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- 16 Dec 2024
Mastercard Partners with Allawee to Enhance Financial Access in Nigeria
Allawee, one of Nigeria’s leading digital lending fintech, in collaboration with Mastercard, has launched a credit-building card designed to enhance financial access for federal civil servants and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 20 Oct 2021
AFDB, MTN Ink $500,000 Grant Agreement to Enhance Women’s Access to Financial Services in Nigeria
The African Development Bank’s initiative, the Africa Digital Financial Inclusion Facility (ADFI), and Y’ello Digital Financial Services (YDFS), the fintech subsidiary of MTN Nigeria, have signed an…
- 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…
- 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 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…
- 3 Feb 2017
AfDB , AFI Sign MoU to Enhance Financial Services
African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance access to quality financial services on the continent. The…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 25 Jul 2024
Moniepoint Strengthens Efforts to Broaden Financial Access Through Collaborative Initiatives
Moniepoint Inc, Africa’s fastest growing financial institution according to the Financial Times has underscored the importance of a collaborative and holistic stakeholder approach in advancing the…
- 24 Feb 2020
Carbon Launches USSD Service to Enhance Access to Finance
Carbon, the Pan-African digital financial services company, has introduced a USSD service to its platform, making it even easier for individuals that have little or no access to smartphones or the…
- 3 Feb 2025
FG Strengthens Loan Access, Digital Innovation for Small Businesses
The Federal Government is intensifying efforts to enhance industrial expansion, ease access to funding and drive digital innovation to boost Nigeria’s economic competitiveness. The Minister of State…
- 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…
- 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…
- 2 Dec 2024
Mastercard, Alerzo, and e-Trade Alliance Unite to Enhance Financial Inclusion for 10,000 MSMEs
Mastercard has collaborated with Alerzo, a leading Nigerian B2B e-commerce company, and the USAID-funded e-Trade Alliance to accelerate the digital transformation of and enhance financial inclusion…
- 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…
- 7 Feb 2024
BoI, IFC Partner to Enhance Finance Accessibility, Export Credit
The Bank of Industry (BoI) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have partnered to enhance the accessibility of finance and export credit, contributing to the advancement of Nigeria’s…
- 23 Feb 2024
OPay Redefines Customer Service With Innovative Solutions, Expands Accessibility
OPay, Nigeria’s leading financial technology company headquartered in Lagos, has revolutionized customer service by prioritizing user satisfaction and implementing cutting-edge solutions to enhance…
- 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…
- 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…
- 7 Jun 2019
NSE Launches X-Academy e-Learning to Enhance Financial Learning Experience
Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said it has launched an online learning platform, X-Academy e-learning in a bid to make quality learning accessible and affordable to individuals, corporations and…
- 26 May 2022
Heritage Bank Leveraging Technology to Promote Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth
In today’s world, making financial services accessible is fast becoming a key area of concern to policymakers for the well-known reason that it has far reaching economic implications. To this end,…
- 21 Jul 2019
How, Why Mobile Wallets Can Deepen Financial Inclusion
Access to financial services opens doors for families, allowing them to smooth out consumption and invest in their futures through education and health. Access to credit enables businesses to…
- 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,…