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Day 1
May 20, 2026
Day 2
May 21, 2026
7:00 am - 9:45 am
Room 1

Registration & Networking

9:45 am - 9:50 am
Room 1

National Anthem

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Room 1

Introduction / Welcome Remarks

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Room 1

Keynote Address: NATIONAL DIGITAL ECONOMY GROWTH, REGULATORY EVOLUTION, AND LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES.

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Room 1

Opening Address / Goodwill Message

11:00 am - 11:30 am
Room 1

Keynote Address: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION & NATIONAL SECURITY

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Keynote Address: INCLUSION AT SCALE: MOBILIZING GOVERNMENT, MARKETS & TECHNOLOGY FOR 50 MILLION NEW DIGITAL USERS

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

High-Level Policy Dialogue: BUILDING DIGITAL TRUST INFRASTRUCTURE: POLICY IMPERATIVES FOR A BORDERLESS FUTURE

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Track 1: SMART REGULATIONS: REGULATORY TRANSFORMATION & EASE OF DOING BUSINESS REFORMS

Key angles:
- Navigating Nigeria's Multi-Regulator Ecosystem
- Policy reforms initiatives
- Digital economy regulations, tech industry incentives, and business-friendly reforms
- Streamlined licensing for fintech, payments, data centers, and digital identity operators
- Nigeria’s commitment to aligning with global AML/CFT standards

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibition Tour/Booth Engagement/ Networking Lunch

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout Session: PreCEFI Executive Roundtable (Invitation Only)

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout Session A: INFRASTRUCTURE & INTEROPERABILITY

POWER, POLICY, AND PLATFORMS: CONNECTING EXISTING
INFRARTUCTURES OR STARTING FROM SCRATCH?

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout Session B: DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION

FROM ACCESS TO IMPACT: ACCELERATING ECONOMIC
INCLUSION FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH

4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Breakout Session: PreCEFI Executive Roundtable (Invitation Only)

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Track 2: PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPS) FOR INNOVATION & LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

Key angles:
- PPP frameworks
- National payment systems modernization
- Government-to-Person (G2P) Payment Systems – Social transfer programs at scale
- Tax Collection Digitalization – Revenue optimization through technology
- Digital Identity Infrastructure – National ID integration strategies
- Smart City & Fintech Integration – Lagos, Abuja digital initiatives
- Collaboration Development Finance– Working with World Bank, AfDB, IFC

7:00 am - 9:45 am
Room 1

Registration | Booth Engagement | Networking

9:45 am - 9:50 am
Room 1

National Anthem

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Room 1

Welcome Remarks

10:15 am - 10:30 am
Room 1

Opening Address / Goodwill Message

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Multistakeholder Fireside Chat: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR DIGITAL PROSPERITY: BUILDING THE RAILS FOR AFRICA’S NEXT $1 TRILLION DIGITAL ECONOMY …Data, Cloud, Connectivity & Payments Rails

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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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

12:00 am - 12:00 am

Innovation / Product Showcase/ Media Launch

12:30 am - 1:00 pm

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

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Keynote Address: REGULATORY TRANSFORMATION & THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Exhibition Tour/Booth Engagement/ Networking Lunch

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

GIABA Member States Policy Dialogue: HARMONIZED STANDARDS FOR AML/CFT INNOVATIONS & REGIONAL COLLABORATION

Key angles:
- GIABA’s regional frameworks and reforms
- Opportunities for international AML technology providers
- Financial crime intelligence innovation
- Public-private partnerships to enhance AML/CFT supervision.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout Session A: CYBERSECURITY & DATA PROTECTION

FRAUD IN FINTECH LENDING: DIGITAL CREDIT AND THE RISK
OF DEFAULT AND SCAMS

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Breakout Session B: ANTI MONEY LAUNDARY (AML) & KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER (KYC)

DIRTY MONEY OR DUE DILIGENCE: BALANCING PRIVACY
AND COMPLIANCE IN COMBATING

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Track 4: DIGITAL IDENTITY, eKYC, AND THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION DRIVE

Key angles:
- Expansion of Nigeria’s digital ID ecosystem (NIMC reforms, interoperability, KYC frameworks)
- Market opportunities for compliance automation, biometric solutions, onboarding technologies
- High-scale deployments for banks, telcos, government agencies

5:00 pm - 12:00 am

One To One Meetings / Networking Engagements