Next Bank Accra To Hold Maiden Fintech Conference
Next Bank’s Accra Chapter is holding its maiden Fintech conference on Friday 2nd October 2015, hosted by the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology Incubator, Accra.
Led by Paul Damalie, the conference’s theme is focused on “designing optimal user experiences for financial products and services”.
“Next Bank Accra is expected to host stakeholders from the financial services and technology entrepreneurship ecosystem including designers, regulators, financial institutions and technology entrepreneurs”, says chapter lead Paul Damalie.
This conference will feature some of Ghana’s biggest influencers within the Ghanaian and West African financial services ecosystem. They include:
- Jai Mirchandani, CEO, Avnash Industries
- Derrydean Dadzie, CEO of DreamOval — Payments
- Saqib Nazir, CEO of InterpayAfrica — Payments
- Dela Kumahor, Partner & Design Thinking Consultant of Cobalt Partners
- Kwesi-Ampong Dadzie, Managing Partner of Ofamfa Group
- Arnold Kavaarpou, Head of Mobile African Business Finance Ghana — Savings & Lending
- Curtis Vanderpuije, CEO of Expresspay — Payments
As Africa has been in focus for its adoption of innovative technologies, such as Safaricom’s mobile money solution M-PESA, Next Bank is working to get developments like these consolidated with intentional and collaborative efforts from stakeholders within the financial services ecosystem.
Here are the event’s details.
Theme: Bringing the African financial technology ecosystem into focus
Venue: Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology Incubator
Date: Friday 2nd October 2015
Time: 6:00pm- 8:00pm
Follow this link to register, as seating is limited.
About Next Bank
Next Bank is an independent, open and collaborative community driving change for the better in financial services. These changes are inspired through design, innovation and entrepreneurship across the world. It was founded by Rob Findlay, the Senior Vice President of Experience Design at DBS Bank, Singapore, with the goal to see a more concerted approach to developing financial services ecosystems by becoming the leading platform for developmental discussions by stakeholders in the industry.
Limited seats are available. Registration is required.
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