10th Edition Connected Banking Summit - Innovation & Excellence Awards 2023 - Bahrain | International Center for Strategic Alliances | 4 December 2023 | TBA, Manama, Bahrain

Africa is home to the second-largest banking market in the world in terms of growth and profitability Digital transformation of the BFSI sector is no longer an attractive option, it is imperative for banks to survive.
Digital services are helping to fill the huge gaps in financial inclusion by providing access where it is most needed. Most banks will benefit from higher customer numbers in the longer term as they are actively investing in the architecture for the digital transformation now.
Banking on the success of our previous Editions of the summit, we at ICSA are proud to present the this summit, formerly named the Africa Digital Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards.
This event is a series of conferences, events, summits, round tables and congress deliberates and focuses on developing solutions to, critical issues faced by banks and FIs in the African region. This Series is a not to be missed opportunity for experts, business people, and practitioners from the BFSI fraternity to discuss practical and cost-effective solutions to developing digital banking solutions.
This series is an ideal platform for networking with industry players at the event, senior managers, decision-makers, and practitioners operating in the industry and making the most of banking technologies in various Connected Banking conferences.

2022 Past Speaker

Timothy Were
Deputy Director, Minsitry of ICT & Digital Economy

Michael Michie
CTO, Solv Kenya

Cyrus Kamau
Deputy Director and Chief Analyst, Infrastructure and ICT, National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)

Olu Meyanbe
Regional Head, Strategic Business Analytics, Africa & Middle East, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

Michael Mbuthia
Regional Director East Africa, Africa Nenda

Michel Bowman
Founder & CEO, BA Consulting

Hartnell Ndungi
Chief Data Officer, ABSA Africa

Mary Mulili
Executive Director, UBA Bank Kenya

Amrit Gayan
Chief Operating Officer, SBM Bank Kenya

Neo Gong
FSI Cloud Solution Lead EBG, Financial Services Business, Huawei

Hossam Rageh
CEO & Board Member, Mayfair CIB Bank Ltd

George Njuguna
CIO, Safaricom PLC

Raphael Lekolool
Managing Director, Post Bank Kenya

Andrew Njoroge
Managing Director, CYBER1 Solutions East and West Africa

Sahil Arya
CIO & Head of Banking Technology and Digital Transformation, Gulf African Bank

Matilda Kobia
Group Head, eFX Solutions and E-commerce Sales, Treasury, Equity Bank Ltd

Shalom Onyibe
Head of Cyber Security Assurance Services, Cyber 1 Solutions

Moses Ndirangu
Director – Corporate Banking, Equity Bank (Kenya) Ltd

Lydia Karanja
Director, Transactional, Corporate & Investment Banking, Absa Bank Kenya PLC

Meshack Akoko
Head of Payments, Absa Bank Kenya PLC

Evans Odhiambo
Assistant General Manager & Head of Transactional Banking, I & M Bank

James Kariuki Mwangi
Founder & Managing Director, AfriFactors Capital Limited

Thomas Gachie
CEO, TEK SSS Financial & Management Consultants

James Ndegwa
Acting Chief Executive Officer, Africa Investment Trade and Agriculture Network (AITAN)

Ashish Baghel
Head - Digital Channels, Prime Bank

Charles Kinyanjui
Head New Ventures & Fintech Development, National Bank Of Kenya

Victor Odada
Head, Digital Banking & E-commerce, Stanbic

John Njoroge
Digital Banking Lead, Guardian Bank

Winnie Syowai Onyancha
Senior Transaction Banking Manager, KCB Bank Group

Bamidele Olalekan Oseni
Managing Partner, Caleb Consulting Uganda Ltd

Isaiah Opiyo
Product Manager, TransUnion Kenya

2023 Sponsors

• Accenture
• Microsoft
• Mastercard
• Huawei
• BPC
• Temenos
• KPMG
• HID Global
• Freshworks
• Iidentifii
• On Point Serve
• SAP
• Nutanix
• Cellcomm
• Angola Cables
• China Mobile International
• Finastra
• Bio Key
• Inlaks
• Profinch
• Pure Software
• Arttha