WASHINGTON DC, USA /African Media Agency/ – Fintech stakeholders from across Africa and the world will meet in Cape Town, South Africa, for the eighth Africa Fintech Summit, from November 2 to 4, 2022. The prestigious conference was billed as Africa’s premier fintech event will be hosted at the Cape Town International Convention Center (CTICC).
This November’s Cape Town edition promises to deliver robust and carefully curated community-oriented experiences through plenary sessions, networking opportunities, keynotes, startup demos and exhibits, an ecosystem tour and the 2022 AlphaExpo Micro Accelerator Pitch Competition.
Over the past five years and seven editions, the Africa Fintech Summit is a fintech ecosystem-building initiative by bringing the world’s attention to Africa’s fast-growing fintech sector, fostering intra-African and continental partnerships, and providing a launching pad for innovative and impactful finance. services solutions.
Voted the most engaging event in the World Bank Spring Series, the Africa Fintech Summit is held twice a year, each April in Washington DC during the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and each November in a different African city, with the most recent editions held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Lagos, Nigeria and Cairo, Egypt.
The summits have contained over 100 plenary meetings, closed doors and network gatherings. With over 4,000 in-person and virtual attendees, and more than 200 panelists representing over $4.5 billion in private equity and venture capital funding.
From facilitating policymaking to enabling knowledge sharing and launching strategic partnerships, the Africa Fintech Summit has consistently supported the minds building solutions to create an economically resilient and inclusive Africa. Startups have also found the summit to be the perfect spark to start their journey through the Alpha Expo Micro Accelerator. Alumni of the program have raised over $200 million and include industry leaders such as Yellow Card, Market Force, PiggyVest, PayHippo, Asaak and others.
The Africa Fintech Summit Cape Town follows a successful seventh summit this spring, held in Washington DC during the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings which brought together over 450 fintech stakeholders in person and online. The Cape Town summit will look to replicate the results of previous editions and continue the ecosystem-building conversations that began in DC earlier in April under this year’s overarching theme: “Africanization of Global Fintech.”
The Africanization of Global Fintech explores the growth of African fintech and how their influence extends beyond the continent to the global stage, the increasing focus of global investors on the sector, and other new and defining trends that are putting Africa’s fintech space on the global map. Conversations at the summit will focus on fintech policy and regulation, cross-border payments and remittances, local tech talent, mobile money and interoperability, blockchain and cryptocurrency use cases, venture capital, intra-Africa trade and more.
Over 60 top fintech innovators, financial leaders, investors, policy makers and government officials are expected to lead these conversations. Organizers expect panelists to include the likes of Tosin Eniolorunda, Founder and CEO, TeamApt, Shola Akinlade,
Co-founder and CEO, Paystack, Wiza Jalakasi, VP of Global Merchant Business, Chipper Cash; Omosalewa Adeyemi, Global Head of Expansion and Partnerships, Flutterwave; Djiba Diallo, Senior Fintech Advisor, Ecobank; Miranda Perumal, Senior Director, Head of Digital Partnerships, Fintech and Ventures, Sub-Saharan Africa, Visa; Andres Perez and Lavina Ramkissoon, Co-Founders, Fintech Association of South Africa; and more.
In addition to the panel sessions and workshops, delegates have the opportunity to register for a Cape Town Ecosystem Tour on 4 November, exposing delegates to South Africa’s thriving fintech and startup ecosystems. According to a report by Disrupt Africa, of the 490 operational technology startups in South Africa, fintech accounts for 30% (147), which is almost three times larger than its closest competitor, e-commerce and retail technology (50 startups).
South Africa has also consistently attracted the most funding of the countries in Southern Africa, having raised around $1.7 billion since 2019, representing over 95% of funding secured by startups in the region, according to Africa, the Big Deal .
Speaking at the summit coming to South Africa, HE Nomaindiya Mfeketo, South Africa’s Ambassador to the US said: “… The Africa Fintech Summit, which has financial inclusion at its core and enables the underserved and underbanked population to enjoy affordable and convenient finance services via innovative technological services, is a very welcome initiative. I would like to welcome the global delegates of AFTS to beautiful South Africa and enjoy wonderful conference tourism!
“We are very excited to bring AFTS to South Africa, a world leader in banking and telecom services and one of the top African countries with the most advanced technology ecosystem hubs and sophisticated technology talent. We look forward to welcoming our global delegates and ecosystem players welcome to Cape Town in November, and therefore collaborative partnerships and initiatives are being made towards the Africanization of global technology,” said Zekarias Amsalu Dubale, co-founder of AFTS, and founder and MD of Ibex Grense.
Don’t miss the opportunity to take part in Africa’s largest gathering of fintech entrepreneurs, regulators and investors. Tickets are still available on the Africa Fintech Summit website and are selling fast. Use discount code AFTSCapeTown2022 to save 20% on registration.
Distributed by the African Media Agency in partnership with the Africa Fintech Summit
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About the Africa Fintech Summit
AFTS is the premier global initiative dedicated to the African fintech ecosystem. AFTS is traditionally held in Washington, DC, every April during the week of the World Bank/IFC Annual Meeting and in a different African city every November (most recently Lagos, Addis Ababa and Cairo). The summit will be held in a hybrid format, in-person at the chosen location in accordance with the COVID-19 protocol and global virtual delegates. The November 2022 summit will take place in Cape Town, South Africa.
Supported by an advisory board of thought leaders and fintech pioneers, AFTS is a unique space where innovative ideas are discussed, investments are mobilized, partnership agreements are made and collaborations are formed across sectors and geographies. AFTS is organized in partnership between Washington, DC-based firm, strategic advisory group, Dedalus Global, and pan-African consulting firm, Ibex Frontier.
Media contact:
Charles Isidi
Digital Engagement Strategist, AFTS
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