Venue
Hilton Sandton
Hilton Sandton, 138 Rivonia Rd, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

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Event Date Tue Sep 27 EET (about 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Sep 26 6:00pm - Mon Sep 26 6:00pm
Location Hilton Sandton
138 Rivonia Rd, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa
Region EMEA
Details

The banking sector ibn Southern Africa is progressing towards becoming a ‘marketplace without boundaries’. This by the impending entry of new digital players who are challenging the status quo and driving unparalleled levels of innovation.

Technology is fast becoming a central factor in the banking and financial services industry generating new opportunities and contributing to the region’s financial sector. Financial institutions in the last decade have witnessed dramatic changes owing to rising competition, growing customer expectations, innovative compliance regulations, and more. The last year has also witnessed a drastic accelerationand shift to a cashless digital economy, with extraordinary growth in the number of e-payment transactions.

Banking,customer onboarding, engagement and retention, digital payments, and digital lending services greatly boosted the economic cogs forward. The banking and finance sector has been growing even in the face of turbulences and uncertainties, thisbased on the tenets of digital transformation, innovation, diversity, cooperation and sustainability.

Speakers

2022 Speakers

Mukwandi Chibesakunda
Chief Executive Officer- Zambia National Commercial Bank (Zanaco) PLC

Desmond Takawira
Chief Technology Officer-Steward Bank

Ghita Erling
Chief Executive Office, Payments Association of South Africa

Dr. Sizwe Gwala
Head of Data Governance- Absa Group Compliance

Dr. Henry Clarke Kisembo
Group Chief Managing Partner-Development Associates link International

Pragashani Reddy
Head of Corporate Banking,Standard Bank

Yudhvir Seetharam
Head of Analytics, FNB South Africa

Luntente Ndyamba
Director: CIB Service, Absa Corporate and Investment Banking.

Konstantin Tsanis
Senior Investment Officer Fintech and Digital Banking - World Bank

Krishnan Menon
Chief Operating Officer - Absa Bank Botswana

Ravikumaran Govender
Executive head digital, Nedbank

Joseph Shiku
Chief Information Officer- Zambia National Commercial Bank

Jacob Basera
Head of Technology Platforms - Standard Bank Moçambique

Oswin (Kanyaka) Zulu
Group Chief Digital Officer- Zimnat

Christopher Naidoo
Head of IT Operations, Investec

Lizzy Mogale
Managing Executive for Insights and Advisory, Nedbank Retail and Business Banking- Nedbank

Prenton Chetty
Head: Intelligent Systems, Nedbank

Sponsors & Partners

2022 Sponsors

• Ecobank
• Finastra
• Bank of Ghana
• NETinfo
• Profinch
• Bluecode
• Huawei
• Absa
• Nigerian House of Representatives
• Innovatics
• ISACA
• Access
• The Agile Advisor Africa
• Arttha
• Barclays
• BIO-Key
• Profinch
• Bank of Ghana
• Comviva
• FBNBank
• Data Bank Leadership
• DTV1
• FirstBank
• Freshworks
• Inlaks
• Net Info
• Nature Technology
• PureSoftware
• Microsoft
• Seamfix
• Temenos
• Mastercard
• KuBitX
• Interswitch
• GT Bank
• Standard Chartered