Each year, AFI Awards celebrate member institutions and policymakers’ success in advancing financial inclusion. At the 2024 Global Policy Forum in San Salvador, the 2024 winners and finalists were revealed:
Nestor Espenilla Jr. Financial Inclusion Innovation Award
Winner: Reserve Bank of Fiji
Finalists:
- Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Bank of Ghana
- Nepal Rastra Bank
- Central Bank of Nigeria
Global Youth Financial Inclusion Award
Winner: Bangladesh Bank
Finalists:
- Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria de Ecuador
- National Bank of Georgia
- National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
- Banque Centrale de Tunisie
Maya Declaration Commitment Award
Winner: Central Bank of Jordan
Finalists:
- Bangladesh Bank
- Central Bank of Egypt
- Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria de Ecuador
- Palestine Monetary Authority
Institutional Leadership Award
Winner: Bank of Zambia
Finalists:
- Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
- Maldives Monetary Authority
- Bank Al-Maghrib
- Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Technical Leadership Awards
Consumer Empowerment & Market Conduct
Winner: Natalia Sanchez, Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
Finalists:
- Sevak Mikayelyan, Central Bank of Armenia
- Cesar Ricardo Umanzor Zavala, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Ligia Marcela Herrera, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
- Kiran Pandit, Nepal Rastra Bank
Digital Financial services
Winner: Kwame Oppong, Bank of Ghana
Finalists:
- Ines Paez, Superintendencia de Bancos de la República Dominicana
- Eserani Muvani, Reserve Bank of Fiji
- Ann Valery Victor Metellus, Banque de la République d’Haïti
- Fatoumata Mayaki, Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)
Financial Inclusion Data
Winner: Settor Amediku, Bank of Ghana
Finalists:
- William Medardo Rodriguez, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Fredy Antonio Vides Romero, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
- Layanah Wreikat, Jordan Payments and Clearing Company (JoPACC)
- Mynard B. Mojica, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Financial Inclusion Strategy
Winner: Mohanad Salous, Palestine Monetary Authority
Finalists:
- Tiana Ramparany, Direction Générale du Trésor, Ministère de l’Economie et des Finances, Madagascar
- Mohamad Riadh Tlili, Banque Centrale de Tunisie
- Varisha Chaar-Starke, Centrale Bank van Suriname
- Janisse Magali Gonzalez Arriola, Banco Central del Paraguay
Global Standards Proportionality
Winner: Phephile Dlamini, Central Bank of Eswatini
Finalists:
- Carmen Elena Pineda, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Clarence Blay, Bank of Ghana
- Florabelle M. Santos-Madrid, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Inclusive Green Finance
Winner: Rhodora Brazil-De Vera, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
Finalists:
- Liakat Ali Chowdhury, Bangladesh Bank
- Gabriela Viera, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Ingrid Cyuzuzo, National Bank of Rwanda
- Kabinda Kawesha, Bank of Zambia
SME Finance
Winner: Audrey Chetty, Central Bank of Seychelles
Finalists:
- Ana Idalia Portillo Cueva, Banco Central de Reserva de El Salvador
- Shereen Farouk Dahab, Central Bank of Egypt
- Omar Enrique Colindres Velásquez, Comisión Nacional de Bancos y Seguros de Honduras
- Andrew John, Reserve Bank of Vanuatu