Kenya is hosting this year’s edition of the Africa Fintech Summit from September 4th to 6th at the J.W. Marriott in Nairobi. The Summit will bring together African and global Africa-focused fintech stakeholders for growth-enabling conversations and engagements.
As with past events, #AFTSNairobi2024 will take a hybrid format that welcomes in-person attendees, and offers live streaming for remote participants via the Africa Fintech Summit website. Tickets to the event can be secured here.
Guided by the theme Fintech in Every Industry, the main event includes an extensive line-up of panel sessions and keynotes. The content tracks include a fireside chat with Shola Akinlade, Co-founder of Paystack, and conversations on open banking, Kenya’s tech ecosystem, mobile money, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), blockchain technology, cross-border money transfer and remittances, fintech’s role in Africa’s climate solutions and more.
The Nairobi event is the latest edition of the biannual Africa Fintech Summit, which takes place in Washington, D.C., and in an African city every year. Since its inception in 2018, AFTS has established itself as the leading global initiative dedicated to Africa’s fintech ecosystem. It provides a space where ideas are shared, investments are mobilized, and partnerships are formed.
Over the last 11 summits over 150 panel sessions, workshops, and roundtable discussions led by 400+ industry-leading speakers and panelists have occurred. The summits have also facilitated multiple partnerships and hosted product and initiative launches like the Prosper Africa Tech for Trade Alliance while contributing to the successful efforts of startups to raise over Ksh. 19 billion (USD 150 million).
The Africa Fintech Summit hosts the best and brightest of African fintech, stakeholders across different sectors, and global tech players. This year, confirmed organizations taking part in the Summit include M-PESA, Interswitch, Flutterwave, Paystack, MDP, Visa, Mastercard, Google, Microsoft, 500 Global, Ecobank, Bank of America, Fintech Association of Kenya (FINTAK), Prosper Africa, and more. Many of these also double as sponsors of the event.