Fintech and Commerce Session: Innovation - Building the Next Wave of Fintech and Digital Commerce in Africa

This session explores how innovation across technology, business models, and collaboration is reshaping fintech and digital commerce across Africa. As markets mature and competition intensifies, innovation is no longer just about new products—it is about scale, resilience, trust, and impact.​

Bringing together mobile operators, fintechs, technology partners, policymakers, and investors, the session will examine how advances in cloud, artificial intelligence, data, APIs,regulation and platforms, are enabling faster experimentation, lower barriers to entry, and the creation of powerful, customer‑centric financial services. It will highlight how African innovators are leveraging local insights to address real economic challenges across payments, lending, identity, cybersecurity, and financial inclusion.​

Through practical case studies and strategic discussion, the session will explore how organisations can move from experimentation to execution, building sustainable propositions, strengthening partnerships, and navigating regulatory and market complexity. The focus will be on innovation that delivers measurable value: driving growth, improving access and positioning Africa as a global hub for fintech innovation.