Morocco to host fifth edition of Africa Financial Summit next week

Morocco to host fifth edition of Africa Financial Summit next week, a key gathering where over 1,250 financial leaders and public decision-makers will convene to define a roadmap for the continent’s financial sovereignty.

The two-day event, known as AFIS 2025, will be held in the economic capital, Casablanca, on November 3-4.

According to a press release for the summit, the program will focus on the transformations required to unlock Africa’s financial potential. Central to the discussions will be the mobilization of domestic institutional capital, with an enhanced role for pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers, and African banks. Their active participation is seen as essential to drive growth and reduce reliance on external financing.

The summit’s agenda will also tackle critical areas for development, including:

· Financing major projects in energy, logistics infrastructure, and natural resources.
· Accelerating digital transformation and innovation, with a focus on how artificial intelligence, stock exchanges, and fintechs can serve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and private equity.

Amir Ben Yahmed, president of the Africa Financial Summit, stated, “This edition in Casablanca reflects the urgency of modernizing our instruments and mobilizing our own capital to channel it into strategic projects that will consolidate our economic development.” He added, “We must make financial sovereignty the cornerstone of growth and inclusion on our continent.”

Echoing the summit’s goals, Ethiopis Tafara, International Finance Corporation (IFC) regional vice president for Africa, said, “We’re bringing together Africa’s financial industry leaders to harness innovative ways of mobilizing the private capital needed to fund jobs, resilience, and inclusive economic growth that the demographics of the continent demand.”

The event is positioned as a primary platform for dialogue and cooperation between the continent’s main public and private finance players. It will host high-level participants, including ministers, central bank governors, and chief executives of major financial institutions.