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Sasha Lünsche


Sasha joined Cenfri in 2021 and has contributed to a range of projects across diverse areas, including fintech, payments, digital identity, and innovation regulation. Over the past few years, he has worked closely with policymakers to help balance the benefits of fintech and innovation with managing associated risks. His work includes providing technical assistance to the Central Bank of Jordan’s fintech unit in developing strategies to foster innovation and support the operationalisation of their regulatory sandbox. In 2022, he also collaborated with the Ministry of ICT in Rwanda to develop their national fintech strategy.

Sasha is a key member of Cenfri’s financial consumer protection team, where he managed the development of the inaugural Consumers International Fair Digital Finance Index, supported the creation of a dashboard to assess the implementation of financial consumer protection guidelines across SADC member states, and conducted a policy review on emerging regulatory approaches to vulnerability in the financial sector.

Qualifications
  • Master’s in Development Economics, the University of Amsterdam 
  • Honours in Economics, Stellenbosch University 
  • Bachelor of Commerce degree from Stellenbosch 

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Recent Work by Sasha Lünsche
State of inclusive instant payment systems in Africa
  Real-time retail payments that enable consumers to send and receive cross-border and domestic transactions digitally are on the rise ...
Supporting the development of a digital finance index
Digital financial services are transforming global financial service provision and access. Rapid developments in fintech are disrupting and transfo...
Catalysing the use of data and digital technology for tourism in Ghana
Ghana’s tourism industry presents an exciting landscape for growth, ...
CBDC for emerging markets: realities and expectations
Cenfri has deepened its work on CBDC amid growing interest from central banks ...