The Fintech Association of Nigeria held its 2nd Annual General Meeting and Social Meet 4.0 on Thursday, April 11th, 2019 proudly hosted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange at the Exchange House, Marina. The event was well attended by key executives and management staff of member institutions and ecosystem stakeholders including Banks, Consulting, Legal, ICT Venture Capitalists and Investment firms, Research Institute and Tertiary Institutions, Professional bodies, core Fintech firms, Startups, financial services providers, students, media houses, Regulators including the Central Bank of Nigeria amongst others.
The event witnessed a dole-out of milestones attained by the Association in 2018 which include facilitation of Fintech Adoption Roadmap in the Capital Markets, participation in the CBN FSS 2020 Strategy Retreat, significant membership increase, inauguration of the Africa Fintech Network, partnership and support for the take-off of the UK-Africa Investment Group, an initiative of the UK Government, creation and leadership of the Fintech Sub-Committee of Nigeria Economic Summit Group, NESG amongst others.
While welcoming members to the meeting, Dr. Segun Aina, President of the Association told the audience that 2018 was an exciting year for fintech which continue to transform
many industries especially the financial services industry in terms of breakthroughs in innovation and investment globally and especially in the African continent. According to him “The expected impact of fintech in Africa’s development was epitomised by IMF’s statement that Fintech could be the critical stepping stone towards a digital economy for Africa” Dr Aina who attributed the success of the Association during the year to the quality, commitment and contributions of members says the Association pursued vigorously its three core objectives of CONNECT, ADVOCATE and ACCELERATE as its impacts are felt across the length and breadth of the Nigerian and African Fintech ecosystem at large.
L-R: Oluwnaseun Adesanya, Group Head, Innovation & Strategy, SystemSpecs, Olufemi Awoyemi, Member, FintechNGR GovCo/Founder & CEO, Proshare, Adedapo Adekoje, President, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Ibrahim Hassan, Deputy Director, Consumer Protection Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Segun Aina, President, FintechNGR, Ade Bajomo, Vice-President, FintechNGR/ ED, IT & Operations, Access Bank & Dr Yele Okeremi, President, Institute of Software Professionals Association of Nigeria during the Annual General Meeting & Social Meet 4.0 of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, FintechNGR hosted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday, 11th April 2019 at the Exchange House, Marina
The Vice President of the Association, Ade Bajomo, ED, IT & Operations, Access Bank particularly articulated the focus of the Association on breeding young innovators right from the school days as he said the Association strongly believe the future of the nation rests on its teeming youths properly playing active roles in digitalizing the economy.
Wole Oyeniran, Director, Technology, Deloitte, West-Africa, a member of the Governing Council of the Association while informing participants on the future plans of the Association said that in order to consolidate on the Association’s successes, maximize its impacts and value delivery to its diverse members as well project a future, the Association has mapped out an audacious road map to cover the period 2019 to 2021. According to him, the Roadmap is expected to usher in significant changes in membership categories, growth and value offerings while creating other more sustainable revenue sources and strengthening of internal capacity and governance. In his words “ FintechNGR has strategically positioned itself to serve the ecosystem better as well as meeting the enormous expectations that come with the surging growth of the Association while building on the gains of the past two years”
Olufemi Awoyemi, Founder & CEO, Proshare and member of the Governing Council of the Association informed participants that the Association has set rolling a number of strategic programmes for the year aimed at stimulating more regulatory engagements, attract more investments and equipping young Nigerians with the ability to play actively in the digital age.
Some of the key decisions taken at the meeting were unanimous adoption of the audited financial statements of the Association and approval to implement the outcomes of the 2019-2021 Roadmap as members highly commended the dedication of the distinguished members of the Governing Council of the Association in positioning the Association as a key partner in the Digitalized Africa Agenda and an active player in the economy
The Chief Host of the event, Oscar Onyema, CEO, the Nigerian Stock Exchange, a member of the Association during his opening remarks at the Social Meet 4.0 said that the Exchange strongly appreciates the roles of Fintechs as he informed the participants that the Exchange has developed a policy aimed at fostering corporate governance, exposed startups to investors and facilitate listing on the Exchange.
L-R: Ibrahim Hassan, Deputy Director, Consumer Protection Department, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Dr Segun Aina, President, FintechNGR, Oscar Onyema, CEO, The Nigerian Stock Exchange and Adedapo Adekoje, President, Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers during the Annual General Meeting & Social Meet 4.0 of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, FintechNGR hosted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday, 11th April 2019 at the Exchange House, Marina
The event featured a presentation by Ms. Morayo Adekunle, Manager – Domestic Primary Market, Capital Market Division made a presentation on “Growth Funding and Strategic Capital Raise – Extending Financial Inclusiveness through the capital market” followed by a panel discussion on “Alternative Growth Funding and Strategic Capital Raise”
The event was brought to a close as the Association inducted and presented the membership certificate to its fourteen new members.
L-R: Olumide Bolumole, Divisional Head, Capital Market Division, NSE, Reggie Middleton, Disruptor-in-Chief, Veritaseum LLC, USA, Dayo Ademola, Head of Innovation, EFInA, Oluwseun Adesanya, Group Head, Innovation & Strategy, SystemSpecs and Nsikak John, Head, Enterprise Innovation Hub NSE during the panel discussion at the event.
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