With less than a week to go before the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum (GPF) 2025, the Bank of Namibia said this week that 800 delegates from across the African continent and beyond, will attend the forum to be held in Swakopmund.
Naufiku Hamunime, acting deputy director of corporate communications and sustainability said the forum, convening under the theme “Empowering Society, Enabling Growth,” represents one of the most significant financial inclusion gatherings globally and on the continent.
She said the forum comes at a pivotal time for Namibia’s financial sector. On 28 July, the Bank of Namibia, jointly with the Ministry of Finance and the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA), launched the Namibia Financial Sector Transformation Strategy (NFSTS), which sets out a roadmap for a resilient, inclusive and modern financial system that serves the development of all Namibians and economy.
Complementing this, the bank also unveiled its financial inclusion awareness campaign, designed to improve the understanding, accessibility and usage of financial services by all Namibians and residents.
Hamunime said both milestones align strongly with the AFI GPF’s objectives of empowering citizens through access to inclusive finance and positioning Namibia as a proactive driver in financial transformation on the continent.
Deputy governor of the Bank of Namibia, Leonie Dunn noted: “The AFI GPF offers Namibia and the wider region a necessary and opportune platform to accelerate financial inclusion efforts. The partnerships we have forged for this event underline our collective commitment to building a sustainable and inclusive financial future.”
Hamunime said the scale and ambition of the AFI GPF underscored that transformative financial inclusion cannot be achieved by a single institution acting in isolation.
“The collaboration between public, private and development partners reflect a shared commitment to
empowering society and enabling growth through innovative financial solutions, policy frameworks and long-term sustainability. Each partner plays a distinctive role in broadening financial access, from driving product innovation in the banking sector, harnessing alternative data to enable inclusion, to supporting SME growth, ensuring social security, and enabling infrastructure development.”
