About The Event
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is hosting the Afro-Asia FinTech Festival (AAFF) Nairobi Online City on December 7-9, 2020, as part of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) 2020. Given the prevailing pandemic, SFF has taken a hybrid format whereby digital and physical events will run simultaneously at different locations worldwide.
The SFF, organized by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), takes place from December 7-11, 2020. The AAFF Nairobi Online City features renown speakers from across the globe as well as financial sector players, Fintechs, investors, Government institutions, students and academia.
Theme:“People and Talent: Harnessing Collaboration in Pursuit of Resilience and Growth Post COVID-19.”
SUMMITS
Economic Recovery Summit - December 7, 2020
Contacts
FinTech @ centralbank.go.ke
@AfroAsiaFintech
Schedule/Attendance
Process
Date |
SFF Summit |
CBK Theme |
Key Messages |
December 7, 2020 |
Economic Summit |
Economic Recovery |
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December 8, 2020 |
Talent Summit |
Fintech People and Ecosystem |
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December 9, 2020 |
Impact Summit |
Sustainable Finance |
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Register for the SFF 2020 Digital Pass to access all SFF channels 24 hours a day for the 5 five days, including the Nairobi Online City.
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Speakers
Our Event Speakers

Dr. Patrick Njoroge
Governor Central Bank of Kenya

Dr. Vera Songwe
Executive Secretary, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Sopnendu Mohanty
Chief FinTech Officer, MAS

Matthew Gamser
CEO, SME Finance Forum (IFC)

Joshua Oigara
KCB Group CEO & MD

Peter Ndegwa
CEO, Safaricom PLC

Ronald Raffensperger
Senior Transformation Expert, Financial Industry, Huawei Technologies

Dr. James Mwangi
Equity Group CEO & MD

Tamara Cook
CEO, FSD Kenya

Lesly Goh
Fellow, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and former CTO, World Bank Group

Nandini Harihareswara
Senior Advisor, UNCDF

Cynthia Wandia
CEO, Kwara

Stanley Munyao
CEO, Musoni Microfinance

Amolo Ng'weno
CEO, BFA Global

Anzetse Were
Economist, FSD Kenya

Yuko Kawai
Senior Researcher, Japan Digital Design Inc.

Sasha Vieira
Head of Incubator, Standard Bank Mozambique

Anne-Marie Chidzero
Chief Investment Officer, Financial Sector Deepening Africa (FSD Africa)

Dr. Dennis Ng
Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University and External Advisor, Bain and Company

Robert Nyamu
Partner and Technology Consulting Leader, EY East Africa

Nanjira Sambuli
Tech x Public Policy Researcher and Analyst

Wyckliffe Shamiah
Chief Executive, Capital Markets Authority

Juliana Rotich
Venture Partner, Entrepreneur

Gerald Kasimu
Head of Advisory, KPMG East Africa

Jack Ngare
MD, Microsoft Africa Development Center

Nita Omanga
Assistant Director, Banking & Payment Services, and Head of the Digital Payments Division

Otto Williams
Head Strategic Partnerships, Fintechs and Ventures for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA), Visa

Kennedy Mubita
Africa Region Head, SC Ventures

Chen Zhentao
Director, FSI, Southern Africa Region, Huawei

Angela Mwirigi
Director, Digital Financial Services, KCB Bank

Urvi Patel
Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte

Mwaura Ndichu
Co-Founder & Director, WapiPay PTE Ltd

Peter Gitau
COO-East Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Michael Mbuthia
Project Lead, Rwanda National Digital Payment Platform

Faith Nkatha Gitonga
Country Manager, Cellulant Kenya Ltd

Jo Ann Barefoot
CEO & Founder, Alliance for Innovative Regulation

Kennedy Komba
Director, Strategy and Financial Inclusion Policy, Alliance for Financial Inclusion

Mutheu Khimulu
Cybersecurity, Counterterrorism & Crisis Management Lawyer

Jason Bowers
Emerging Markets Director, ECEMEA, Oracle

Isaac Kibere
Senior Legal Counsel, Financial Services, Safaricom

Jesman Chonzi
Principal Investment Officer FIG East Africa, IFC

Kaye Brathwaite
Chief Executive Officer, Invest Barbados

Yvonne Okwara
Senior Journalist, Kenya

Debarl Inea
Broadcast Journalist/Procurement Specialist

Eddie Ndichu
Co-Founders & CEO, WapiPay PTE Ltd

Achim Steiner
Administrator, UNDP

Dr. Bright Gameli Mawudor
Head, Managed Cyber Security Services, Dimension Data East Africa
Fintech Showcase Speaker
Our Event Speakers

James Karanja Maina
Founder and IT Director, Zavora Technologies

Javan Owino
Founder, Blue ICT Solutions

Seroney Memba
Founder Mobivocha & Chairman, Nairobi Fintech Group

Martin Kiyeng
Founder & COO, Last Mile Medicine

Ryan Mbagaya
Managing Partner, Ryken Business Intelligence

Ali Youssouf
Founder & CEO, Kouran Jabo

David Alozie
Founder, Finaclusion

Kelvin Mbue
Founder, The Guarantee Company

Martin Warioba
Founder, Fundi247