By Dipo Olowookere
The much-anticipated CashlessAfrica Expo will kick off today, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel and will end on Thursday, March 23, 2017.
Experts will gather to discuss the future of finance in Lagos, the economic hub of Nigeria and the conversation will be on via the #CashlessExpo on Twitter.
The event has attracted more than 35 speakers from 30 countries to attend what has become a leading regional digital financial services conference in West Africa.
Vice President and Area Business Head for West Africa, Mastercard, Ms Omokehinde Adebanjo, will open the first day with other notable experts and innovators participating in nine sessions and panels for the two days.
Mastercard is the headline sponsor of the expo with some leading innovators, companies and institutions joining as keynote sponsors: Ping-Express, WorldRemit, TransferTo, SoftwareGroup, Oradian, PharmAccess, IDM, CodersCode, Avante and APO.
During the event, exciting trends in digital financial services—such innovative changes taking place across Africa as the continent leapfrogs into the digital economy will be heard.
According to Emmanuel Okoegwale, the principal Associate at MobileMoneyAfrica – Digital disruption is changing how traditional banking services, payments, remittances are now offered in the digital economy.
Almost all sectors of financial services including payments, money transfers, banking and more – is being re-imagined by non-traditional providers and Fintechs, while the traditional incumbent providers are reinventing themselves very quickly to understand better the puzzle presented by the Fintech and how they can leverage on the digital movement.
The CashlessAfrica conference will not only highlight the challenges and opportunities in the Fintech space in Africa but will provide knowledge and networking platform that will bring the African Fintech industry at par with its counterparts across the globe.
Adedapo Adesanya