The 9th AFI Global Policy Forum (GPF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt will be held from 13-15 September 2017. Co-hosted by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), this will be the first time that AFI’s flagship event is hosted in the Arab region. Gathering over 800 participants, the Forum will be highlighting innovative financial inclusion policies and activities taking place around the world.

Under the overarching theme of “Exploring Diversity, Promoting Inclusion,” the 2017 GPF will showcase the diversity of culture, experience, and background within the AFI network, while illustrating how this diversity creates and promotes effective financial inclusion policy reforms and innovations. The CBE and AFI believe that embracing diversity through mutual learning and open exchange among peers is key to achieving full financial inclusion and that both diversity and inclusion are engine for poverty reduction and economic growth.

Events will commence on 13 September with the AFI Annual General Meeting (AGM), a full-day program exclusively for AFI members led by the Heads of AFI member institutions. The 2017 AFI Global Policy Forum will follow on 14 and 15 September, with prominent leaders of Egypt providing key and opening remarks during the Opening Ceremony. More details regarding the Forum agenda are available on the AFI website.

About AFI

The Alliance for Financial Inclusion is the world leader on financial inclusion policy and regulation. AFI is a a member-owned network of over 110 financial inclusion policy-making and regulatory institutions from 95 developing and emerging countries around the world, covering up to 85% of the world’s unbanked. AFI promotes and develops evidence-based policy solutions that help improve the lives of an estimated 2 billion unbanked, almost half of the world’s adult population, who do not have access to formal financial services.

About CBE in AFI

The Central Bank of Egypt has been a member of the AFI network since 2013. CBE is an active member of the AFI network, participating in all working groups and in the AFI regional initiative for Africa: African Policy Initiative (AfPI). In 2016, CBE set 4 targets under the Maya Declaration, the global financial inclusion commitment platform. CBE has demonstrated its passion and commitment for Gender Financial Inclusion issues by being a committee member on AFI’s Gender and Women Financial Inclusion committee.

For additional information please contact:

Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) 
Dr. Ghada A. Kandil
General Manager, Corporate Communications Head
Email: ghada.kandil@cbe.org.eg
mobile: +(20) 1000041890

Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI)
Ms. Monika Lajhner
Head of Communications
Email: monika.lajhner@afi-global.org
Mobile: +60 12 494 50830