Executive Director, Information Technology and Operations, Access Bank Plc. Member, Global Technology Advisory Board, Mastercard President, FINTECH Nigeria Non Executive Director, NIBBS Chairman, Access Bank Plc., Kenya Chartered member, British Computer Society Member, Institute of Directors Former Chairman, NESG FinTech Thematic Group Former Chairman, Fintech Roadmap Committee, SEC, Nigeria Former Executive Director, Market Operations and Technology, Nigerian Stock Exchange Former Director, Business Transformation Programmes , Barclays Bank Plc. MBA, CASS Business School ; MSc, South
Mr Abdullahi is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT Sloan – trained strategist with 15 years experience in IT operations, business transformation and solution architecture, across both private and public sectors. He attended Leadership and Management courses at Harvard University in the USA, University of Cambridge in the UK and IMD Business School in Switzerland. As the 1st Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Nigeria’s Public Sector, he is also a Certified Project Manager
Iniabasi Akpan (Ini) is the Managing Director and Country Manager for OPay Nigeria, an International fintech company which is a member of the Opera Group of Companies owners of Opera AS Norway developers of the world leading browser Opera. At OPay, Ini works with a core team of local and international experts to foster financial inclusion leveraging digital and mobile technologies to deliver financial services to the underbanked and unbanked in Nigeria and across Africa.
Elizabeth Rossiello is the CEO and founder of AZA Finance, a global fintech company that is accelerating economic growth in Africa through its best-in-class foreign exchange, payments, settlement and treasury services. Elizabeth founded AZA Finance in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. In her previous roles as a rating analyst for global institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, Elizabeth consulted for organisations like the Grameen Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Acumen Fund. Throughout this experience,
Ray is the co-founder and CEO of Paxful, the peer-to-peer finance platform. Ray and his co-founder Artur started Paxful in 2015 to help everyone have financial freedom through equal access to finance. Ray started out as an entrepreneur in 2001; he founded a successful ringtone business and then had a series of start-ups before setting up Paxful. At Paxful, Ray is CEO and looks after growth, marketing, customer service and operations. Ray also founded the
Ruth Iselema is the founder & CEO of Bitmama Inc., a fintech company with two flagship products, Changera and Bitmama. While Bitmama is a highly-secure crypto-fiat exchange that allows traders to buy and sell Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets in Africa, Changera is a solution that makes cross-border payments easy and efficient for businesses and individuals. Ruth graduated as a Pharmacist from Central University Accra, Ghana and forayed into entrepreneurship back in 2013
Upon graduation, Timbo joined Google where he spent seven years working in product management and marketing. Highlights of his time at Google include the launch of Google Maps across EMEA, and taking Chromecast from idea to launch, filing seven patents along the way. In 2014, Timbo took a sabbatical from Google and used this time to travel across East and West Africa. It was during this time he recognised some of the addressing challenges that
Nkem Nweke has over 14 years of active experience in the Technology industry. He is a senior business executive with a clear understanding of technology and strategy alignment. He’s had direct involvement in business planning that has delivered business value through cutting edge technology within the Middle East and Africa region. He has worked in several technical capacities with organizations like Hewlett Packard, Dimension Data and currently works with Microsoft African Development Centre (ADC) as
Simon is co-founder of Bitt.com, the Caribbean’s first blockchain firm. Bitt enables central banks, financial institutions, and other stakeholders to deploy, manage, and integrate with digital currencies on internet native payment networks. Simon is a Board Member of the OECD’s Blockchain Expert Policy Advisory Board (BEPAB), and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium. He is working on CBDC design principles and standards with international peers from the traditional financial sector and the cryptosphere.
Dr Faye is a Subject Matter Expert in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Governance and Business Intelligence, with more than 20 years of experience in that area holding various leadership and technical roles. He recently joined Access Bank as their Chief Data Officer, coming from a Swiss private Bank named “Vontobel Bank” based out of Zurich, where he was their Executive Director heading their Data Management & Artificial Intelligence Group. Prior to