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- 3 Feb 2015
EFIna Has Impacted Financial Inclusion Stakeholders- Ladipo
Modupe Ladipo is the CEO, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), an independent, professional, non-profit organization conceived and funded by DFID and Ford Foundation. EFInA’s mission…
- 8 Feb 2026
EFInA Unveils Research Fellowship Programme to Deepen Financial Inclusion Impact
Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Advancement (EFInA) has selected three fellows for its inaugural EFInA Research Fellowship Programme, an eight-month initiative aimed at strengthening evidence on…
- 6 Dec 2014
Efina Survey Reveals 39.6Mn Adults in Nigeria Still Financially Excluded
Findings from the Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2014 survey revealed that the number of Nigerian adults nationwide who are banked…
- 15 Jul 2016
Efina Boosts FCMB’s Financial Inclusion Project with $2m Grant
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA),a financial sector development organization has announced the release of an Innovation Grant in the sum of $2,000,000 (Two million US Dollars…
- 20 Aug 2024
Kola Aina Joins EFInA Board
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) Limited has announced the appointment of Kola Aina, Founding Partner and General Partner of Ventures Platform, Africa’s leading seed-stage venture…
- 6 Mar 2014
EFInA @ Financial Services Workshop Decries MM Low Awareness
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) hosted a workshop with the theme of ‘Maximising the uptake of digital financial services through understanding consumers’ needs,’ but not without a…
- 6 Jul 2016
EFInA Awards $1. 5m for Diamond Y’ello Product
In a bid to deliver financial inclusion to unbanked individuals nationwide, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), has announced the release of an Innovation Grant in the sum of…
- 22 Jul 2016
EFInA Supports LOTUS Capital with $250,000 Grant
Lotus Capital Limited has received a Technical Assistance Grant of $250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars only) from Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) to support the…
- 13 Oct 2016
EFInA Boosts Agency Banking with $100,015 Grant to FINCA MFB
In a bid to expand convenient, low cost and secure financial services to the unbanked women in South Eastern Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), a financial sector…
- 20 Aug 2016
EFInA & 7 Lessons On Providing Financial Products to Unbanked, Under-banked
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is notably the financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria and currently has Innovation Fund that is…
- 13 Apr 2012
Diamond Bank, EFInA, Others to Advance Financial Inclusion for Women
Diamond Bank Plc, one of the leading banks in Nigeria -- respected for its excellent service delivery, Visa, Women's World Banking, and EFInA have joined hands to advance financial inclusion for…
- 26 Jan 2015
EFinA Says IT, Others Help Bank 25m Customers in 7 Years
Ms. Modupe Ladipo, chief executive officer, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), has said that financial inclusion drives added about 25 million customers to the banked segment…
- 28 Sept 2022
EFInA, GIZ Conclude Hackathon Challenge
EFInA and GIZ have announced the winners of its recently concluded ‘MSME Finance… Breaking Barriers’ Ideathon-Hackathon. The hackathon challenged innovative developers to develop groundbreaking…
- 8 Nov 2017
EFInA Survey Shows 58.4% Nigerian Adults Now Financially Served
By peter oluka In a bid to reduce poverty and achieve inclusive economic growth in Nigeria, Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA), a financial sector development organization hosted a…
- 28 Sept 2009
Access to Finance Requisite for Economic Growth - EFInA
Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) in its finding has submitted that given significant financial sector reforms and private sector innovations, access to finance is poised for growth…
- 2 Sept 2014
PocketMoni , EFInA Launch $350,000 MM Activation Project In North, South West
eTranzact International PLC, Africa’s leading provider of mobile banking and payments services is proud to announce the investment of $350,000 into a mobile money activation project in collaboration…
- 3 Jun 2021
EFInA Report says 51% of Nigerian Adults have Access to Financial Services
Efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria to drive financial inclusion across the nation is yielding result, as over 50 percent of Nigerian adults are using formal (regulated) financial services. This…
- 25 Mar 2019
SystemSpecs, EFINA, Others Set Agenda for Africa Fintech & Digital Identity
SystemSpecs and Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access and other fintech firms have met at the 52nd Session of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Palmeraie Room, Palmeraie Golf Palace,…
- 26 Mar 2012
Paga’s Financial Inclusion Project Gets $2M Boost
Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) has committed $2million to expand financial services to the un-banked and under-banked segments of the populace. EFInA, a financial sector development…
- 13 Jul 2021
Blockchain Technology to Add $29Bn to Nigeria’s GDP by 2030
Areport by Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) has revealed, that by limiting the barriers currently confronting financial inclusion in Nigeria, blockchain technology will contribute…
- 25 Feb 2022
‘Digitization of Social Protection, Humanitarian Payments Enhancing Financial Inclusion in Nigeria’
A joint report from FSD Africa, Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFInA) and the GSMA, and conducted by Strategic Impact Advisors (SIA), has revealed that a gradual transition from physical…
- 17 Nov 2022
Nigerian Fintech Solution Introduces Bill Payment for the Unbanked Population
A recent report by EFInA shows up to 38 million Nigerian adults, translating to about 36% of the total adult population in the country, were financially excluded. Against this backdrop, MoMo Bill…
- 3 Dec 2014
Access Money: How Airtel is Driving Financial Inclusion
A 2012 Access to Financial Services in Nigeria Survey conducted by Enhancing Financial Innovation and Access (EFINA), an independent financial sector development organisation, indicates that 56.3…
- 1 Feb 2010
National Mobile Payment Scheme to Commence Mid Year
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that the national mobile payment system will take off in the country by middle of the year. Mr. Abayomi Atoloye, acting director, Banking Operations said…
- 30 Mar 2009
Aitec Conference Heralds Branchless Banking in Country
The year’s Aitec Banking & Payment Technologies West Africa Conference will be held at Muson Centre, Lagos over 4th - 7th May, with the overall theme: “Serving the Customer…
- 12 Dec 2025
CBN, NCC to Launch Short Code for Swift Consumer Complaint Resolution
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced plans to partner with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to develop an industry-wide short code for consumers to lodge complaints with…
- 27 Apr 2009
Oceanic Bank Supports Aitec Conference
Oceanic Bank has confirmed platinum sponsorship of this year’s Banking & Payment Technologies West Africa Conference, scheduled for 4-6 May at the Muson centre, Lagos. In addition, Dr.…
- 19 Jul 2018
Nigerians Bury Cash in Backyards as M/Money Stumbles
Lack of confidence; issues around access and sundry matters have conspired to hobble mobile money services, dampening excitements, after initial hype touted mobile money as the next big thing. …
- 18 Jul 2013
Visa Supports Financial Literacy with Apps Dev. Challenge
Visa, a global payments technology company, has announced a mobile application development challenge, geared at stimulating the development of innovative web and mobile applications and games, to…
- 9 Feb 2013
Experts Ring Worries Over Faltering Mobile Money
Finance experts waxed worriedly at the slow growth of mobile money service and warned that unless the impediments are removed, the service may be dead on arrival. They also painted a dismal picture…