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- Africa Fintech Summit
- Welcome to the Africa Fintech Summit
Kelly Bentley
Kelly Bentley
CEO of dx5Kelly Bentley, Chief Rebel, The Rebel Element
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Kelly is the CEO of Dx5. Before that she was the Co-Founder and Chief rebel at the South African company Rebel Element which merged with CIO Africa this year to form Dx5. She has also worked as a Senior Road Traffic Accident Claims Advisor at Accident Advice Helpline and as a Marketing and Events Manager at Chief Nation. She then joined McDonald Butler Associates as a Senior Account Manager then later a Client Services Director for Africa. Kelly is enthusiastic about making a difference in Africa and is always considered a mentor and someone to look up to by upcoming women in the industry.
- The Future of Banking in an Era of Fintech
Jerome Ochieng
Jerome Ochieng
PS at Ministry Of ICT, Innovation & Youth AffairsMr. Jerome Ochieng has been appointed the new Principal Secretary for State Department of ICT & Innovation. Until his appointment, Mr. Ochieng was the Director of the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) at the National Treasury and a member, Board of Directors at the Information, Communication Authority.
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Mr. Ochieng has 17 years’ work experience in the field of information and communication technology in the Public Service. Mr. Ochieng' has also served as ICT Manager with Public Procurement Oversight Authority for 6 years.
He holds a Masters’ Degree in Information Engineering from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He is a registered fellow of the Computer Society of Kenya and a Licentiate Member of the Institute of Management Information Systems (IMIS), UK
- Driving the future of banking through open banking
Lanre Bamisebi
Lanre Bamisebi
Group IT & Operations at Equity BankAllow us to introduce to you, the virtuoso of facilitating the integration of the virtual world into the physical world- the master digital transformation strategist.
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Think of the difference between walking into a bank to request your balance and the ability to pull up that information in real-time on your phone and you’ll have a good idea of FinTech’s impact. This impact is something that is not always easily conveyed in a manner that is consumable, unless it is Lanre Bamisebi’s segment.
Lanre, apart from being a brilliant orator, is a highly experienced senior technology and banking Operations leader with proven results in driving transformation, digitizing operations for efficiency and seamless customer experience, creating business value from solutions that impact the bottom line, a trans-formative and visionary business leader with a proven track record of helping companies leverage technology to drive real business value.
- Coffee break
- When does regulation become a burden?
Caroline Kipkulei•Carolyne Guya•Kevin Mutiso•Munyi Nthigah•Frank RaudoPanel discussion
Caroline Kipkulei
Manager at PwC Kenya’s Legal & Regulatory Compliance Advisory unit
Carolyne Guya
Tech & Intellectual Property Lawyer at Kiptinness and Odhiambo Associates LLP
Kevin Mutiso
Chairman at Digital Lenders Association of Kenya
Munyi Nthigah
General Manager at Tala
Frank Raudo
Corporate & Commercial Lawyer at TripleOKLaw Advocates LLP
- The Fintech Landscape in Africa
Dr Segun Aina
Dr Segun Aina
President at Africa Fintech NetworkA global professional banking leader, internationally rated fintech ecosystem builder and thought leader with disruptive and enabling tech innovation mindset, respected Futurist and Chartered Arbitrator.
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Chairman, Global Banking Education Standards Board, comprising professional banking institutes and related institutions in thirty six countries across all continents..from 2017 to date.
- Considerations for a payment modernisation
Lorna Hardie
Lorna Hardie
Regional Director of VMware Inc.Lorna Hardie is Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at VMware. In this position, she is responsible for driving and running the end to end management of the business while at the same time sharing and executing against VMware’s vision and strategy in the region. Lorna leads VMware’s continued expansion in SSA and works with customers to drive innovation across a multi-cloud and increasingly digital landscape.
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Lorna aligns herself to organisations that "embrace change and lead through innovation". A hands-on leader, she works with her sales, channel, marketing, professional services, and systems engineering teams to unpack the value of multi-cloud services for all apps. Passionate about customers, channel partnerships, communication and people development, she leads through coaching and mentoring her teams and developing and establishing solid customer and partner relationships across the board.
