NAIROBI, Kenya, 19 August 2024/African Media Company/-With somewhat over two weeks to the beginning of the twelfth Africa Fintech Summit, we’re excited to announce that His Excellency Wamkele Mene Secretary-Basic of the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA) Secretariat, will give a keynote tackle on the morning of September 05, 2024, on the twelfth Africa Fintech Summit that’s going down on the JW Marriott Lodge in Nairobi, Kenya!
H.E. Wamkele Mene was elected by the thirty third Extraordinary Session of the Meeting of Heads of States & Authorities of the African Union, to the place of Secretary-Basic of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat and has the pleasure of offering the Africa Fintech Summit viewers with updates related to cross border commerce throughout the continent and the way monetary know-how is powering this progress at scale.
You will need to be aware that as of March 2024, international locations buying and selling below the #AfCFTA have elevated from 6 to 35, an virtually 500% development for the reason that first commerce in October 2022. Since assuming this large enterprise of a single marketplace for items and companies, the AfCFTA has deepened the financial integration of the African continent by way of the implementation of the most important free commerce space that brings collectively the 55 international locations of the African Union (AU) and eight (8) Regional Financial Communities (RECs) with a inhabitants of about 1.3 billion folks and a mixed GDP of roughly $3.4 trillion.
“We’re honoured to welcome His Excellency Secretary Basic as our keynote speaker for the twelfth Africa Fintech Summit in Nairobi, Kenya this September. His Excellency’s participation and keynote tackle comes at such a pivotal time when the Digital Commerce protocol accredited in February 2024 has begun to pave the way in which for the belief of Africa’s single market integration. The numbers are constructive and we’re assured that the monetary know-how innovation ecosystems will play an enormous half within the rising implementation of the commerce protocol” stated Zekarias Amsalu, Co-Founding father of Africa Fintech Summit.
His Excellency’s Secretary Basic’s keynote tackle will likely be adopted by a roundtable titled “AfCFTA’s Digital Commerce Protocol – Impacts and Alternatives for the Fintech World”. The roundtable will characteristic regulators, Fintech and Monetary Trade Leaders, infrastructure buyers, and knowledge centre operators. Invited company can anticipate a deep dive with the AfCFTA staff on the know-how affect and advantages that the digital commerce protocol affords multinational firms to do enterprise inside member states. Going past encouraging cross-border commerce to streamline customs procedures, decreasing tariffs and harmonising import and export rules, the potential for development is limitless.
The remainder of the day will characteristic a sequence of high-level hearth chats, a lineup of 80+ audio system at thought-provoking panels, insights-driven workshops and masterclasses designed to depart Africa’s fintech business with clear actionable insights and subsequent steps for innovation, collaboration, regulation, partnership, and development.
Try the up-to-date line-up of speakers for #AFTSNairobi24 HERE. Seats are quick filling out, secure your tickets and add on passes for international, in-country and African delegates.
For extra details about the twelfth Africa Fintech Summit in Nairobi, Go to https://africafintechsummit.com/event/africa-fintech-summit-nairobi-2024/
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