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 over 70 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 2.5 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).

Steering committee

The AFI Steering Committee meets several times per year and provides overall strategic guidance on network objectives and activities.

	Professor Njuguna Ndung’u Governor, Central Bank of Kenya		Nestor Espenilla Jr. Deputy Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
	Guillermo Babatz Chairman, CNBV Mexico		Krirk Vanikul Deputy Governor, Bank of Thailand
	Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria		Daniel Schydlowsky Superintendent, SBS Peru
	Christoph Beier Managing Director GIZ		Alfred Hannig Executive Director, Alliance for Financial Inclusion