The 2013 Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) Leadership Forum took place in Nairobi, Kenya, on 11 July 2013 and was the most successful Leadership Forum to date, with more than 100 people attending. Themes from the 2013 Leadership Forum included:

Pathways to digital financial inclusion and cash-lite economies

The Leadership Forum focused on:

• How mobile money contributes to achieve financial inclusion, stability, and integrity
• Regulatory approaches that have proved successful in enabling mobile money markets
• Proportional risk-based due diligence of mobile money customers
• Next generation mobile financial services
• The technology solutions behind the delivery of mobile money products

This year’s speakers included:

• Prof. Ndung’u, Governor, Central Bank of Kenya, and Chair of the Africa Mobile Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI)
• David Porteous, Managing Director, Bankable Frontiers Associates (BFA)
• Carlos Conesa, Secretariat, Committee on Payment and Settlement System (CPSS), Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

View the Final Agenda for the 2013 Leadership Forum

Photos from the 2013 Leadership Forum

African Roundtable

The African Mobile Phone Financial Services Policy Initiative (AMPI) was launched in February 2013 by African financial sector regulators with the aim to provide high-level leadership in the overall development of mobile financial services policy and regulatory frameworks, coordinate efforts of regional peer learning and exchange, and share knowledge along with regional experiences. The Central Bank of Kenya Governor Njuguna Ndung’u is the Chair of AMPI, and Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO) Governor Tiémoko Meyliet Kone is the Vice Chair. On July 11, back to back with the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Leadership Forum, the GSMA, AMPI and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion hosted a round table providing a platform to senior policy makers, regulators, and mobile money industry leaders to discuss what joint initiatives the public and private sector can undertake to achieve digital financial inclusion in Africa.

The Kenyan journey to digital financial inclusion

On 10 July, senior policy makers from the Central Bank of Kenya and the Communication Commission of Kenya, as well as industry leaders shared insights on how Kenya has embraced innovation in digital financial inclusion.

View the Final Agenda for the Kenyan journey to digital financial inclusion