The conference on ‘Digital Finance in Africa’s future’ had two complementary aims.
The first was to bring together some of the foremost African and Africa-based innovators in this field in order to highlight the obstacles they have faced, their successes to date, and their plans for the future. This would also serve to showcase the extent and sophistication of innovation in Africa in the field of digital finance.

The second aim was to bring these innovators into conversation with academics with a special interest in the social, political and economic implications of these rapidly developing innovations. Innovators may know that not all new technology is socially beneficial, but may not have the expertise to consider their impacts. Providing them with an opportunity to interact with academics who have undertaken research on these issues in various world regions would benefit both the academics, who need to gain a better understanding of the new technologies and their possibilities, as well as the innovators, who need a better understanding of their social implications. Read More