Financial inclusion advocates across Africa had reason to celebrate with the launch of the Global Findex 2025. According to new data (see Figure 1), the share of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa with either a bank or mobile money account grew from 34% to 58% between 2014 and 2024. Almost 6 in 10 adults now have an account.

In the past three years alone, 8 economies grew their account ownership rates by 10 percentage points or more, including three (Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia) that saw a 20-percentage-point or higher increase (see Figure 2).[1]

[1]Source: Findex 2025