THE AFRICA TIMES | MOROCCO — Casablanca will host the fifth edition of the Africa Financial Summit (AFIS) on November 3 and 4. This event will prioritize 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 enjoys support from 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 cultivate genuine financial sovereignty. This comes amid a global context characterized by discriminatory trade barriers, rising debt, and a transactional economic environment.
According to the organisers, “Pension funds, insurance companies, fintech, banks, stock exchanges, and sovereign wealth funds are all being called upon to collectively tackle the