Lorna joined VMware in 2018 from Lenovo, where she headed up its Data Centre Group business across Southern Africa; this followed a circa 16 year tenure at HP/HPE where one of her roles included running the HP Networking, and then the HPE Software division. With over 20 years of industry experience, she started in the IT trenches physically laying cable, building machines and deploying software and then went on to grow her expertise to include business and channel development, management, marketing, sales and leadership.
Lorna in her spare time channels her artistic flair into fixing her home and other creative outlets. She enjoys being active and gyms, runs, and hikes - spending as much time outdoors with friends and family. According to Lorna, her most rewarding role in life is being a mother to her twin girls and spending time with loved ones.
- Lunch
- Plenary
- Is Embedded Finance Driving Banking as a Service Uptake?
Sahil Arya•Kamal Budhabhatti•Hilda Moraa•Dr. Omaru Maruatona•Ahmed AbdulwahabPanel discussion moderated by Ahmed Abdulwahab
Sahil Arya
CIO at Gulf African Bank
Kamal Budhabhatti
Group Chief Executive Officer at Craft Silicon
Hilda Moraa
Founder and CEO of Pezesha
Dr. Omaru Maruatona
CEO of Aiculus
Ahmed Abdulwahab
Founder and CEO of Next Arabia
- Rewiring the Bank DNA
Kennedy Mubita
Kennedy Mubita
Partner at Sc VenturesSC Ventures is Standard Chartered Bank’s Venture Capital arm, investing in FinTech companies in growing markets around the world.
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Kennedy is a Financial Services Executive with banking and management expertise in various countries. Strategic engagement in financial sector systems exploring alternative business models leveraging mobile e-value networks, remote processing, internet banking and core banking platforms. Career track record demonstrates multifunctional expertise in financial services.
- Payment Transformation vs Digital Transformation, Which way for FSI?
Annie Njenga•George Murage•Tim Theuri•Steve Njenga•Mbugua NjihiaPanel discussion moderated by Mbugua Njihia
Annie Njenga
EEMEA Regional Lead, Fintech and Enablers at Mastercard
George Murage
CTO at Cellulant Kenya
Tim Theuri
Executive Head - Cybersecurity at Mpesa Africa
Steve Njenga
Group CIO, Payments at Equity Bank Group
Mbugua Njihia
Director of Sure Corporation Limited
- Tea Break
- Special Interest Groups
Special Interest Groups are happening at this time
SIG 1- Security with Advanced Threat Protection - Marcus Stolz, Cyber Security,
Dimension Data
SIG 2- SASE: A Key Element of the VMware Edge Platform - Michael Leong
- Africa Fintech Summit
- Welcome to the Africa Fintech Summit
Kelly BentleyKelly Bentley
CEO of dx5Kelly Bentley, Chief Rebel, The Rebel Element
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Kelly is the CEO of Dx5. Before that she was the Co-Founder and Chief rebel at the South African company Rebel Element which merged with CIO Africa this year to form Dx5. She has also worked as a Senior Road Traffic Accident Claims Advisor at Accident Advice Helpline and as a Marketing and Events Manager at Chief Nation. She then joined McDonald Butler Associates as a Senior Account Manager then later a Client Services Director for Africa. Kelly is enthusiastic about making a difference in Africa and is always considered a mentor and someone to look up to by upcoming women in the industry.
- What is the Fintech Opportunty
Faith Nkatha•Harry HareFireside Chat
Faith Nkatha
Country Manager at Cellulant
Harry Hare
Chairman & CCO at Dx5
- Securing the Digital Bank
- Coffee Break
- Cloud Banking: A Great Opportunity or Too Much of a Risk?
