central Bank of Kenya
 * Retirement Benefits Authority of Kenya
 * Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) Kenya
 * Central Bank of Lesotho
 * Central Bank of Liberia
 * Banque Centrale de Madagascar
 * Direction Générale du Trésor, Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances,
   Madagascar
 * Reserve Bank of Malawi
 * Banco de Moçambique
 * Bank of Namibia
 * Ministère des Finances de la République du Niger

 * Central Bank of Nigeria
 * National Bank of Rwanda
 * Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe
 * Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)
 * Ministère des Finances et du Budget du Sénégal
 * Délégation Générale à l’Entreprenariat Rapide des Femmes et des Jeunes (DER
   F/J)
 * Central Bank of Seychelles
 * Bank of Sierra Leone
 * South African Reserve Bank
 * Bank of Tanzania
 * Central Bank of The Gambia
 * Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances du Togo
 * Bank of Uganda
 * Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority
 * Bank of Zambia
 * Ministry of Finance and National Planning Zambia
 * Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe
 * Ministry of Finance and Economic Development Zimbabwe

 

Key Milestones
 * 10 AfPI leaders’ roundtables.
 * 11 capacity building workshops.
 * Facilitation of eight peer advisory programs on the in-country implementation
   of financial inclusion strategies.
 * AFI’s regional office in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, established to strengthen
   the institutionalization of AfPI and support regional efforts.
 * “Framework for Innovative Cross-border Remittances in Africa” to address the
   challenges of uptake and usage of innovative cross-border remittances and to
   enhance efficiency of cross-border remittances in Africa.
 * “Framework for DFS Interoperability in Africa” to drive usage of financial
   services through interoperable platforms and schemes and to enhance DFS
   efficiencies, increase customer convenience and boost scale for both domestic
   and cross-border payments.
 * “Cooperative Arrangement Framework with Telecommunications Regulators”
   adopted for DFS.
 * “Policy Framework for Responsible Digital Credit”
 * “Policy Framework for Enhancing MSME Financing Ecosystem in Africa”
 * “Policy Framework to strengthen agent networks for DFS
 * “Policy Catalogue of MSME Financing in the African Region”

 

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regulation. A member - owned network, we promote and develop evidence - based
policy solutions that improve lives of the poor through the power of financial
inclusion
Guidance

Working Groups

Consumer Empowerment & Market Conduct (CEMCWG)
Digital Financial Services (DFSWG)
Financial Inclusion Data and Impact Working Group (FIDIWG)
Financial Inclusion Strategy (FISPLG)
Global Standards Proportionality (GSPWG)
Inclusive Green Finance (IGFWG)
SME Finance (SMEFWG)

Other Thematic Areas

Forcibly Displaced Persons (FDPs)
Inclusive Green Finance
Inclusive FinTech
Gender Inclusive Finance
Youth Financial Inclusion
COVID-19
Publications
Resource Center
Implementation
In-Country Implementation

Regional Initiatives

African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AfPI)
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