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AFI ANNUAL REPORT 2020
ABOUT THE AFI NETWORK
AFI is a policy leadership alliance owned and led by member central banks and financial regulatory institutions with the common objective of advancing financial inclusion at the country, regional and international levels. AFI partners with regulators, international organizations and private sector leaders to drive practical solutions and facilitate the implementation of impactful policy changes through its cooperative model, which embeds peer learning, knowledge exchange and peer transformation. AFI’s operations and programs are funded through membership subscriptions and funder contributions.
MEMBERSHIP As of the end of 2020, the membership of the AFI network stood at 99 member institutions (comprising 83 Principal Members and 16 Associate members) representing 88 countries. Sub-Saharan Africa continued to be the region with the highest number of members at 44 institutions followed by Asia (South, East and Southeast Asia), Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the Pacific.
99
88
Member institutions
Countries
83
16
Principal Members
Associate Members
VISION Making financial services more accessible to the world’s unbanked.
MISSION Empowering policymakers to increase access and usage of quality financial services for the unserved and underserved through formulation, implementation and global advocacy of sustainable and inclusive policies.
Pakhayo family walking on the rice terraces. Chiangmai Province,Thailand.(Photo by Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock)
