Casablanca will host the fifth edition of the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) on November 3 and 4, an event that will focus on the continent’s urgent need for strategic autonomy and financial sovereignty.
Organised by Jeune Afrique Media Group in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the summit is supported by major Moroccan and African financial institutions. This year’s theme is “Unlocking Africa’s Financial Sovereignty: From Savings to Strategic Power.”
The Africa Financial Summit aims to mobilise African domestic capital, harmonise regulatory frameworks, and build genuine financial sovereignty in a global context marked by discriminatory trade barriers, rising debt, and a transactional economic environment.
“Pension funds, insurance companies, fintech, banks, stock exchanges, and sovereign wealth funds are all being called upon to collectively tackle the challenges of financing infrastructures, SME support, risk coverage, and pan-African integration,” the organisers said in a statement.
Morocco was described as a “natural choice” to host the event, having established itself as a key player in building the continent’s financial sovereignty and a champion of regional integration.
“This edition in Casablanca embodies the urgency of modernizing our tools and mobilizing our own capital to direct it towards strategic projects to strengthen our economic development,” said Amir Ben Yahmed, President of the Africa Financial Summit. “We must make financial sovereignty the cornerstone of growth and inclusion on our continent.”
The Africa Financial Summit strategic priorities include unlocking institutional capital, empowering African finance to lead and fund national projects, making local stock exchanges and fintech platforms central to capital formation, and strengthening insurance markets.
Africa Financial Summit To Witness High-Level Participation
High-level participants expected at the Africa Financial Summit include Moroccan Minister of Economy and Finance Nadia Fettah, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop, Senegalese Minister of Finance Cheikh Diba, and the governors of the central banks of Ghana, West African States, Cabo Verde, and Angola, among others. From Egypt, Mohamed Farid Saleh, Chairman of the North African nation’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and Soha El Turky, Deputy CEO, National Bank of Egypt, will both be speaking.
By bringing together over 1,250 financial leaders and public decision-makers, AFIS 2025 aims to build a roadmap toward the continent’s financial sovereignty, fostering mutual trust, smart risk management, and strong regional leadership.
