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- 13 Nov 2024
CBN to Achieve $1trn Economy with Financial Inclusion Initiatives
The Central Bank of Nigeria has launched three initiatives aimed at realizing Nigeria’s vision of a $1 trillion economy by 2030 through financial inclusion. The initiatives were launched at the…
- 26 Nov 2019
Heritage Bank Empowers 2000 Female Entrepreneurs via Financial Inclusivity Initiatives
Considering the importance of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to the economy, Heritage Bank Plc has continued to structure financial inclusivity initiatives in empowering over 2000 female…
- 27 Oct 2019
Lack of Dispute Resolution Mechanism Hobbles Financial Inclusion Initiative
The objective of central bank of Nigeria to have 70 per cent of its adult population in the formal financial services sector by 2020 through its financial inclusion initiative is suffering a hitches…
- 8 Jun 2022
Experts to Brainstorm on Nigeria's Financial Inclusion Initiative at Oriental News Nigeria Confab
Key stakeholders in Nigeria's financial sector would engage in a robust round table discussion on governments key policy which centers around inclusive financial system that will cover all strata of…
- 16 Nov 2015
Africlear Unveils Initiatives to Promote Financial Inclusion Across Africa
Africlear has announced a number of groundbreaking initiatives designed to promote financial inclusion and improve market integration across Africa by planning to launch a platform that will enable…
- 24 Jan 2021
International Day of Education: Paradigm Initiative Calls for Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Communities
As the world celebrates the International Day of Education themed 'Recover and Revitalize Education for the COVID-19 Generation', Paradigm Initiative (PIN) calls for digital inclusion of marginalized…
- 20 Oct 2022
Wema Bank Rolls Out Array of Initiatives to Deepen Financial Inclusion
Nigeria’s innovative financial institution, Wema Bank, has further raised the bar of commitment to deepening financial inclusion in Nigeria with the rollout of an array of initiatives that raise…
- 16 Dec 2016
ITU to Join New Global Initiative to Expand Financial Inclusion
Just over two years ago, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined ITU to establish a Focus Group on Digital Financial Services for Financial Inclusion. The goal was to tackle some of the main…
- 3 Jun 2025
Paradigm Initiative Champions Digital Rights and Inclusion at Africa IGF 2025 in Dar es Salaam
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing digital rights and inclusion across Africa following its active participation in the 2025 Africa Internet Governance Forum…
- 18 Jul 2019
Paradigm Initiative Announces 2019 Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellows
Following an extensive selection process involving 261 applications from 39 countries, Paradigm Initiative is pleased to announce the 2019 Digital Rights and Inclusion Media Fellows. The…
- 6 Nov 2019
Paradigm Initiative Opens Learning Lab for Digital Rights and Inclusion
Paradigm Initiative has said that its first Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) will begin operations in February 2020, and will operate from its new headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria.…
- 19 Feb 2020
Paradigm Initiative Selects Olatunde As Inaugural Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellow
Folasewa Olatunde, a Nigerian second-year doctoral student at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, has been selected as the pioneer fellow for the newly introduced Digital Rights and…
- 7 Jul 2026
PIN Engages 1,300 Stakeholders Across Africa to Advance Digital Rights, Inclusion
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a pan-African digital rights and inclusion organisation, says it has engaged more than 1,300 stakeholders across 11 African countries through a series of forums, training…
- 31 Jul 2014
VAS Key to Financial Inclusion Says Obi, eTranzact Boss
Forging Inclusive growth in payment systems and financial inclusion initiatives In Nigeria was the theme of this year’s edition of the annual Business Day Mobile Money Roundtable held on the 24th of…
- 26 Aug 2019
Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum #DRIF20 Opens Portal for Applications
Paradigm Initiative has opened applications for the 8th Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (#DRIF), billed to hold in April 21 - 23 2020. The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (#DRIF) has…
- 16 May 2024
PalmPay Reiterates Commitment to Supporting Financial Inclusion
Digital banking platform PalmPay has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the financial inclusion initiative of the federal government to ensure that banking services are extended to every…
- 12 Nov 2025
Group Opens Call for Session Proposals for the 2026 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has announced a call for session proposals for the 2026 edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF26), scheduled to take place from April 14 to 16, 2026, in…
- 28 Aug 2022
Group Makes Case for the Poor, Unbanked in NIN-SIM Restriction
An advocacy firm, Inclusion for all Initiative has identified gaps, limiting Nigerians, especially the poor and the financially excluded from being captured in the NIN enrollment exercise. According…
- 9 Dec 2020
Mastercard, Financial Access Initiative Partner to Enable More Small Businesses Benefit From Digital Economy
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Financial Access Initiative (FAI) at New York University have announced the launch of The Small Firm Diaries, a global research initiative that will…
- 3 Nov 2019
SANEF, CBN Achieve Interoperability at Agents Banking Units This November
Financial inclusion initiative of central bank of Nigeria, CBN, will receive a boost next month as agent banking units under the initiative will begin to enjoy interoperability, Nigeria…
- 19 Jun 2025
Bridging the Digital Divide: Over 700 Young Africans Empowered by Paradigm Initiative
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading digital rights and inclusion nonprofit, has revealed in its 2024 Annual Impact Report that over 707 young individuals across 11 African countries have been…
- 19 Apr 2024
PIN, Pan-Atlantic University Partner to Empower Journalists with Digital Rights and Inclusion Knowledge and Skills
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) and the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University (SMC, PAU) have sealed a partnership aimed at increasing knowledge and skills in reporting and responding…
- 23 Apr 2026
Airtel Africa Foundation Calls for Applications for "DigiLeap” Tech Training for Young Women
The Airtel Africa Foundation, through Airtel Nigeria, has officially opened the application portal for the DigiLeap Tech Drive, a core initiative in the Foundation’s digital inclusion agenda. The…
- 6 Feb 2023
Hope PSBank Launches Cashless Initiative
A digital bank, Hope PSBank, a Unified Payment Services Limited subsidiary, has commenced a community inclusion initiative to support the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. Speaking at…
- 15 Aug 2024
Paradigm Initiative Opens Application for Scriptwriters and Movie Producers for Fifth Short Film Production
Paradigm Initiative (PIN) has launched calls for the production of its fifth short film, aimed at amplifying digital rights and inclusion awareness in Africa. Paradigm Initiative, a non-profit…
- 23 Jan 2023
Over 50 Percent of Unbanked Population May Lose Savings to CBN's Currency Redesign - Report
Over 50 percent of Nigeria's unbanked population may lose their cash savings following the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)'s requirement that old notes could only be exchanged through an existing bank…
- 8 Aug 2021
AMMBAN 2021 Conference to Explore Framework to Sustaining Financial Inclusion Gains
This year’s Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) conference will be exploring suitable framework to sustain gains achieved in the financial inclusion initiative of the…
- 22 Jul 2018
Stakeholders Seek Digitalization of Retail Payment System
Stakeholders in the financial technology ecosystem have thrown their weight behind digitalization of retail payment system in the country as a boost to financial inclusion initiative of the Central…
- 7 Mar 2019
New Venture Firm Focuses on Impact Fintech, Spins Off from Omidyar Network
The Financial Inclusion Initiative at Omidyar Network announced it has spun off to launch Flourish, a new venture firm focused on backing entrepreneurs whose innovations are helping people across the…
- 15 Sept 2019
Super Agents, Agents Locked in PoS Chargeback Confusion
Super Agents and agents under them in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) financial inclusion initiative are today locked in Point of Sale chargeback issues, which has resulted in some agents going out…