AFI’s unique peer-to-peer learning model encourages and enables financial policymakers to interact and exchange knowledge. This information interchange results in the building of a more comprehensive knowledge base on financial inclusion and the subsequent formulation and implementation of effective policy by members in their home countries.

AFI Network
AFI is led by its members and partners, central banks and other financial regulatory institutions from developing countries. A previously untapped yet massive reservoir of knowledge and experience, AFI’s members serve to give voice to the opportunities and challenges facing the unbanked in developing nations.

The Network includes members from more than 90 countries working together to advance its mission of accelerating the adoption of proven and innovative financial inclusion policy solutions with the ultimate aim of making financial services more accessible to the world’s 2 billion unbanked people.

Governances
AFI is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and administered on behalf of its members by the German International Cooperation (GIZ).

How They Work
Working Groups - The AFI Network has launched various working groups in key policy areas which serve as ‘communities of practice’ on key issues and help facilitate discussions and knowledge sharing among AFI members.

Grants Program - AFI members benefit from knowledge exchange and policy grants that support learning, research, development or implementation of financial inclusion related policy solutions. AFI grants can provide member institutions with the necessary funds to develop and test innovative policy approaches, facilitate learning exchanges on policies that have been successfully implemented elsewhere, or receive consulting support from financial inclusion policy experts from across the globe to further in-country policy development.