Date: may 20TH - 22ND, 2026
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OVERVIEW
INFRASTRUCTURE & INTEROPERABILITY
DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION
Innovation & Emerging Technologies
Cross-Border Payments & Harmonization
KYC & AML
Cybersecurity & Data Protection
VIRTUAL ASSETS & REGULATION
Conference Highlights
Tracks & Key Themes
Infrastructure & Interoperability
Digital Financial Inclusion
Innovation & Emerging Technologies
Cross-Border Payments & Harmonization
KYC & AML
Cybersecurity & Data Protection
Why You Should Participate
The conference offers the following strategic, targeted value propositions:
Direct Policy Influence
Our venue—State House Banquet hall, presidential villa, Abuja—ensures direct engagement with regulators, central bank governors, and top policymakers, allowing you to showcase solutions to the very people shaping POLICY and national INFRASTRUCTURE decisions
Unrivalled Partnership Access
Engage with the continent’s most influential financial institutions, large-scale Telcos, and high-growth African FinTechs. This platform is engineered for closing strategic INVESTMENT and partnership deals crucial for continental expansion.
The Global RegTech & FinTech Expo
Position your cutting-edge technology directly in front of buyers and users actively seeking compliant, scalable solutions. The Exhibition is the continent’s premier showcase for international firms to penetrate new African markets.
Elevated Dialogue
Our panels move beyond theory. They focus on complex, actionable topics essential for secure cross-border operations.
High Quality Delegates
Network with over 1,000 delegates from regulatory bodies, global banks, investment firms, and technology innovators across 40+ countries.
Lead generation
Secure more qualified marketing leads for your sales team by taking advantage of our online lead-gen activations.
Who will Attend?
Agenda Overview
Day 1
May 20, 2026
Day 2
May 21, 2026
Registration & Networking
National Anthem
Introduction / Welcome Remarks
Opening Address / Goodwill Message
Keynote Address: INCLUSION AT SCALE: MOBILIZING GOVERNMENT, MARKETS & TECHNOLOGY FOR 50 MILLION NEW DIGITAL USERS
Keynote Address: DIGITAL TRUST AS NATIONAL SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Keynote Address: INCLUSIVE TAX REFORMS: BALANCING TRUST, EFFICIENCY AND COMPLIANCE
High-Level Policy Dialogue: MOBILISING THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS TO BUILD TRUSTED DIGITAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Exhibition Tour/Booth Engagement/ Networking Lunch
Track 1: SMART REGULATIONS: The Role of Technology in Shaping the Future of Finance:
Technology is redefining regulatory frameworks, from AI-driven compliance to blockchain innovations. This session examines how digital transformation is influencing policy, oversight, and the future of financial regulation.
Multistakeholder Fireside Chat: AI AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR GOVERNANCE, FINANCE & PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
Key angles:
- AI-driven compliance, fraud detection & public-sector digital transformation
- Blockchain applications for payments, trade, land registry, identity, and government records
- Public-private collaboration on responsible AI governance
- Market opportunities for AI infrastructure and cloud data hosting
- AI for Credit Scoring in Emerging Markets
- AI-Powered Compliance Solutions for African Markets
Breakout Session: PreCEFI Executive Roundtable (Invitation Only)
Breakout Session A: INFRASTRUCTURE & INTEROPERABILITY
POWER, POLICY, AND PLATFORMS: CONNECTING EXISTING
INFRARTUCTURES OR STARTING FROM SCRATCH?
Breakout Session B: DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
INCLUSIVE FINANCE FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES IN A DIGITAL AND BORDERLESS ECONOMY
Perspective:
Highlights strategies to extend financial services to women, youth, MSMEs, rural populations, and displaced communities.
