Posted on 14 July 2011

Unbanked Africa Summit Event Details

 

Mobile Money is the next big thing in the world, expert will gather today to discuss the opportunities and everything in-between. The summit is starting this morning at Oriental Hotels, Lekki Lagos. Here is the programme flow, if you still want to attend, not sure if registration is still open to the fee is N50, 000,

09:00 Registration Opens

09:30 Summit opening remarks Emmanuel Okoegwale Principal Associate, MobileMoneyAfrica

 

09:40 Industry Overview and country status report Akin Naptal, CEO – MobileWorld  Magazine,UK

 

09:50 How we reached the unbanked in Ghana Derrick Dankyi – Glife Financial services, Ghana.

 

10:20 Refreshment Break

 

11:00 Why the Banks are missing the boat on alternative payment markets. Sean Owens, MobilityPay Africa

 

11:25 Connecting the ecosystem Ike Innamani – Medallion communications

 

11:40 – 12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION

 

12:05 Branchless Banking- Banking the Unbanked Thuranira Kinagwi – Craft Sillicon

12:25 Bank in a Box  Tagattitude’s full service offering to mobile service providers. Femi Akinware – Tagattitude

Nigeria

12:50 Examining the cross road between mobile money, Micro finance and Agency Banking.

Temitope Akin-Fadeyi

Oceanic Bank Plc

 

01:20 Networking Lunch

2:00 Key Note presentation-Positioning the National Postal network in the emerging mobile financial ecosystem.

Yashim Isa Bitiyong

Deputy Post master general-Nipost

 

02:20 PANEL DISCUSSION

 

Moderator – Akin Naptal MobileWorld

 

Discussants:

Edmund Olotu – GPAY AFRICA

Dr Kazeem Durodoye – KDD Consulting

Peter Asolo – Flashmecash, Finbank.

 

3:00 Key Note presentation

 

MobileMoney: How insecurity of the value chain could ruin it for Banks and Telcos alike.  Pieter De Villiers, Clickatell

 

3:30 Card less Cash Ellinas Chris – NCR Corporation.

 

4:10 Banking the unbanked, the home grown approach  Peter Asolo – Head of Product, Flashmecash

 

4:30 It is easy to offer mobile and branchless baking with a wallet. Mayank Sharma - COMVIVA

 

4:55 Overview of Agency roll out and sustainable implementations in Nigeria. Emmanuel Okoegwala -

MobileMoney Africa

 

5:10 Delegate Draw

 

5:15 Closing Remarks