Port sudan: Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS), Amina Mirghani, on Monday met with general managers of banks operating across the country, in the presence of the Bank's two deputy governors, at Al-Dhaman Hall in Port Sudan. The meeting was devoted to reviewing CBOS policies for 2026, including their underlying references, objectives, and priority areas.
According to Sudan News Agency, Mirghani stated that the 2026 policies are being launched under the slogan 'From Resilience to Recovery to Build a Flexible Financial Future,' and are anchored in a strategic roadmap aimed at rebuilding the banking sector and achieving sustainable economic stability. She stressed that curbing inflation remains the foremost priority, to be pursued through close coordination with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and relevant stakeholders, alongside strengthening exchange-rate flexibility and stability. This, she explained, will be achieved through effective liquidity management, improved management of the national currency, and reinforcement of foreign-currency supply.
She added that the policy package includes upgrading and strengthening payment systems infrastructure, expanding digital transformation, and ensuring strict compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards. The policies also seek to advance financial inclusion by allocating no less than 12 percent of banks' financing portfolios to microfinance, thereby broadening the customer base and enhancing the efficiency of monetary policy transmission.
The CBOS Governor underscored the importance of building a recovered and resilient banking sector to reinforce public confidence, safeguard monetary sovereignty, and shield the system from shocks through the development of an early-warning framework. She clarified that credit will be directed primarily toward productive sectors, exports, pharmaceuticals, and reconstruction- the latter in coordination with the Ministry of Finance- to support real economic growth and ease inflationary pressures.
In a related context, Amina Mirghani pointed to the Central Bank's success in building reserves of foreign currency and gold, strengthening the capacity of monetary policy to achieve macroeconomic stability. She commended banks for their efforts and the steadfastness of the banking sector during the war, calling for innovative banking solutions and strict adherence to governance standards, while reaffirming the Central Bank's continued support to the sector.
For their part, bank chief executives welcomed the Central Bank's consultative approach. Chairman of the Sudanese Banks Union (SBU), Abbas Abdalla Abbas, said the banking sector has-by Allah's grace-overcome the shock caused by the war and the damage inflicted on infrastructure, affirming banks' full commitment to CBOS directives and policies and their support for the national economy.