Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Building job-ready talent, modern learning systems, and innovation capability in Ethiopia’s financial sector.
SWIFT is a partnership between the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) and the Mastercard Foundation. It equips 100,000+ young people, 70% of them women, with market-relevant skills to drive inclusion, innovation, and transformation across Ethiopia’s financial sector.
The lead implementing partner is BKP Economic Advisors (Germany). The Ethiopia Institute for Financial Studies (EIFS), part of NBE, is the delivery institution for training and education activities. Running for four years (2025–2029), SWIFT targets young people who are employed or seeking employment and need upskilling or reskilling.
The program focuses on modern curricula, research capacity, and accessible digital platforms, with targeted pathways that support young women professionals through NEWFin.
SWIFT delivers modern skills pathways, digital learning access, and policy-relevant research capacity.
We combine technical assistance, capacity building, knowledge exchange, and evidence-based analysis. SWIFT runs three targeted interventions that address root causes over time.
Train 100,000+ young people, majority women, through in-person, hybrid, and online learning.
Facilitate collaboration with financial institutions and academia to produce insights that improve practice.
Strengthen Ethiopia Institute of Financial Studies - EIFS to train finance professionals at scale and drive sector-wide transformation.
SWIFT Programs
One of the main outputs of the SWIFT Program is a Knowledge Hub designed to keep learning closely connected to real-world change in Ethiopia’s finance sector.
Working with banks, microfinance institutions, capital market operators, and academia, the hub turns evidence into practical insights and continuously updates training content across all SWIFT academies.
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