Queen Maxima gave an opening speech at G7 Partnership online event

In her capacity as the UN Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, Queen Maxima of The Netherlands gave an opening speech at the online event ‘G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa’, hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Among other speakers at the event, there were French finance minister Bruno le Maire and Melinda Gates.

Last year, the Group of Seven (G7) outlined an agenda to fight inequality. As part of this agenda, the G7 Partnership for Women’s Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa will support African governments, central banks, and financial institutions in their efforts to build more inclusive, sustainable, and responsible digital financial systems, ensuring that 400 million more African adults are financially included—nearly 60 percent of whom are women.

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