The AFI Global Policy Forum is the world’s leading event on financial inclusion. It brings together 700 senior financial regulators and policymakers from around the world. Attendees connect, discuss, exchange insight, and learn which policies are achieving impact.
A key enabler and accelerator for financial inclusion – nationally, regionally, and globally – the AFI Global Policy Forum is co-hosted each year by a different member institution in a different region of the world. The 2025 GPF will be co-hosted by the Bank of Namibia.
The 2025 GPF Logo draws inspiration from Sandwich Harbour in Namibia, where towering dunes meet the Atlantic Ocean—an awe-inspiring convergence of land and sea. This unique landscape reflects the vastness, mystery, and beauty of nature, capturing the essence of timeless change. Just as the dunes and waves are in constant motion, the image symbolizes progress, transformation, and the dynamic journey toward financial inclusion. It serves as a reminder that meaningful change, like nature, is both powerful and enduring.
The 2025 AFI GPF tagline, “Empowering society, enabling growth,” reinforces the idea that financial inclusion is not just about access—it is a driver of empowerment and economic progress. By providing communities with the right financial tools, we foster resilience, unlock opportunities, and create a more inclusive and sustainable economy.
2025 Program Highlights
Monday, 2 September AFI Working Group Meetings AFI Board and Committee Meetings
Tuesday, 3 September AFI Annual General Meeting AFI Regional Initiative Meetings
Wednesday, 4 September Opening of the 2025 AFI GPF Bank of Namibia’s financial inclusion journey High-level plenaries and technical breakout sessions AFI Global Awards
Thursday, 5 September High-level plenaries and technical breakout sessions Closing of the 2025 AFI GPF
2023 Highlights
Overview
More than 89 member institutions, representing 84 countries
The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) organizes its annual flagship event, the Global Policy Forum (GPF), for its vibrant and growing global network. With more than 89 member institutions, representing 84 countries, the GPF is the most important and comprehensive forum for regulatory institutions to share experiences, knowledge and initiatives that have made an impact in bringing financial services to the world’s 1.4billion unbanked.
Bringing the world’s 1.4 billion unbanked into the formal financial system
AFI recognizes the GPF as the keystone for its membership. Each year, the GPF is co-hosted by a different member institution in a different region of the world. Over the past decade, GPFs have supported the environment for historic financial inclusion policy initiatives, and declarations that have made a powerful impact on the global quest to bring the world’s 1.4 billion unbanked into the formal financial system.
GPF reports
The 2024 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Innovation for an Inclusive World
The 2023 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Stability, Sustainability, and Inclusivity for Shared Prosperity
The 2022 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Moving forward together: Towards a resilient, inclusive and sustainable future
The 2019 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Using Technology for Inclusion of Women and Youth
The 2018 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Innovation. Inclusion. Impact.
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The 2017 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Exploring Diversity, Promoting Inclusion
The 2016 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Building the Pillars of Sustainable Inclusion
The 2015 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Inspiring Innovation to Advance Inclusion
The 2014 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Global Partnerships, National Goals, Empowering People
The 2013 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Driving Policies for Optimal Impact
The 2012 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Making Financial Inclusion Real
The 2011 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Taking Stock, Setting Goals, Moving Forward
The 2010 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: Taking Financial Inclusion to the Next Level
The 2009 Global Policy Forum (GPF) Report: A Marketplace of Ideas
