The Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) is playing a prominent role at the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Global Policy Forum, with Deputy Governor Felicia Dlamini-Kunene leading critical discussions on gender-inclusive finance.
Dlamini-Kunene, a member of AFI’s Gender Inclusive Finance Committee, chaired the Gender Inclusive Finance Leaders’ Breakfast and Committee Meeting. She also presented the Committee’s annual report to the AFI Board.
Key discussions under her leadership focused on using improved data to shape policy, mentoring women leaders within regulatory institutions, and securing sustainable support for AFI’s gender-inclusive finance program.
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The Global Policy Forum was preceded by AFI Annual General Meeting (AGM), regional initiatives meetings, and various working group sessions. Both the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) participated in the AGM.
The Governor, in his capacity as Chairperson of the AFI Resource Mobilization Committee, delivered a presentation on behalf of the Committee.
Technical officials from the CBE are also actively engaged in several working groups covering SME finance, consumer empowerment and market conduct, digital financial services, financial-inclusion data, and inclusive green finance.
These groups develop practical policy guidance and help set AFI’s peer-learning and implementation priorities for the year ahead.
