4-5TH OCTOBER 2022

PAYMENTS – FINTECH – BANKING

Radisson Blu Hotel
NAIROBI, KENYA
 DAY ONE- 4th OCTOBER
THE JOURNEY TO FINANCIAL INLCUSION
Host: Pam Mutembei, Managing Director, The Walker Group Limited, Kenya
10.00 Keynote Panel Accelerating the journey to Africa’s financial inclusion: enhancing financial stability and literacy within communities for economic
development
Candy Ngula, Deputy Director, Bank of Namibia, Namibia
Dr. Sidi-Mohamed Dhaker, Senior Advisor to the Governor, Central Bank of Mauritania, Mauritiana
Esselina Macome, CEO, FSD Moc, Mozambique
Moderator: Pam Mutembei, Managing Director, The Walker Group Limited, Kenya

10.40 Keynote Fireside Chat The power of parity: creating an equitable future for SMEs, youth and female community
Jean Bosco Iyacu, CEO, Access to Finance Rwanda, Rwanda
Michael Mbaka, Senior Inclusive Finance Specialist, FSD Kenya, Kenya
Moderator: Tawanda Chatikobo, Head: Digital Strategy & Innovation, Nedbank Retail and Business Banking Digital, South Africa

11.10 Keynote Fireside Chat Digital readiness: exploring the power of technology, data and risk assessment for supporting financial inclusion throughout the
continent
Zeine El Abidine Mohamed Salem, Director of the Disruptive Technologies Promotion, Central Bank Of Mauritania, Mauritania
Fabio Soares, Head of Risk and Analysis Division, Central Bank of Angola, Angola
Moderator: Pam Mutembei, Managing Director, The Walker Group Limited, Kenya

11.40 Keynote Presentation The catalyst in Africa’s transformation: tackling gender equality by advancing women’s access to formal financial services
Esselina Macome, CEO, FSD Moc, Mozambique

