Launch of DIA'FIN, the first series of high-level dialogues on Financial Inclusion in Guinea and Africa, under the leadership of the Central Bank of Guinea, on May 3, 2019, in Conakry.

The inaugural session of the first series of high-level dialogues on financial inclusion in Guinea and Africa, called DIA'FIN, will be held on May 3, 2019 in Conakry, under the aegis of the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea, elected to the presidency of the African Financial Inclusion Policy Initiative (AFPI) during the 6th annual round table of AFI (Global Alliance for Financial Inclusion) decision-makers held in Conakry in May 2018.

The theme of the inaugural session: "Digital technology at the service of financial inclusion: What are the advances, issues and challenges?" Are expected: senior representatives of the government of the Republic of Guinea, central banks of countries in the sub-region, institutions in the banking, microfinance, mobile finance and development sectors, as well as national and regional media and international.

“ Financial inclusion in our countries is becoming an essential subject if we want to lift our populations out of poverty by offering quality financial services. Achieving this objective requires, in particular, fair and correct treatment of the customers of financial institutions, and therefore their consideration", says Dr. Lounceny Nabé, Governor of the Central Bank of Guinea and current President of AFPI. (African Initiative for Financial Inclusion Policies).

Indeed, Guinea, like the countries of the African continent, has experienced an upheaval in its financial ecosystem since 2010. Financial technology, or “fintech”, and in particular the commoditization of mobile telephony, has facilitated the expansion of access to financial services for hard-to-reach populations and businesses, at lower cost and with minimal risk. In the era of the digital revolution, all sectors of the economy have had to deal with new technologies. The banking sector is no exception: What are the issues. What innovations are underway? Who are the players in the sector? How to progress towards universal access to banking and financial services for all? How to reach the traditionally disadvantaged strata?

DIA'FIN's mission is to provide possible answers, solutions and recommendations to these questions in order to make information on inclusive finance and digitalization more accessible and digestible to actors and stakeholders, and to communities by mobilizing decision makers and stakeholders.