Designing Financial Services That Work for Women: Lessons from Women’s Associations
Designing Financial Services That Work for Women: Lessons from Women’s Associations By Nafisa Atiku-Adejumo, GCE Manager, EFInA In March of this year, Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Advancement (EFInA) convened its International Women’s Month gathering under the theme, ‘Gather, Gain & Grow.’ It was a much-needed conversation focused on bridging the divide between women’s savings associations, financial regulatory agencies, development organisations, and financial service providers. This conversation highlighted an understated fact: women’s savings associations are among […]
Rethinking Financial Inclusion Success: Why Climate Resilience Must Be a Core Metric in Nigeria
Rethinking Financial Inclusion Success: Why Climate Resilience Must Be a Core Metric in Nigeria By Babjide Daini, MEL Manager, EFInA Nigeria’s financial inclusion story is often told as one of steady progress. More people have bank accounts, digital payments are expanding, and access is improving. By conventional measures, the system appears to be working. But […]
Agent-Led Innovation: Building on Trusted Intermediaries for Financial Inclusion
Agent-Led Innovation: Building on Trusted Intermediaries for Financial Inclusion By Norah Igwe, Programme Lead, EFInA In the bustling markets of Anambra, the roadside kiosks of Kano, and the remote villages of the Middle Belt, a quiet revolution is unfolding. It isn’t taking place on high-end smartphones or inside air-conditioned bank branches. Instead, millions of small business owners are driving […]
Over 1,000 Community Members in Katsina Engage Directly with Financial Providers During EFInA’s Inclusion for All (I4All) Grassroots Engagement
Over 1,000 Community Members in Katsina Engage Directly with Financial Providers During EFInA’s Inclusion for All (I4All) Grassroots Engagement Katsina State, Nigeria – May 2026 – EFInA’s Inclusion for All (I4All) initiative has concluded two community-wide sensitisation and awareness dialogues on consumer protection in Mani and Malumfashi Local Government Areas (LGAs), Katsina State. Held on 25 and 26 April […]
I4All Dialogues Opens Public Conversation on Financial Health and Resilience as Nigeria’s Next Inclusion Frontier
I4All Dialogues Opens Public Conversation on Financial Health and Resilience as Nigeria’s Next Inclusion Frontier Lagos, May 2026 – Earlier this month, EFInA’s Inclusion for All (I4All) initiative hosted an I4All Dialogue session, a live virtual conversation held under the campaign theme “Financial Health and Resilience for Every Home.” The session, titled Rethinking Inclusion: Financial Health and Resilience as Development Priorities, brought together financial inclusion […]
What Good Is Economic Growth Without Household Resilience?
What Good Is Economic Growth Without Household Resilience? By Jennifer Mairo, CEO, Joy Inc. A thought I heard recently on a viral podcast has stayed with me: that the primary role of government is security and welfare. It struck me because, in public discourse, we tend to give far more oxygen to other big themes, politics, elections, […]
