Our Work

Enhancing Financial Innovation & Access (EFInA) is a financial sector development organization that promotes financial inclusion in Nigeria. EFInA is funded by the UK Government Department for International Development (DFID) and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. EFInA focuses on three key activities – Research, Advocacy and Innovation.

Latest News & Events
  • EFInA Innovation grant round 4: request for proposals 26 September 2011

    The EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2010 survey showed that 25.4 million Nigerian adults are banked, which is equivalent to 30% of the adult population;...
  • Access to Financial Services in Nigeria survey 2010 04 November 2010

    In pursuit of our goal of providing credible market information on the Nigerian financial sector, EFInA firstly targeted the nearly vacant space of demand-side data by implementing the...
  • Innovation grant round 2 request for proposals 20 April 2010

    EFInA Innovation Grant Round 1 was completed in October 2009. We received and assessed 44 bids out of which one project was successful and received a grant...
  • Increasing access to finance through agent banking 25 October 2011

    EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2010 survey shows the main barriers for not having bank accounts include steady income, unemployment and distance to bank branches. EFInA...
  • Microinsurance: opportunities, challenges and innovation in product design for the mass market 22 September 2011

    The EFInA Access to Financial Services in Nigeria 2010 survey, highlighted that only 0.8 million adults (1% of the adult population) has insurance. In terms of risks experienced...