Key Focus Areas:
- Gender-responsive and youth-focused finance
- Digital channels for last-mile inclusion
- Affordable credit, savings, and insurance
Innovation / Product Launch
Track 2: Islamic Banking & Finance
Policy and Regulatory Reforms Needed to Attract Islamic Finance and FDI into Africa
Perspective:
Discussing tax neutrality, legal reforms, and investment protections to enable Islamic finance investments
Welcome Cocktail - To be hosted by partners
Registration | Booth Engagement | Networking
National Anthem
Welcome Remarks
Opening Address / Goodwill Message
Multistakeholder Fireside Chat: DIGITAL PROSPERITY: BUILDING THE RAILS FOR AFRICA’S NEXT $1 TRILLION DIGITAL ECONOMY …Data, Cloud, Connectivity & Payments Rails
Track 3: CROSS-BORDER PAYMENTS, REMITTANCES, AND REGIONAL MARKET INTEGRATION
Key angles:
- Regional payment integration and interoperability
- Opportunities for cross-border payment providers, settlement systems, and treasury solutions
- Digitizing trade finance, customs, logistics, and compliance
- Investment opportunities in regional payment infrastructure
- Reducing Remittance Costs Through Technology"
- Diaspora Financial Services Innovation" – Serving 400+ million Africans abroad
- Correspondent Banking Alternatives" – Blockchain-based settlement systems
Innovation / Product Showcase/ Media Launch
Keynote Address: CYBERSECURITY, DATA PROTECTION & DIGITAL TRUST INFRASTRUCTURE
Key angles:
- Cyber Resilience for Payment Infrastructure – Protecting critical financial systems
- National cybersecurity strategies that support innovation
- Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) opportunities
- Coordinated response frameworks across the financial ecosystem
- Empowering consumers through awareness and digital safety education
- Actionable priorities for governments, regulators, fintechs and big tech
- Investing in skills, standards and scalable cybersecurity infrastructure
- Building safeguards for vulnerable groups (youth, women, MSMEs)
- Strengthening complaint resolution, digital literacy & redress mechanisms
- Emerging cyber threats targeting financial institutions, fintechs and consumers
Exhibition Tour/Booth Engagement/ Networking Lunch
MOVING BEYOND FEAR AND BANS: HOW CLEAR DIGITAL ASSET REGULATION CAN UNLOCK FDI IN AFRICA
GIABA Member States Policy Dialogue: REFORMING NATIONAL AML/CFT FRAMEWORKS FOR EFFECTIVENESS - REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
Key angles:
- Reflections on GIABA's 2nd round evaluation
- Moving from technical compliance to effectiveness - Leveraging on lessons learnt
- Galvanizing political support for national reforms and 3rd round evaluation
- Strengthening public-private partnership in AML/CFT implementation
Breakout Session A: PAYMENT MODERNIZATION
MODERNIZING AFRICA’S PAYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE: THE ROLE OF ISO 20022 ADOPTION
Perspective:
Examines how adoption of ISO 20022 supports modernization of payment and settlement infrastructure across African markets.
Key Focus Areas:
- Integration with real-time payment systems
- Upgrading legacy banking infrastructure
- Interoperability between domestic and regional payment platform
Breakout Session B: ANTI MONEY LAUNDARY (AML) & KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC)
DIRTY MONEY OR DUE DILIGENCE: BALANCING PRIVACY
AND COMPLIANCE IN COMBATING
Track 4: ISO20022 & PAYMENT MODERNIZATION: DIGITAL IDENTITY, eKYC, AND THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION DRIV
Key angles:
- Transition from legacy payment messaging systems to ISO 20022
- National digital ID systems as enablers of financial access
- Risk-based and tiered KYC approaches for inclusion
- Mobile and agent banking integration
- Interoperable payment channels supporting MSMEs and informal sectors
- Lowering transaction costs for cross-border remittances and trade
One To One Meetings / Networking Engagements
Agenda Track Overview
Speakers Overview
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Organization
Previous Speakers
Folashodun Adebisi
Former Acting Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria
Muhammed Sani Abdullahi
Deputy Governor Economic Policy Directorate CBN
Dr. Vincent Olatunji
National Commissioner/CEO Nigeria Data Protection Commission
Musa Itopa JIMOH
Director, Payments System Policy Department CBN
Uche Uzoebo
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities Limited (SANEF).
Nurudeen Abubakar Zauro PhD, FCCA, FICA ACA
Technical Adviser to the President on Economic and Financial inclusion in the Office of the Vice President.
Richy Emah
Regional Business Development Director for North and West Africa SUMSUB
Ajibade Laolu-Adewale
Chief Partnership & Ecosystems Officer Wema Bank
Adamma Isamade
Head Legal Unit Nigeria Data Protection Commission
Tom Schoon
Strategic Partnerships Manager African Region SUMSUB
Dr. Shlomit Wagman
Chief Regulatory Officer, Fintech Rapyd Senior Fellow, Harvard University.
Lt Col Keron Burrell
Executive Director (FSC), Jamaica Financial Services Commission (FSC)
Prof (Dr) Iwa Salami
Professor of Financial Law and Regulation School of Business and Law, University of East London (UEL)
Jovi Overo
Chief Executive Officer Vbanq
Professor Chiso Ndukwe-Okafor
Executive Director Consumer Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation (CADEF)
Fernandez Marcus-Obiene
Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria On Justice Sector Reform and ICT/Digital and Innovative Technology.
Alan Blanchard
Business Development Director TSO
Adama DIAKITE
Economist West African Monetary Institute (WAMI)
DR. JULIET ONGWAE
Senior SupTech Specialist Cambridge SupTech Lab
Tayo Mustapha
Senior Counsel Moniepoint Inc
Gerald Munyaradzi Nyakwawa
Head of Digital and Alternative Banking MoneyMart Finance (Private) Limited
Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities
Secure your sponsorship or exhibition space immediately to lock in our exclusive Early Bird Offers.
For further information about Exhibition and Sponsorship opportunities, please contact us via email or phone on info@regtechafrica.com or +234-8034225060.