Basha Pillay•Joachim Steuerwald•Becky Njagi•Andrew NgunjiriPanel discussion moderated by Andrew Ngunjiri
Basha Pillay
Managing Director of Poprush (Pty) Ltd
Joachim Steuerwald
CTO at KCB Group
Becky Njagi
Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives at Diamond Trust Bank
Andrew Ngunjiri
Practice lead at Dimension Data East Africa
- Supervising FinTechs and Potential Benefits of RegTech and SupTech
Tunji Odumuboni
Tunji Odumuboni
Executive Director of EMTECHA result-oriented business leader with a wealth of cognate experience in Digital Transformation (covering strategy development, planning and implementation) that redefines customer experience and drives business value for leading organisations in the Financial Services and Telecoms Industries.
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He has deep experiences marketing and delivering large and complex digital and business transformation solutions across the region including Implementation of Digital platforms, Omnichannel banking platform, various Core Banking Applications (CBAs), Enterprise Service Bus, Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Solutions and deployment of IT infrastructure stack for diverse organisations in the Financial Services and Telecommunications industry.
- Monetize your data and scale the AI Ladder
- Lunch
- Is AI and ML the best Approach to Fraud Detection in FSIs?
Seun Owoeye•John Kamara•Mutembei Kariuki•Michael MichiePanel discussion moderated by Francis Mwangi
Seun Owoeye
Chief Operating Officer at Integrated Payment Services Limited
John Kamara
Founder of Adanian Labs
Mutembei Kariuki
Co-Founder and CEO of Fastagger Inc
Michael Michie
CTO at Solv Kenya
- Coinmen: Unbundling Bitcoin
Bob Seeman
Bob Seeman
Managing Partner at CyberCurbBob Seeman is the Managing Partner of CyberCurb which advises business and government on the nexus of business, law and innovative technology. He is the author of the book “The Coinmen”, the most comprehensive critique of bitcoin, and speaks at investor, cybersecurity, money-laundering, regulatory and law-enforcement conferences throughout the world. Bob is a Senior Advisor at Endeavor which identifies and industrializes game changing technology for the US Government. He is also a co-founder of RIWI Corp., a global data analytics company, and has been a consultant to a cryptocurrency tracing company. He is a Director of the Cyber Future Foundation Canada and has also authored “Ransomware Risk Mitigation for the Board”. He is a California attorney, electrical engineer and entrepreneur, was a Head of Strategy for Microsoft in Europe, and a technical consultant to the European Commission. Bob previously practiced administrative law with the now Norton Rose Fulbright. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Elec. Eng.) with Honours from the University of Toronto, a Master of Business Administration from EDHEC, and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of British Columbia.
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- A Future with APIs and Embedded Banking
- APIs: From Tech Tools to Business “Killer Apps”
Mandeep Birdi•Dennis Volemi•Imran Sumra•Ali HusseinPanel discussion moderated by Ali Hussein
Mandeep Birdi
Business Development at MEA
Dennis Volemi
Group CIO, Telco and FinTech Convergence at Equity Group Holdings
Imran Sumra
Co-Founder & CEO of FinSense
Ali Hussein
Founder of Kipochi
- Tea Break
- dxDEMO: Fintech Pitches/Product Demos
Joel Macharia•Tania Ngima
Joel Macharia
Co-Founder and CEO of MotiSureSecond-time entrepreneur with technology background in various startups as CTO, more than 10 years in leading technical teams. Founded MotiGuy in 2018, an IoT powered telematics platform with an ecosystem of service providers in the repair and maintenance side of vehicles and accident reconstruction algorithm. Co-founded MotiSure this year to provide embedded insurance in mobility for Africans that commute, ride or drive. I'm a proud protagonist (ENFJ) too
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Tania Ngima
Director of Dijitali (Digital Divide Data Ltd)A strategic business planning, growth and restructuring executive, I have a knack for Financial Management and a passion for innovation. I have, through various strategic and leadership roles in the financial services, technology and telecommunications industries demonstrated P&L ownership and the ability to turn loss making units into profitable and cash-flow positive divisions.
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A professional who not only understands finance and numbers, but has the proficiency for interpreting and telling the story behind the numbers, I work with clients and lead teams to execute strategy, projects, results and impact and have been awarded various Leadership and Excellence In Service awards.