Meet Speakers

Building the Infrastructure of Trust for Africa’s Financial Future

December 3rd, 2026 - AICC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Meet the Voices Behind Africa's Fintech Future

Africa Fintech Meetup 2026 brings together an exceptional lineup of speakers who are driving innovation, shaping policy, and building inclusive financial systems across the continent.

Amb. Prof. Bitange Ndemo

Government of Kenya

Kenya's Ambassador to Belgium & EU

Eskinder Mesfin Cherinet

Ethiopian Information Systems Audit Association

Board Chairman

Felix Mulei

Felmu Associates

Managing Consultant

Saruni Maina

Binance

Regional Operations Lead

Dana Mincey-Breaux

Fenix Capital

Managing Director

Thato Lesetla

Capitec Bank

Lead Technology Payments

Tsegaye Takele

Cooperative Bank of Oromia

Director of Compliance Management

Dr. Assjad Alkazem

ASD Solutions

Founder & CEO

Mahdi Salih

PawaPay Digital Financial Services S.C

CEO

Surafel Yazachew

Wegagen Bank S.C.

Director, Research & Business Development

Makena Miriti

M-Pesa Africa Limited

Head of Supply Chain

Mohamed Ali Adam

Premier Bank Ltd

Head of Digital Banking- Premier Wallet

Teshale Tilahun

Yagout Pay Financial Technology S.C.

Chief Operation Officer

Israel Ogunseye

PawaTech

Payments Expansion Manager

Mitchell Elegbe

Interswitch

CEO

Abiy Melka Rorissa

Ahadu Bank S.C

Director Marketing and Communications

Eyoel Abrham

Digital Construct

CEO

Mikiyas Fekadu

Kacha Digital Financial Service S.c

Director - Partnership & Business Development

Gautam Kumar

IBM

Client Partner

Oluwagbenga Agunbiade

Vepay

Founder & CEO

Thomas Louis

TLA

Founding Partner

Bivvon Kinanga

ElementPay

Head of Operations

Timothy Laku

AI Startups & Impact Orgs

Fractional CIO

Aurelia Mutua

Izichange

Country Manager

Boluwatife Ogunsina

ChainPal

CMO

Victor kiprop

Shaffhub kenya

CEO

Wycklife Sewe

A&D Forensics

Managing Partner

Lisa Russell

ArtsEnvoy.ai

Founder/CEO

Eugene Mutembei

Technetium Kenya

Founder, CEO

Ashish Baphana

Law Blocks AI

Co-Founder

Frank Macha

UBA Tanzania

Product Manager Online and Channels

Sarah Joan Ferreira

EFTCorp

Head of Market Enablement

Michael Kazungu

Carbon Chap Chap

Co-founder

Sharifu Ally Muumba

TITUS

CEO & Founder

Kevin Obote

Guild Code

Founder

Munira Sadiki

CrediTrust agency

Loan Lead Generation

Sabina Waithira

Tando

Co-Founder

Rahul Jain

AllCloud Enterprise Solutions Private Limited

Cofounder

Michael Adenew

Oxford Policy Managment

Country Director

Oluseye Seton

Vendorcredit

Chief Growth Officer

Bert-Ken Raudberg

Aufort

Founder & CEO

Rahul Autade

3Itek LLC

Sr. Manager - Payments Modernization

Ramakrishna Ramadugu

Finastra Technologies

Payments Expert

David Adeleke

Zeeh Africa

CEO

Davis Thoya Ngoa

Swypt Limited

CEO

Deborah Asmah

Npontu Technologies Limited

CMOO & Co-founder

Ketan Nagrecha

Redian software

Head of Sales

Yvonne Kagondu

ICP HUB KENYA

Founder

Christopher Joseph

Paykati LLC

Founder & Strategic Advisor

Paul Oloo Picasso

Umoja Coin

Chief Marketing Officer

Tim Theuri

Mpesa Africa

CISO

Roshaan Kulpoo

Xoxoday

Vice President

Christelle Mateso

Kuwait Finance House

Deputy MLRO

Clay Oduor

Eastern Africa at Network International

Regional Managing Director

Eng. Dr. Dennis N. Mwighusa

Africa Research Institute for AI (ARIFA)

Director

Grace Gathuri

Country Director

Smart Application International Tanzania

Iddy Mukeshimana

SUPEROVA Group

CEO & Digital Transformation Consultant

Macdonald Kgomotso Shilenge

Moon Bound Finance

CEO & Founder

Martin Kwame Awagah

President

Ghana Fintech and Payments Association

Raiser Olwande

Flick

Global Product Sales Manager

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