FinTech has the highest penetration in Africa, with 94% of population having regular access to the internet in South Africa alone. To note, in terms of VC funding for African FinTech startups, the fintechs raised a whopping US$ 350 million in 2020 - highlighting that fintech investments in Nigeria have grown by 197% over the past three years.
Therefore, an array of rapidly advancing technological innovations, from RPA to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), is offering BFSI sector new ways to transform their businesses without replacing core banking systems in Africa. In addition, the Egyptian government unveiled the Egypt Vision 2030 announcing one of the 8th goals is a mandate to expand fintech services throughout the country. To acknowledge the growing importance of digital innovation across financial institutions in Africa, the 7th Edition of World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS): LIVE will attract 1500+ technology and business heads from 200+ leading Banks, Insurance & Micro-Finance institutions across Africa to virtually connect, collaborate and explore a wide range of new-age-future-tech solutions curated for the growing BFSI sector. This exclusive virtual conference is scheduled for 10 – 11 August 2021.
FinTech & Digital Transformation Specialist
IFC
Senior Transformation Expert
Financial Industry
Huawei Technologies
Division President
Sub-Saharan Africa
Mastercard
Senior Director
Financial Services
Oracle
Chief Transformation Officer
GH Corporate Transformation
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd
Group Chief Information Officer
Jubilee Insurance
Chief Information Officer
EFG Hermes
GIA Executive: Head of Digital
FirstRand Group
Chief Information Officer
UBA Group
Head customer experience
Steward Bank Zimbabwe
Asst. Vice President - CRM, Customer Analytics & Insights
First City Monument Bank
SVP - Content Strategy & Evangelist
KnowBe4 Africa
CTO
CIM Finance
Head HC Projects & Digital Transformation
Sterling Bank
Head of Digital Business
NCBA Bank - Tanzania
Head, Transcation Banking
& Digital Banking
Nova Merchant Bank
Head, Digital Partnerships
Access Bank Plc
Divisional Head, Retail and Consumer Banking
Sterling Bank Plc
Head of Transaction Banking
Kenya & East Africa
Standard Chartered Bank
Senior Director
Financial Services
Sidian Bank Limited
Head of Digital Banking
FNB Lesotho
CISO
Attijariwafa Bank
Chief Information Security Officer
Emirates NBD
CISO
GT Bank Plc
Chief Information Security Officer
Stanbic Bank Ghana
Head of Retail Banking
Bank Africa
CRO
Musoni
Chief Information Officer
Co-operative bank limited
Group Executive, Consumer Banking
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated
Head Digital & Platform Services
Corporate and Investment Banking
Absa Bank Limited
Managing Director
Xarani Tech
CISO
Ahli Bank Kuwait, Egypt
Assistant General Manager &
Head of Transactional Banking
I&M Bank
Head of Compliance
NBS Bank Plc
Head, Customer Experience Governance
United Bank for Africa Plc
Founder & CEO
Retention Concierge
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CEO
ATS Network Management Pty LTD
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Senior Specialist: Customer Experience
South African Revenue Services
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Finacle is the industry-leading digital banking solution suite from EdgeVerve Systems, a wholly owned product subsidiary of Infosys. Finacle helps traditional and emerging financial institutions drive truly digital transformation to achieve frictionless customer experiences, larger ecosystem play, insights–driven interactions and ubiquitous automation. Today, banks in over 100 countries rely on Finacle to service more than a billion consumers and 1.3 billion accounts. Finacle solutions address the core banking, omnichannel banking, payments, treasury, origination, liquidity management, Islamic banking, wealth management, analytics, artificial intelligence, and blockchain requirements of financial institutions to drive business excellence. An assessment of the top 1250 banks in the world reveals that institutions powered by the Finacle Core Banking solution, on average, enjoy 7.2% points lower costs-to-income ratio than others
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a leading provider of cyber security solutions to corporate enterprises and governments globally. Its solutions protect customers from 5th-generation cyber-attacks with an industry leading catch rate of malware, ransomware and other targeted attacks. Check Point offers a multilevel security architecture with our new Gen V advanced threat prevention that protects all networks, cloud and mobile operations of a business against all known attacks combined with the industry’s most comprehensive and intuitive single point of control management system. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by more than 39,000 organizations around the globe. KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. Organizations rely on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end-users as the last line of defence.
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly Automated and Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous Database. For more information about Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com
Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices. We have approximately 197,000 employees and we operate in over 170 countries and regions, serving more than three billion people around the world.
Huawei itself focuses on ICT infrastructure and smart devices, through open collaboration and innovation, we help promote and protect unified global standards, establish industry and ecosystem alliances, support global open source projects, and drive breakthroughs in key technologies. We need to pool, create, and share resources across the entire industry. Together with industry partners worldwide, we are building an open, global ecosystem that will help the ICT sector to develop more sustainably.
Our mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. Drive ubiquitous connectivity and promote equal access to networks to lay the foundation for the intelligent world; provide the ultimate computing power to deliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence; build powerful digital platforms to help all industries and organizations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; redefine user experience with AI, offering consumers more personalized and intelligent experiences across all scenarios, including home, travel, office, entertainment, and fitness & health.
Freshworks provides intelligent customer engagement software for businesses of all sizes, making it easy for teams to win customers for life. Freshworks SaaS products are ready to go, easy to use and offer quick return on investment. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks has a dedicated team operating from 13 global locations to serve customers throughout the world.
World Financial Innovation Series 2021: Africa is a premier platform for thought leaders and industry experts, both regional and international, to share insights and best practices on processes, techniques, and latest technologies in the BFSI industry. Speaking at this event will present you the opportunity to address your work in the industry and help business leaders equip themselves with valuable insights and advice.
More than 1500 technology and business heads from 200+ leading Banks, Insurance & Micro-Finance institutions, and government officials across Africa will attend the summit to virtually connect, network, do business and learn.
Deliver an engaging and thought-provoking content that help 1500+ attendees gain skills to build and innovate.
Share your technical knowledge, best practices, use-cases, and innovations that can largely contribute to the FinTech community.
Be at the forefront of financial innovations and present your strategies to master execution and drive innovation success.
Get involved with Africa’s renowned technology leaders and experts who are also a part of global financial innovation ecosystem
