SWIFT African Regional Conference 2021 | SWIFT | 23 November 2021 | Virtual

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the way people live and work, and while progress is being made toward recovery, much uncertainty remains about the outlook for the virus and the evolution of mobility and travel restrictions this year. To ensure the safest and best possible experience for our SWIFT community across Africa, ARC 2021 will be a free, digital-only event.

Featuring senior speakers and strategic thinkers from across the industry and region, ARC 2021 will look at the impact of new and emerging technologies on the financial ecosystem in Africa as well as the opportunities that mass digitisation and data driven relationships present for the financial community.

2021 Speakers

Sido Bestani
Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey, India & Africa, SWIFT

Jan Pilbauer
CEO, BankservAfrica

Huny Garg
Executive Director, SWIFT

Sheila M'Mbijjewe
Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kenya

Linda Tegissa
Head of Trade, NMB Bank

Olivier Lens
Head of Sub Saharan Africa, SWIFT

Onur Ozan
Regional Head, Middle East, North Africa & Turkey, SWIFT

Rosemary Stone
Chief Business Development Officer, SWIFT

Sitah Lang'o
Business development manager, East Africa, SWIFT

Sayonara El Asmar
Deputy Chief Operating Officer & Head of Bank Operations, Credit Agricole Egypt

Pauline Macharia
Chief Customer Experience Officer, SBM Kenya

Muhannad Tamemi
Senior Account Director, SWIFT

Stephen Gilderdale
Chief Product Officer, SWIFT

Tanja Haase
Customer Engagement Lead, Transaction Management, SWIFT

Robert Besseling
Founder and CEO, Pangea-Risk

Akeem Lawal
Divisional CEO, Interswitch Group

Ayotunde Kuponiyi
Managing Director/CEO, Hope Payment Service Bank

Arabile Gumede
Financial Journalist

Dr. Twinemanzi
Executive Director Supervision, Bank of Uganda

Jack Ngare
Managing Director, Microsoft African Development Centre