Ladies and Gentlemen, as you may recall, the idea to have a focused regional initiative on Mobile Phone Financial Services (MFS) platform in Africa, was initiated right here in Zanzibar during the first African Financial Inclusion Policy Forum held in March 2012.
The Bretton Woods system has been very successful in avoiding financial crises and achieving high growth rates from 1945 to 1970. I hope this conference can provide us with advice and examples how to reach this goal – a stable international monetary system, conducive to growth.