Consumer awareness and education is pivotal to our development as a nation. The Consumer Awareness and Financial Enlightenment Initiative (CAFEi) was recently launched in Lagos to address consumers’ complaints especially in the financial sector and ensure satisfactory services to the banking public.
The Consumer Awareness and Financial Enlightenment Initiative LTD/GTE is a non-profit organization focused on Research, Enlightenment and Advocacy for Consumer Protection. CAFEi’s primary objective is to aid consumers in making safe, accurate and informed decisions on goods and services in all facets, including the Banking and Finance industry. The focus of the initiative is three pronged: research, enlightenment and advocacy.
This initiative is endorsed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) & the Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN) and will expectedly drive consumer awareness of financial institutions offerings in the market and boost service delivery across the industry value-chain.
The president of CAFEi, Debola Osibogun assured that the initiative is aimed at driving financial literacy and consumer engagement in Nigeria. It is expected that the initiative would elevate consumer literacy in the country.
The mandate of CAFEi is to drive consumer education in furtherance of the society. Connect with CAFEi – http://cafei.ng/
THE FOUNDER
OTUNBA (MRS) DEBOLA OSIBOGUN JP – B.Ed (Econs), MSc (B&F), FCTI, FNIM, MIoD, FCIB, FERP
Otunba (Mrs.) ‘Debola Osibogun is the founder of CAFEI. She is a retired banker with 31 years of immense financial services experience covering real estate financing, retail savings and loans at various institutions.
She holds a Master of Science degree in Banking & Finance and a Bachelor of Education in Economics, both from the prestigious University of Ibadan. A Fellow and former President of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, she is also Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Management.
She had an illustrious financial services career cutting across Co-operative Bank Plc., Coop Savings & Loans Limited, Skye Bank Plc. and Skye Trustees Limited. She was previously the Managing Director of Skye Trustees Limited and currently the Managing Director of Davidfinn Global Concept Limited.
An astute researcher and writer, Otunba Osibogun has published several articles expounding on primary mortgage institutions and creation of mortgages. She has served on the board of leading mortgage institutions; she was with FBN Mortgages Limited as a Non-executive director, Coop Savings & Loans Limited and served as the National President of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Nigeria.
Otunba Osibogun has also served in several national capacities as a Member of the Presidential Committee on Housing and Urban Development, the Presidential Committee on Mortgage Finance and the Nigerian Real Estate Developers Association.