Washington DC to Host 9th Africa FinTech Summit on 12th April

The 9th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit has been scheduled for April 12th.

At the Walter E. Washington Convention Centre, the location of the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022, regulators, policymakers, financial and technology industry executives, fintech startups, top innovators, investors, and government representatives from around the world will assemble.

The Africa Fintech Summit is the premier global initiative devoted to the growth of financial technology in Africa, and it offers the best opportunities for key stakeholders to share knowledge, zoom in on the trends and opportunities shaping perspectives, and the future of fintech in Africa. Participants in the summit represent over $4.5 billion in private equity and venture capital funding.

The biannual summit takes place in November in a different African city (most recently Cape Town (2022), Cairo (2021), Virtual (2020), Addis (2019), and Lagos) and in April in Washington, D.C., on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings (2018).

“We are very pleased to host our 9th Africa Fintech Summit here in Washington DC during the World Bank/IMF spring meeting. We believe that increased collaboration between Fintech Founders, Strategic Industry leaders, Diasporan Investors, as well as global regulators, is essential to unlocking the potential of Fintech in Africa, Financial inclusion as well as innovation capital in the eruptive African Fintech ecosystem. Following our theme of Globalization of African tech, the summit will provide a platform for stronger US-Africa fintech investment ties and collaborations,” said Zekarias Amsalu, Co-Founder of AFTS.

Our Cape Town Edition in November 2022 had 532 in-person and 900+ virtual delegates from 53 countries, including policymakers, bank executives, investors, DFIs, entrepreneurs, and founders of fintech companies from over 35 nations.

Policy and regulations, US-Africa Fintech connections, Diaspora Finance, Remittance & Cross Border Payment, tech talent, the future of banking, the growth and integration of mobile money, embedded fintech, blockchain, Powering African Fintech via VC, intra-Africa Trade & Payment Infrastructure, and financial inclusion are just a few of the topics that will be covered at the event.

The strategic sponsorships of various well-known financial companies, including Flutterwave, Mojaloop Foundation, FonBank, Paxful, and more, support the DC Conference.

AFTS is a special place where cutting-edge ideas are discussed, investments are mobilized, partnership agreements are signed, and partnerships across industries and regions are forged. AFTS is backed by an advisory board of thought leaders and fintech pioneers. Strategic advisory organization Dedalus Global and pan-African consultancy advice business Ibex Frontier, both based in Washington, D.C., joined forces to form AFTS.