Welcome to AFRITAC South
The Regional Capacity Development Center for Southern Africa (AFRITAC South – AFS) is a collaborative effort of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), 13 beneficiary countries, and several development partners aimed at providing technical assistance, training, and peer learning opportunities in core areas –including, public financial management, tax and customs administration, banking supervision and regulation, monetary policy and FX market operations, financial market infrastructure and fintech, real sector statistics, financial and fiscal law, AML/CFT and governance and anti-corruption. AFS CD remains closely linked to priority global topics -climate, governance, digitalization, and gender inclusion –and to the regional agendas of member countries. The key beneficiaries are finance ministries, central banks, revenue authorities, and statistical agencies.
AFS Annual Report FY 2024
Throughout FY2024, AFRITAC South remained agile in addressing the most pressing capacity development (CD) needs of member countries, ensuring that CD support was well-integrated with the IMF’s surveillance and lending activities. AFS continued to diversify its CD services, expanding technical assistance (TA) and training in priority areas such as climate, digitalization, debt management, revenue mobilization, cybersecurity, and digital currencies, complementing support from Headquarters. Despite some delays due to elections, security concerns, and changes in mission plans by authorities, CD delivery remained robust in FY2024, with over 150 TA missions covering all 13 AFS member countries, alongside 27 regional multicountry training events and several single-country workshops conducted during TA missions.
EnglishAFS Annual Report FY 2024
Throughout FY2024, AFRITAC South remained agile in addressing the most pressing capacity development (CD) needs of member countries, ensuring that CD support was well-integrated with the IMF’s surveillance and lending activities. AFS continued to diversify its CD services, expanding technical assistance (TA) and training in priority areas such as climate, digitalization, debt management, revenue mobilization, cybersecurity, and digital currencies, complementing support from Headquarters. Despite some delays due to elections, security concerns, and changes in mission plans by authorities, CD delivery remained robust in FY2024, with over 150 TA missions covering all 13 AFS member countries, alongside 27 regional multicountry training events and several single-country workshops conducted during TA missions.
EnglishAFS Phase III (FY24-FY28) Program
This program document makes the case for a third five‐year phase, starting May 2023,1 for the Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa. It highlights AFS member countries’ progress dur...
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This program document makes the case for a third five‐year phase, starting May 2023,1 for the Regional Technical Assistance Center for Southern Africa. It highlights AFS member countries’ progress dur...
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