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The highly anticipated Nigeria Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2024, scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2024, in Lagos, is set to feature esteemed leaders in the financial sector.
Alhaji (Dr.) Umaru Kwairanga, Group Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX), and Dr. Apochi Agada, Group Managing Director/CEO of Unified Payment Services Limited, are set to chair and deliver the keynote address, respectively, under the theme: “The Role of Fintech & Financial Inclusion in Citizen Empowerment and Economic Growth.”
Joining them are notable speakers such as Mrs. Adekunbi Ademiluyi, Managing Director/CEO of HumanManager Limited, Dr. Stanley Jacob, Vice President of the Fintech Association of Nigeria, and Dr. Bode Oguntoke, Group Head of Audit at FBN Holdings Plc.
In a statement, the convener of the Roundtable, Prince Cookey, said the event would be a unique convergence of top executives and stakeholder groups from the banking, fintech, telecom, insurance, media community and the general public.
Cookey, who is also the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Business Journal Media Group, listed the objectives/expectations from the Roundtable to include evaluation of the growth of fintechs in the Nigerian financial system in the past 10 years, analyse the marriage & dichotomy between banks and fintechs, explore the convergence of banking, telecom and insurance in terms of financial inclusion, evaluate the challenges of fintechs and financial inclusion in Nigeria and to project the future of the two financial concepts going forward.
He said the event is FREE to attend for interested professionals in the banking, fintech, telecom, capital market and insurance space, media as well as members of the general public.
The Business Journal Publisher solicited for corporate support from public and private sector institutions in Nigeria for the overall success of the event.
He added that The Nigeria Fintech & Financial Roundtable would be an annual event going forward.