FSD Africa co-funded the incubation of DFI commencing in 2016 and leading to its establishment in 2018. This support, and our subsequent co-funding since 2018 (Phase II) has helped DFI to realise its 5-year plan to build a sustainable institute training 4000+ professionals and supporting their continual growth through an online community, knowledge resources and physical country-level presence. Through this work DFI have facilitated the establishment of 10 registered professional country digital finance associations in Africa as well as the formation of the Alliance for Digital Finance Associations (ADFA), an international platform for networking, partnerships, and collaboration between association members, local and international organisations working within the digital finance and financial inclusion space.

In 2021 we worked with them to design and deliver a new Inclusive Digital Economy Development course (iDED), which introduces digital finance professionals to the different facets of the digital economy and what they mean in terms of inclusive growth. We have extended our scholarship offering for DFI’s iDED, Certificate in Digital Money (CIDM) and (Certified Digital Finance Practitioner Programme (CDFP) in our priority countries.