Conference Agenda

Digital Finance Africa 2026

28 October 2026 | Maslow Sandton

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The Next Step In Your Digital Finance Africa Journey

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Time
Session
Speakers
Venue
08:00
Registration Opens
09:00
Welcome Address
09:10
Keynote address: Backing Purpose: Investing in Startups Solving Africa’s Greatest Challenges.
09h30
The Future of Payments in Africa: Instant, Interoperable and Borderless
09h50
Stablecoins, Crypto and the Future of African Money
10:10
AI in Banking and Fintech: From Experimentation to Financial Infrastructure
10h50
Morning Tea/Coffee Break
11:05
Open Finance: Who Will Own the African Financial Customer?
11h25
The War on Digital Fraud: Can Africa Innovate Faster Than the Scammers?
11h45
Who Will Dominate African Payments — Banks, Fintechs or Telcos?
12:05
Africa Has Millions of Mobile-Money Users. How Do We Turn Access Into Financial Prosperity?
12:40
Banks vs Fintechs vs Stablecoins: Who Will Solve Africa's Cross-Border Payments Problem
12h45
Presentation: Defending Against the Unseen - Proactive Threat Intelligence in Financial Services.
13:05
Lunch Break
14:05
Panel Discussion: Ransomware, Data Breaches & Digital Defenses: Securing Africa’s BFSI Sector in the Age of Cloud and Blockchain
14:45
Presentation: Regulatory Innovation: Enabling or Hindering Digital Transformation?
15:05
Fireside chat| Leading with Lending: Bridgement’s Journey in the B2B FinTech Space.
15:45
Presentation: Banking Reimagined: How BaaS is Transforming Financial Access Across Africa.
16h05
Presentation: The evolution of technology for banking over the last 3-5 years, from cloud to GenAI and MCP and how this has impacted the industry
16:25
Presentation:Vision 2030: Building an Inclusive, Smart, and Resilient African Financial Sector
16:45
Closing Remarks
17:00
Cocktail/ Networking

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