To access the abstracts of presentations to the Colloquium, click on the titles below. More abstracts will be added as they become available.
SESSION 1: MOBILE MONEY AND DIGITAL PAYMENTS
Mobile financial services: the mobile money landscape in Africa — Dare Okoudjou, founder and CEO, MFS Africa
Text to come — Mario Fernandez, CEO, Geosocket
Mobile financial services: unnoticed vulnerability issues — Dr Mesfin Fikre Woldmariam, Addis Ababa University
SESSION 2: REGULATION
Digital finance in Africa’s future — Stephen Mwaura Nduati, Central Bank of Kenya / FinTech analyst
Digital finance and integrated innovation ecosystems: challenges for Africa’s future — Olufunmilayo B Arewa, Temple University Beasley School of Law
SESSION 3: AGENT NETWORKS
Evaluating the effectiveness of Agent Networks in driving financial inclusion in Africa — Valentine Obi, CEO, eTranzact
Mobile money networks in Diepsloot (South Africa): structure, hierarchies and the law — Dr Sean Maliehe, University of Pretoria
SESSION 4: REMITTANCES
Remittances from the African Diaspora — Nnamdi Oranye, founder, Disrupting Africa / Fintech author
Remittances and digital payments — Dr Sibel Kusimba, American University, Washington DC
SESSION 5: G2P PAYMENTS
Digitizing financial lives of the poor through G2Ps: Citizenship, behavioural fixes, and wealth extraction — Prof Solène Morvant-Roux, University of Geneva
Financial inclusion via social cash transfers: the case of South Africa — Lena Gronbach, Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria
SESSION 6: INSURANCE
Taking digital insurance products to market — Jeremy Leach, founder and CEO, Inclusivity Solutions
SESSION 7: START-UP CAPITAL
Text to come — Sechaba Ngwenya, CEO, Creditable
SESSION 8: THE BLOCKCHAIN
The South African Reserve Bank’s approach to FinTech — Gerhard van Deventer, South African Reserve Bank
The Blockchain and decentralised finance — Ross McEwan, Chief Technology Officer, Wala / Dala Foundation