Bridgforte Dialogues at UNGA 80
An Inflection Point for Africa & the Global South
This is a decisive turning point to reimagine governance and embed equity at the core of economic design.
Over the past two decades, financial inclusion has expanded dramatically across the Global South, with Africa at the forefront. Digital financial services, mobile money, and other innovations have brought millions into the formal economy.
Yet 2025 marks a strategic inflection point. New technologies hold immense potential to accelerate inclusion, but they emerge against a backdrop of shifting political and economic realities.
This rupture creates space to replace the band-aid of aid with durable, self-sustaining systems. What is required is not incremental reform, but a bold re-engineering of the very systems that shape finance, economies, and societies.
Why This Roundtable? And Why Now?
The 80th United Nations General Assembly convenes under the theme “Better Together”
- Collaboration – Better together must mean more than simply inviting people into the room; it requires redesinging the room itself.
- Inclusion – Genuine power for underrepresented voices to shape agendas, direct resources and co-create solutions.
- Innovation – Convening senior leaders with authority, expertise and influence to shape the next chapter of inclusion in finance.
What Will This Roundtable Achieve?
A working dialogue designed to generate practical outputs that inform post-event action
Key Questions
How can we build more inclusive systems that are durable and self-sustaining? How can we re-engineer systems so underrepresented voices shape agendas? What blind spots are we missing and what principles should we adopt?
Tangible Deliverables
Inclusion Gap Map: A synthesis of the most urgent blind spots in current inclusion efforts. Principles for the Next Chapter of Inclusion: Design principles that move beyond symbolic participation to structural transformation.
Collaborative Action
Intimate by design, enabling frank exchanges and actionable collaboration across sectors and regions. Positioning inclusion as a driver of institutional resilience and global progress.
Leading the Conversation
Senior leaders with authority, expertise, and influence to shape the next chapter of inclusion in finance.
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Bridgforte Dialogue – UNGA 80
Bridgforte Dialogues at UNGA 80 An Inflection Point for Africa & the Global South This is a decisive turning point