12.00 Networking Break

PAYMENT BANKING
Host: Martin Kwame Awagah, President, Ghana Fintech and Payments Host: Saburi Chirimi, Senior Consultant, Portland, Kenya
Association, Ghana
THE SHIFT TO CASH-LITE BANK OF THE FUTURE
12.10 Panel Sustaining the development of a smart and cashless society: keeping the
growth momentum for digital payments
Mahaveer Shah, Chief Marketing Officer, FEITIAN Technologies Co. Ltd, China
Darren Franks, Co-Founder, South African Fintech Assocation, South Africa
Paul Sesi, Head, Transactional Banking & Product Development, SBM Kenya,
Kenya
Felix Munyoki, Cash Product Manager, Transaction Banking, Standard
Chartered Bank, Kenya
Moderator: Macky O’Sullivan, Parter, King & Spalding, UK
12.50 Sponsor Presentation Instant payments: the key to a digitalization of payments
and a greater financial inclusion
Deniss Filipovs, Strategic Business Developer, Tietoevry, Latvia
13.10 Fireside Chat Driving the cash-lite agenda throughout Africa: developing a
roadmap to an inclusive digital payments ecosystems for all
Kenneth Korwa, Manager, Product Development - Cash Management, NCBA
Bank Kenya, Kenya
Michael Mbuthia, Regional Director of East Africa, AfricaNenda, Kenya
Moderator: Iheakachi Nwabueze, Head of Global Marketing & Growth, Grey,
Nigeria
13.40 Sponsor Presentation Payment innovation: myths and realities
John Chaplin, Payments Advisor and Founder, Payment Innovation Jury, UK
14.00 Lunch
MOVE TO MOBILE
15.00 Panel The state of the mobile money in Africa: embracing
disruption and building resilience to pave way for digital payments
George Njuguna, Director of ICT (CIO), Safaricom, Kenya
Catherine Thuo, Head Digital Products & Innovation, Co-op Bank Kenya, Kenya
Russell Akuom, Head of Group Payments, Letshego, Kenya
Reserved for dlocal
Panel Accelerating digital banking transformation: embarking on a
technology-first mindset in the new reality to sharpen competitive edge
James Muritu, Group CIO and Projects Lead, Asante Financial, Kenya
Services, Kenya
Funsho Idowu, CEO, SOFRI, Nigeria
Malumane Makabelo, Managing Director, Head of Transaction Banking,
Kenya and East Africa, Standard Chartered Bank, Kenya
Cornel Dixon, Head of Africa, Backbase, Netherlands
Moderator: Samuel Mbugua, Manager – UI/UX, Co-op Bank Kenya,
Kenya
Presentation Supercharging Africa’s bank of tomorrow: the region’s path
to tech excellence with an all-in-one banking platform
David Nwosu, Director, Digital Banking, AKU, Nigeria
Sponsor Presentation Enabling banks to improve offerings, increase
profits and ease compliance functions with cloud banking platform
Reserved for sponsor
13.30 Lunch
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE & ENGAGEMENT
14.30 Panel Winning the battle for customers with a leaner and simple
banking user experience: the roadmap to success
Tawanda Chatikobo, Head: Digital Strategy & Innovation, Nedbank Retail
and Business Banking Digital, South Africa
Azubike Obi, Head, New Businesses, Corporate Banking, First Bank of
Nigeria, Nigeria
Christine Njagi, Manager-Customer Experience, Gulf African Bank, Kenya
 Moderator: Martin Kwame Awagah, President, Ghana Fintech and Payments
Association, Ghana
15.40 Presentation Trust in the power of mobile banking: the chicken and the egg
story
Karoly Petocz, Director of Sales Emerging Markets, HID Global, UAE
16.00 Start-up ‘Tapping’ into the zero-touch future: the rise of contactless and mobile
payment that offers simplicity and security
Dennis Kimathi, Co-founder and CEO, Wallet Yangu Neo Bank, Kenya
16.10 Sponsor Presentation Driving socio-economic development and powering
digital payments with a scalable mobile money platform
Willie Kanyeki, Regional Director, Terrapay, Kenya
16.30 End of Day 1
Moderator: Saburi Chirimi, Senior Consultant, Portland, Kenya
15.10 Sponsor Presentation Making CX your greatest asset: delivering
effortless engagements in real time across all touchpoints with a CRM
banking solution
Reserved for Salesforce
15.30 Panel Developing a simplified, frictionless, quicker digital on-
boarding process to increase operational effectiveness
Irshad Muttur, Chief Operating Officer, Aspira Kenya, Kenya
Nyambura Ndung’u, Senior Manager, Service Experience, SBM Bank,
Kenya
Euston Ferreira, Business Development Manager- Digital Banking,
Temenos, South Africa
Dorothy Jumba, Head of Customer Experience, HF Group, Kenya
Moderator: Teddy Ogallo, Founder, WayaWaya, Kenya
16.10 Presentation Daily finances made easy: inspiring the underserved
to make informed and effective financial decisions with digital banking
and open API
Ajay Ramasubramaniam, Founder & CEO, Startup Réseau, India
16.30 End of Day 1
 DAY TWO – 5TH OCTOBER
THE AFRICAN BANK OF TOMORROW
Host: Fionah Umulisa, Regional Director, Grey, Kenya
10.00 Keynote Panel The new era of digital banking: designing a collaborative framework for all financial players to bridge the financial literacy and independence
gap with creative and innovative solutions
Lance Mambondiani, CEO & Managing Director, BancABC, Zimbabwe
Obinna Ukwuani, Chief Digital Officer, Bank of Kigali, Rwanda
Desmond Takawira, Chief Technology Officer, Steward Bank. Zimbabwe
Deepak Narayanam, Interim Chief Data Officer & Head of Data Science, Access Bank, Nigeria
Moderator: Christine Kitale, Vice Chair, Association of Fintechs in Kenya, Kenya
10.40 Keynote Panel Harnessing the transformative power of data and security protection: creating a culture of innovation to unlock the potential of the African
bank of tomorrow
Hartnell Ndungi, Chief Data Officer, Absa Bank Kenya, Kenya
John Muteru, Chief Risk Officer, Bank of Africa, Kenya
Harrison Nnaji, Group CISO, First Bank Group, Nigeria
Daniel Adaramola, Co-Founder & Advisory Board Member, Young CISO Network and Group Head, Technology & Business Continuity Risk, Unity Bank,
Nigeria
Moderator: Monicah Mugure Ndungu’u, Head, Payments, RPC & Remittances, Ecobank Kenya Ltd., Kenya
11.20 Keynote Interview Building a multi segment digital bank that drives convenience and efficiency in Africa
Michael Mwangi, Head of Digital Business, I&M Bank, Kenya
Moderator: Heidi Custers, Digital Transformation Director, Backbase, Amsterdam

