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Fireside chat

For African founders, scaling across the continent means navigating a maze of fragmented payment systems and 54 different regulatory regimes. This critical pain point is the single biggest barrier to building pan-African companies. This panel brings together central bank leadership, ecosystem builders, and payment pioneers to tackle the need for interoperability and harmonization. Walk away with a founder’s guide to cross-border expansion: learn how to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape, leverage new payment rails like PAPSS, and forge the public-private partnerships needed to unlock seamless commerce across Africa.

Speakers

Lim Siong Guan

Lim Siong Guan

Senior Counsellor, DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group

Moderator

Sopnendu Mohanty

Sopnendu Mohanty

Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Pat Patel

Pat Patel

Chief Executive Officer, MEA, USA, LATAM & Forums, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)