A financial education training program was launched on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 in Ouagadougou by the National Agency for the Promotion of Inclusive Finance (ANPFI) in partnership with the company Wave.

The training program aims to strengthen the financial knowledge of populations, especially women, and to offer them practical tools to better manage their income, secure their savings and undertake wisely. It will initially train 373 beneficiaries divided between Ouagadougou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Koudougou, Ouahigouya and Banfora. The aim is to give citizens, regardless of their social or geographic profile, the means to understand financial mechanisms and to take ownership of digital innovations to build a more secure economic future

This initiative is part of the activities planned on the sidelines of the 2025 session of the Digital Finance Coordination Framework (CCFD), which will finally be held on July 28. The theme planned for this event is “Artificial intelligence and financial inclusion: what challenges, what opportunities?” ”. The CCFD is planned to be held in five major locations in the country. This program aims to strengthen the economic autonomy of populations, especially women, and to promote finance that is accessible and adapted to local realities

For the CEO of ANPFI, Wango Fidèle Yaméogo, this launch is a key step in implementing the mission of his agency. He also recalled the definition and the national challenge of financial inclusion. For the latter, “inclusion cannot be real if it only affects capitals. It must reach the neighborhoods, anchor itself in the markets, and resonate even in the villages. She must speak Mooré, Dioula, Fulfuldé, Gulmanceba or other things, because she must