11.40 Networking Break

FINTECH BANKING
Host: Martin Kwame Awagah, President, Ghana Fintech and Payments Host: Pam Mutembei, Managing Director, The Walker Group Limited,
Association, Ghana Kenya
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FINTECH INNOVATION FRAUD, DATA SECURITY & ALTERNATIVE TECH
12.00 Panel The rise of fintech in Africa: disrupting traditional financial services Panel Bridging the gap between trust and financial literacy: securing
through collaboration and innovation African banks’ future with anti-fraud intelligence strategy
Dr. Patrick Conteh, CEO, African Fintech Network, Nigeria Dennis Echeru, General Manager – Risk Management Division, Centenary
Ali Hussein, Chaiman, Associations of Fintechs in Kenya, Kenya Bank, Uganda
David Nwosu, Director, Digital Banking, AKU, Nigeria
 Sahil Arya, Head of Banking Technology & Digital Transformation, Gulf African
Bank, Kenya
Moderator: Fionah Umulisa, Regional Director – East Africa, Grey, Kenya
12.40 Panel Advancing financial inclusion with the partnership of tomorrow: delving
into bank-fintech collaboration for better digital banking products and customer
experience
Christine Kitale, Vice Chair, Association of Fintechs in Kenya, Kenya
Odhiambo Evans, Assistant General Manager & Head of Transactional Banking,
I&M Bank, Kenya
Kevin Mutiso, Chair of Board, Digital Lending Association of Kenya, Kenya
Carole Karema, Head of ICT and Business Transformation, Equity Bank, Rwanda
Moderator: Martin Kwame Awagah, President, Ghana Fintech and Payments
Association, Ghana
13.20 Start-up Uncovering investment barriers: challenging the status quo of startup
financing and venture capital
Jude Dike, Co-Founder, GetEquity, Nigeria
13.30 Sponsor Presentation Open banking in Africa: the crucial role of fintechs in this
shift towards being customer-centric
Christine Durant, Senior Manager-Business Development, ICPS, Mauritius
13.50 Lunch
CROSS BORDER TRADE
15.00 Panel Paving the way to Africa’s economic diversification and inclusion: boosting
trade with a digital cross-border payment systems
George Obed, Founder and CEO, Nomad Money, Nigeria
Fionah Umulisa, Regional Director – East Africa, Grey, Kenya
Monicah Mugure Ndungu’u, Head, Payments, RPC & Remittances, Ecobank
Kenya Ltd., Kenya
Njoku Emmanuel, Founder & CEO, Lazerpay, Nigerian
Hannes Bezuidenhout, Regional Director Southern and East Africa,
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, South Africa
Moderator: Mercy Buku, Risk Management Consultant, Digifin Risk
Management Services, Kenya
Presentation Combating financial crimes and fraud in the digital world
with the support of AI
Baran Ozkan, Co-Founder & CEO, Flagright, USA
13.00 Presentation Data security and digital resilience: winning
consumers in the battle of consent and trust with transparency
Harrison Nnaji, Group CISO, First Bank Group, Nigeria
13.20 Sponsor Presentation Ensuring compliance and data security with
the use of technology
Neil Cosser, Regional Sales Director, Thales, Sub-Sahara Africa
13.40 Lunch
MICROFINANCE & LENDING
14.40 Panel Redefining the lending value chain: moving away from
traditional trade finance instruments and embracing digital lending
Adebola Olatunbosun, Head, Investor Relations, FairMoney, Nigeria
Gabriel Addai Duah, Team Lead, Retail Loans, FBN Bank, Ghana
Sebie Salim, Co-Founder, Tenakata, Kenya
Tobi Amira, VP Business Loans, TeamApt, Nigeria
Moderator: Hilda Moraa, CEO & Founder, Pezesha, Kenya
 Moderator: Mercy Kimalat, Chief Executive Officer, ASSEK, Kenya
15.40 Fireside Chat Women and trade in Africa: extending the benefits of cross-border
growth and realising its true potential
Asha Kamenge, Head of Product Innovation, Gulf African Bank, Kenya
Iheakachi Nwabueze, Head of Global Marketing & Growth, Grey, Nigeria
Moderator: Mercy Kimalat, Chief Executive Officer, ASSEK, Kenya
16.10 Start-up Facilitating cross border transaction in real time: increasing
transparency to generate higher revenue
George Obed, Founder and CEO, Nomad Money, Nigeria
16.20 Presentation Solutions beyond logistics: making instant and secure cross-border
payments and deliveries throughout the continent
Reserved for sponsor
16.40 End of Day 2
15.20 Interview Heightening microfinance initiative with modern
regulatory, supervisory and legal framework
Odunayo Eweniyi, COO-Co-founder, PiggyVest, Nigeria
Moderator: Pam Mutembei, Managing Director, The Walker Group
Limited, Kenya
15.40 Presentation Fintech’s role in microfinance maturity: meeting the
need for robust and diversified digital solutions
Benson Wakaba, Head of Risk and Compliance, Faulu Microfinance Bank,
Kenya
16.00 Sponsor Presentation The official microfinance partner: improving
loan officer efficiency, extending outreach and increasing revenue with
cloud banking platform
Reserved for sponsor
16.20 End of Day 2