Casablanca: Africa Financial Industry Summit – AFIS 2025

Dates: November 3–4, 2025
Location: Casablanca, Morocco

Overview

The Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) is a high-level annual platform dedicated to strategic dialogue and reflection on the future of Africa’s financial industry.
Each year, more than 1,000 industry leaders gather — bankers, insurers, fintech representatives, capital market operators, mobile money actors, policymakers, and regulators from Africa and beyond.

The 2025 edition will bring together 1,250 African and international financial leaders along with public decision-makers for two days of conferences, debates, and networking aimed at delivering concrete solutions to the sector’s major challenges.

Context and Challenges

The need for strategic autonomy in Africa’s financial sector is now more pressing due to:

• Persistent trade barriers and mounting debt;

• A global economic environment marked by highly selective international capital;

• Ambitious projects in energy, infrastructure, and digital transformation struggling to secure adequate financing.

Mobilizing domestic capital is essential to address these challenges. Africa holds vast reserves — pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, foreign exchange reserves, banks’ and insurers’ financial assets, fintech performance — amounting to several trillion dollars. A significant share of these resources remains underutilized or flows out of the continent.

AFIS 2025 positions itself as a catalyst for transformation, aiming to:

• Shift from a dependency model to a co-construction approach;

• Strengthen coordination and trust between administrations and financial institutions;

• Place African champions at the heart of a strategic framework based on sovereignty, regional leadership, and effective risk management.

Strategic Priorities

1. Unlock institutional capital

   • Modernize and harmonize regulatory frameworks for pension funds, insurance, sovereign wealth funds, and foreign exchange reserves.

2. Support transformative projects

   • Finance strategic sectors: energy, infrastructure, logistics, and natural resources.

3. Strengthen financial markets and fintech

   • Position stock exchanges and tech platforms as drivers of SME financing and private equity.

4. Boost the insurance market

   • Expand coverage for emerging risks: cybersecurity, climate change, and logistics transformation.

5. Accelerate regulatory interoperability

   • Advance the integration of major pan-African initiatives:

     • AfCFTA (African Continental Free Trade Area)

     • PAPSS (Pan-African Payment and Settlement System)

     • AELP (African Exchanges Linkage Project).

Why Attend AFIS 2025

The event is aimed at:

• Bankers

• Capital market actors

• Fintech

• Insurers

• Central bank governors and regulators

• Financial service providers

• Investors

• Chief financial officers

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Contribute to key discussions on financial inclusion, regulation, and digitalization;

• Engage with peers and public decision-makers in an exclusive setting;

• Discover and meet the most successful fintech companies in Africa;

• Showcase their organization to pan-African media outlets.

2025 Objective

AFIS 2025 aims to set out a roadmap for a more robust, inclusive, and sovereign pan-African financial industry, capable of mobilizing its own resources to support the continent’s growth and development.

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