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Event Schedule

Day 2: Wednesday October 9

Keynote Address
10:00
The Role of Smart Regulation in Positioning Africa’s Fintech Ecosystem to Accelerate Inclusive Growth
  • Dr Aminu Maida, EVC, Nigeria Communications Commission.
Keynote & Panel Discussion
10:20
Shaping the Future of Africa’s Digital Workforce
  1. Talent development
  2. Talent retention
  3. Economic impact
  • Mary Kerema, Secretary ICT, E-Government & Digital Economy, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy, Kenya
  • David Afolayan, Founder, Technext
  • Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-founder of CFTE
  • Sarah Corley, CEO,  Alliance of Digital Finance and Fintech Associations
  • Gbolahan Olusanya, Country Manager, Tek Knowledge
  • Wande Adams, Co-Founder/CEO, The Bulb Africa
  • Chinwe Uzoho, Regional Managing Director, West and Central Africa, Network International 
  • Adewolu Adenle, Head, Government Affairs and Policy Policy, West Africa, Google
Masterclasses
11:15
Remote Work and Hybrid Models: Adapting Talent Management in the African Context (Employers’ Forum)
  • Ashley Immanuel, Chief Operating Officer, Semicolon
Enhancing Your Digital Skills for a Competitive Edge (Employees’ Forum)
  • Omowunmi Mabel Adewusi, General Counsel & Human Resource Director, AXA Mansard.
Keynote
12:05
DeRemi Atanda , MD Remita
Sponsor’s address
12:15
Jimoh Ehi Okoh, Solutions Architect, Huawei
Product Pitch
12:25
Wayne Eyong, Head of Billers, PalmPay
Keynote Presentation
12:30
Ugochukwu Onwuta, Senior Product Manager at Aza Finance
Keynote address & Panel Discussion
12:45
Safeguarding the Funding Pipeline for Fintechs in Africa
  1. Current investment and funding landscape and trends
  2. Key constraints
  3. Strategies for attracting and maintaining investment
  • Temi Popoola, GCEO, NGX Group
  • Bemi Idowu, Founder & MD, Talking Drum
  • Dr Patrick Conteh, CEO, Africa Fintech Network
  • Noble Obasi, Team Lead for Private Equity, Capital Markets, and Mergers & Acquisitions, Stren & Blan
  • Tiwalola Osazuwa, Partner, AELEX Partners
  • Chika Nwosu, MD, PalmPay
  • Taiwo Kamson Ketiku, Principal, EchoVC
13:45
Lunch Break
14:15
Product Pitches/AI Demos/Exhibitors’ Call Time
  1. Smerp Go (by Oghenefego Ogbegwa, Product Manager, Smerp Go)

  2. Connectivity as an enabler to accelerate Inclusive growth within the Fintech Ecosystem (by Yinka Falola, Divisional CEO, ipNX Business)

  3. Unified Payments (James Onu Agada,Group Head, Payment Gateway)

  4. SDM (Atinuke Ola-lafe, Managing Director, SDM Communications Limited)
Keynote Presentation
14:40
Mike Odusami, President, Maxut Consulting
Panel Session
15:00
Dealing with Fraud and Cyber-Attacks; Barriers to an Expanding Digital Economy
  1. Emerging fraud and cybercrime trends
  2. The impact of fraud and cybercrime on specific sectors of the African economy
  3. The role of international cooperation in combating cybercrime.
  4. The importance of data privacy regulations in the digital age.
  • Dr David Isiavwe, President, ISSAN
  • Abiola Jimoh, CEO, XchangeBox
  • Kari Tukur, Vice President & Head, Customer Solutions, Indian Ocean Islands, East and West Africa Organisation: Mastercard
  • Oluwole Esomojumi, Chief Audit Executive, Wema Bank
  • James Edeh, Head of Compliance, FairMoney
  • Tobiloba Olusoga, COO, i-invest (a product of the Parthian Partners Group)

Day 3: Thursday, October 10

Keynote Address and Panel Discussion
10:00
Global AI Regulation: the Role of Africa and the Global South
  1. Global AI regulatory landscape
  2. Challenges, trends and future prospects
  • Dr Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Director-General/CEO, National Information Technology Development Agency
  • Oremeyi Akah, Chief Customer Experience Officer, Interswitch
  • Adetoyese Adetoyese, Director, Maycode 
  • Bola Adesina, Director, Bola Adesina Consulting 
  • Laylaa Okike, Chief Commercial Officer, Africa, Traderoot
  • Ikem Isiekwena, Managing Partner, SIMMONSCOOPER PARTNERS
Sponsor’s Address
11:15
Branka Mracajac, CEO, 9PSB
Product Pitches / Exhibitors’ Call Time
11:35
  1. Moving Forward with a Platform Orchestration Strategy (Ifeoluwa Adekunle-Yusuf, Vice President, Product and Engineering, Zest Payments Limited.)

  2. Review of major compliance obligations for fintech companies under the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (Olumide Osundolire, Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo (Akeem Salam, Group Head, Business Development and Strategy, 9PSB)

  3. Payment solutions for the future (Fego Okiomah, Country Manager, Newland Payments)
FCDO Roundtable
12:00
Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Finance: Balancing Innovation and Security
  • Dr. Muhammad Jiya, COO, Emerging Technologies and Innovations, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU)
  • Obi Emetaron,CO-Founder/CEO, Zone
  • Senator Ihenyen, Head of Legal and Compliance, BICCoN
  • Uyoyo Ogedegbe, Chief Business Officer, Convexity
Panel Session
12:15
Gen AI Applications for Education and Health in Africa
  • Adedamola Oloko, Innovative Partnerships & Investment Officer, AXA Mansard
  • Dr Krish Ranganath, Regional Executive, West Africa, Africa Data Centres
  • Ayodele Adeyemi-Faboya, Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo
  • Linda Obi: Blockchain Strategist & Global Growth Leader | Forbes Council Member | Top 100 Women Shaping the Future
  • Dr Jason Scales, Treasurer at WorldDidac
12:55
Keynote presentation by Huawei
13:10
Inauguration of FintechNGR 2024-2026 Council
13:25
Lunch Break
Presentation and Demos
14:00
  1. What we know about Gen AI as of today- the use cases in financial services in Africa  (Nimide Falasinu, Vice President, Client Experience, Zest Payments Limited)

  2. Product pitch by ULAW (Adaobi Omosefe Uzo, Associate, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie)
Panel Session:
14:10
Leveraging Biometric Technology for Enhanced KYC and Fraud Prevention in Africa
  1. Biometric technology Use cases and challenges
  2. Biometrics/KYC and data privacy
  3. The Future of Biometric Technology in Africa
  • Chijioke Eze, Head, Banking Technologies , Interswitch
  • Dr. Jinmisayo Adigun Awokola, Director of Business Development, Unitellas Edge Cloud Services Ltd
  • Richy Emah, Regional Business Development Director, Sumsub
  • Vovwe Enyoyi, Head, SME Products and Digital Banking Solutions at eTranzact
  • Prof Sandy Carter, COO of Unstoppable Domains
  • Ibukunoluwa Owa, Assistant Manager, Nigeria Data Protection Commission
18:00
NFW24 Closing Gala & Council Dinner powered by Qucoon

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