Sponsor Categories
Benefits
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- No of Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- No of Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
Headline Sponsors
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 10
- 10
- 7
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 3x3 Premium
- Yes
- Full
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
-
yes
Lead
Sponsors
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 5
- 5
- 5
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 2x3 Premium
- Yes
- Segment
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- No
- No
- No
-
No
Platinum
sponsors
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 3
- 3
- 3
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 2x2 Startup
- Yes
- Unit
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
-
No
Gold
sponsors
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 2
- 2
- 2
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 2x2 Pod
- Yes
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
-
No
Silver
sponsors
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 1
- 1
- 1
- Yes
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
- No
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No
Sponsor Categories
Secure your sponsorship package immediately to lock in our exclusive Early Bird Offers.
For further information about Sponsorship opportunities, please contact us via email or phone on info@regtechafrica.com or +234-8034225060.
Headline Sponsor
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- 10 Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- 10 Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- 7 Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth (3x3 premium)
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Full Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
Lead Sponsor
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- 5 Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- 5 Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- 5 Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth (2x3 premium)
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Segmented Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
Gold Sponsor
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- 2 Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- 2 Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- 2 Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth (2x2 Pod)
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
Platinum Sponsor
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- 3 Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- 3 Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- 3 Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth (2x2 Startup)
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
silver sponsor
- Branding of Networking areas
- Advert Placement Size in the Event Brochure
- Logo Placement on the event collateral
- 1 Sponsor’s Delegates Pass
- 1 Sponsor’s Visitors Pass
- 1 Social media posts
- Box Banner Display in the Conference Hall
- Post conference press release
- Speaking opportunities
- Exhibition Booth
- Opportunity for Award presentation
- Lanyard Branding
- Opportunity for Case-study presentation
- Product Launch/Partnership Announcement
- Corporate video played during event
- One on One B2B & B2G Networking sessions
- Commercial Presentation
- Exclusive Fireside Chat
- Full Access to delegates list
- Opportunity for co-created workshop on the sideline
- Exclusive participation in high-level policy dialogue
- Keynote
- Participation in GIABA multi-stakeholder roundtable
- Invitation-only one-on-one meeting with PreCEFI
- MOU signing announcement
- Right to nominate a jury for the startup world cup Regional tournament
Strategic Partners
Exhibition Packages
Secure your exhibition space immediately to lock in our exclusive Early Bird Offers.
For further information about Exhibition and Sponsorship opportunities, please contact us via email or phone on info@regtechafrica.com or +234-8034225060.
Benefits
- Booth Size
- Table
- Wall
- Locker
- Chair
- Power Outlet
- Led Light
- Waste Bin
Premium Pod
- 3x3
- 1 Table
- Modern
- Yes
- 3
- Yes
- 2
- Yes
Business Pod
- 2x3
- 1 Table
- Modern
- Yes
- 2
- Yes
- 1
- Yes
Start-up Pod
- 2x2
- High Table
- Pod/printed panel
- No
- 1
- Yes
- No
- No
Discovery Pod
- N/A
- High Table
- Rollup Banner
- No
- 1
- No
- No
- No
Testimonials
We are proud to have partnered as a sponsor. Looking forward to continued partnership in future events.
Branka Mracajac
CEO 9Payment Service Bank
“An amazing networking platform for C-level executives and policy makers.
Lorien Gamaroff
CEO, Centbee
Had a really positive experience. The attendees were of a good quality. Would definitely do it again
Azam Razzaq
Asst Director KYC, Moody's Analytics
Had a really positive experience. The attendees were of a good quality. Would definitely do it again
Nolwazi Hlophe
Senior Fintech Specialist // (FSCA) South Africa
Great organization with amazing speakers and excellent panel discussions. Really enjoyed the interesting product demos and showcases. Well done RegTech Africa. Â
Mrs. Chizor Malize
(Chief Executive Officer, FITC)
A very well-organised event with great potential to enhance capacity and bridge the knowledge gap in regulatory technology across Africa.
Freda Bruce-Bennett
Deputy Director, Nigerian Communications Commission
The conference provided lots of insights for key industry stakeholders to share knowledge on common trends across Africa. Looking forward to the next.
Aisha Isa-Olatinwo
Deputy Director, Central Bank of Nigeria
Super excited to have attended the RegTech Africa Conference. Massive well done Team RegTech Africa for creating this space for regulatory innovation in Africa.
Sarah Sinclair
Co-Founder, Change Gap
Met with a lot of people who were willing to share their operational challenges and are open about what solutions they might consider to help manage their pain points. We would definitely do it again.
Jenny Radziwolek
CEO, Regxelerator
The venue
State House Banquet hall, presidential villa, Abuja
Strategically located in the serene and highly secure district of Asokoro in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the State House Banquet Hall offers an unparalleled environment for high-level engagements. Its sophisticated architecture, refined interiors, and state-of-the-art facilities create the ideal setting for thought leaders, policymakers, technology innovators, and industry stakeholders to connect and shape the future of regulatory technology across the continent.