For South African commodity producers, rand depreciation has mitigated the impact of international price changes: food price indices from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, measured in US dollars, show international food prices deflating for the past three years. When calculated in rand terms, these prices have continued to rise.
Today's webinar is providing us with an opportunity to take stock of the current level of financial inclusion on the African continent, share expertise and experiences on the implementation of our countries' respective financial inclusion policies, identify gaps and challenges that still exist and put forth proposals on how we can further advance the financial inclusion agenda, particularly among the youth, including finding ways for greater stakeholder collaboration to achieve this objective.