9th Edition Connected Banking Innovation And Excellence Awards 2024 | Connected Banking Summit | 20 February 2024 | TBA, Accra, Ghana

Africa’s financial services markets are among the most stimulating in the world. The banking and financial services market in Africa is the second-fastest-growing and second-most profitable of any global region, and a locus of innovation.

The West African financial sector has been witnessing a wave of digital innovation that has fuelled services and applications that had the potential to really shake up the banking sector.

Banks, Fintechs, and financial institutions have been harnessing digital solutions designed to serve touchless and remote banking, which has unlocked opportunities for the millions of digitally connected diaspora that remains formally unbanked but economically active.

Central Banks in the region have been implementing policies to meet next-gen requirements of the evolved banking customer, this by analysing the challenges and successes of regions that have championed financial inclusion. The sector has also been adopting automated banking systems, advanced mobile money platforms, tailored credit and digitized lending facilities, and crypto-currencies for this promising market.

This summit will deliberate on, and focus on developing solutions to, critical issues faced by banks and FIs in the region. The Summit 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.

The Connected Banking Series is an ideal platform for networking with industry players, senior managers, decision-makers, and practitioners operating in the industry and making the most of banking technologies.

The Summit will host leaders and experts from across the region representing, Banks, Insurance Companies, FinTechs and TechFins, Digital and NeoBanks, Non-Banking Financial Organizations, Cooperatives, Investments funds, Asset Management Companies.

Key Focus:
• Crafting a Cashless/Cash-lite Economy
• Customer Experience & Digital Transformation
• Cyber Resilience Strategy
• Automation to Simplify Core Banking Operations & Reduce Complexity
• Trends & Challenges in the Digital Only Model
• Synergies Between traditional FIs & Telecoms
• Role of AI, ML & Robotics in Financial Services
• Security – An All Pervasive Model
• Identity & Access Management

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2024 Speakers

Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari
First Deputy Governor, Bank of Ghana

Victor Yaw Asante
CEO, Managing Director, FBN Bank

John Kofi Adomakoh
Managing Director, GCB Bank PLC

Abena Amoah
Managing Director, Ghana Stock Exchange

Dr. Olorunsola E. Olowofeso
The Director General, West African Monetary Institute

Emmanuel Ebo Freeman
CTO,ICT Manager, GIFMIS Ministry of Finance, Government of Ghana

Pearl Nkrumah
Executive Director, Retail and Digital Banking, Access Bank PLC

Bimbo Abioye
CEO & GMD, FinTrak Software

Seth Frimpong-Manso
Chief Information Security Officer Information, Access Bank PLC

Ladi Ipaye
Executie Director, FinTrak Software

Kwame Oppong
Director of FinTech and Innovation, Bank of Ghana

Emmanuel O. Lampey
Deputy Managing Director, GCB Bank PLC

Thairu Ndungu
Deputy Managing Director, Consolidated Bank of Ghana

Abdoul Aziz Faye
Group CIO, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Martin Kwame Awagah
President, Ghana Fintech and Payments Association

Rachel Adeshina
Group Chief Information Officer, First Bank of Nigeria

Emmanuel Morka
Chief Information Officer, Access Bank Ghana PLC

Bernard Gyebi
Managing Director, Prudential Bank Limited

Benjamin Dzoboku
Managing Director, Republic Bank PLC

Ronald Martey
Chief Information Security Officer, GCB Bank Limited

Kwasi Akyeampong
Chief Transformation Officer, Fidelity Bank Ghana

Charles Adu-Asah
CISO, Ecobank Ghana PLC

Samuel Dakurah
Chief Information Officer, First National Bank

Gillian Hammah
Group Chief Marketing Officer, Databank Financial Services Ltd

Dr. Philip Oti-Mensah
Executive Director, OmniBSIC Bank

Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako
Director General, Cyber Security Authority Ghana

George Mensah
Director of Technology, Consolidated Bank of Ghana

Leopold Armah
Head Digital Transformation & Innovation, Prudential Bank Ghana

Carl Amanor Sackey
CEO, CS Consulting and Services Limited

William Nana Danso-Abeam
Country Head, Direct Banking, Ecobank Ghana Limited

Henry Obike
Lead Digital Transformation, FBN Bank Ghana Ltd

Philip Twum
Non-Executive Director, FinTech Strategy

2024 Partners

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Ghana Fintech & Payments Association
• West African Monetary Institute

PHILANTHROPY PARTNER:
• Innocent Child