Lagos, Nigeria, is set to play host to a fintech summit organised by Eventhive, one of West Africa’s leading B2B event servicing companies with event portfolios across major sectors of businesses in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the USA.
The forum which is set to hold on August 3, 2022, at the Civic Centre Victoria Island, Lagos, would feature a premium conference, exhibition and networking platform catering to public and private sector stakeholder’s interest across Nigeria’s financial technology industry.
The summit will feature presentations, keynote speeches, panel sessions, exhibitions and fireside chats.
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Public and private sector stakeholders participating will explore topics essential to developing an efficient financial sector, such as how to deepen digital transformation, strengthening financial inclusion strategies, aligning with the regulatory environment amongst other key conversations targeted at positioning the Nigeria’s fintech industry for further growth and development.
Why the summit?
Nigeria’s fintech Industry has attracted significant attention from investors and stakeholders across the world. In 2021, African fintechs raised up to $1.4 billion with Nigeria taking the centre stage, raising almost $800 Million.
The necessity to continuously build engagements and exhibition platforms aimed at assuring accelerated expansion of the ecosystem lies at the intersection of these trends.
The industry is positioned to take centre stage in Nigeria’s economy thanks to the rapid uptake of cryptocurrencies across Africa, the boom in funding across the fintech ecosystem, the introduction of the CBN’s digital currency, and the dominance of mobile money.
Also, in a bid to drive a conducive environment, the Nigeria Fintech summit has been designed to bring together public and private sector stakeholders, develop new linkages and relationships, and host the discussions that will drive long-term policy formulation between government and Fintech stakeholders. investments and opportunities.
The summit would also highlight the industry’s role in the global Fintech Value Chain and would centre on how Nigeria’s financial sector is evolving and developing. An unmatched forum for discussion, analysis, and debate of the problems and opportunities influencing the industry’s future will be established by the event.
People who would/should attend the summit
The audience expected at the summit includes startup founders looking to leverage the forum to demonstrate their products and innovations in the industry. Also, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists looking to showcase their company’s products and offering to the fintech industry.
The forum would entertain showcasing of products and services on the exhibition floor, offering these companies and founders the opportunity to showcase their capabilities and successes in front of key companies, raise funding for their company and gain unrivalled market penetration.
Also comprising the audience include, senior decision makers from financial institutions, banks, payment providers and insurtech companies. federal government regulators and their agencies, corporate, private equity & Angel investors. fintech associations and their representatives, users of fintech products and services. and lastly, lawyers & subject matter experts.
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The Nigerian tech summit would create an enabling environment for business by playing host to top government representatives and executives in the Nigerian Fintech Industry, to promote the Industry.
To learn more, visit https://fintech.eventhive.ng.