9th Conference on Financial Inclusion to start on Wed.

CAIRO – 12 September 2017: The 9th International Conference on Financial Inclusion organized by the International Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) in the cooperation with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will be held from Wednesday to Friday in Sharm El-Sheikh.

More than 94 states and 119 international institutions will take part in the three-day event held under the auspices of President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail and the Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund said.

The Governors of the Central Bank and members of the AFI, the Central Bank of Egypt Board of Directors and representatives from international financial institutions will attend the conference.

The conference titled “Discovering Ways of Diversification and Enhancing Financial Inclusion” held for the first time in an Arab country, aims to discuss how to empower policymakers to increase access to quality financial services for the poorest populations and introduce reforms in financial inclusion.

The alliance organizes a financial inclusion conference annually, which was held in Kenya in 2009. Similar gatherings were held in Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Malaysia, Mozambique and Fiji.