mso-fareast-language:en">The African Import-Export Bank (Afreximbank mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; Mso-fareast-language:fr">) will organize in partnership with the National Bank from Rwanda (BNR), the AfreximBank Compliance Forum style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; Mso-fareast-language:en"> 2025 (ACF2025). Artificial intelligence (AI) will be at the center of the discussions that will take place from 12 to 14 November 2025 in Kigali in Rwanda.

mso-fareast-language:en">The AfreximBank Compliance Forum mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; Mso-Fareast-Language:en"> 2025 intends to demonstrate how AI can transform financial governance and strengthen transparency in cross-border exchanges. It is placed under the theme “Best Compliance - Better Trade: Adopting AI to Promote and Secure trade through a modern AML/CFT compliance framework.”

ACF2025 will address key topics including, the integration of AI in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT), the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) , lessons learned from African countries removed from the gray list, the detection of money laundering based on commerce (TBML), best practices in banking correspondence, and practical cases of using AI in customer onboarding and monitoring of financial flows.

Indeed, AI makes it possible to accelerate the evaluation of risks, to improve fraud detection, to simplify due diligence reasonable and to monitor transactions in real time. As much innovations designed to fight against financial crime, to secure trade flows and reassure international partners.

According to Soraya M. Hakuziyaremye, Governor of BNR, compliance is like a “cornerstone of financial stability, trust and sustainable growth.” According to him, the welcome of this Forum by Rwanda reflects its leadership role in the adoption of financial innovations.

For it by, Dr. George Elombi, Executive Vice President and Incoming President of afreximbank style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman”; mso-bidi-font-family:arial; Mso-ansi-language:fr; Mso-fareast-language:fr; Mso-bidi-language:ar-sa">, a emphasized that “AI is not the future of compliance, it is already shaping its present”. According to him, robust compliance frameworks pave the way for strengthened integration of Africa into the global economy and stimulate access to financing.