{"id":15858,"date":"2022-02-02T01:47:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T01:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/?p=15858"},"modified":"2022-02-02T01:47:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T01:47:13","slug":"knowledge-innovations-and-the-ghana-fintech-and-payments-association-to-host-webinar-on-fintech-innovations-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/2022\/02\/02\/knowledge-innovations-and-the-ghana-fintech-and-payments-association-to-host-webinar-on-fintech-innovations-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Innovations and the Ghana Fintech and Payments Association to host Webinar on FinTech Innovations in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2022 Promises to be a Big Year for Fintech in Africa. The continent is now home to increasing the number of Fintech and turn-key innovative solutions, thereby assuming a unique leadership position in this space. Given this background, Knowledge Innovations (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\">https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com<\/a>) \u00a0a leading tech consultancy firm in collaboration with the Ghana Fintech and Payments Association, is organizing a webinar on the theme, <strong>\u201cFinTech Innovations in Africa \u2013 Trends, Challenges and Future\u201d<\/strong> scheduled for 24<sup>th<\/sup> February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This event would bring together the continent\u2019s leading thought leaders in providing you with unparalleled insights into Africa\u2019s fast-growing FinTech Key Geographical Market Developments, Key Innovations, Collaborations, Major Drivers, Growth Trends, How FinTech are Overcoming Some Key Challenges and Exciting Predictions for the Future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exceptional leaders in the African fledgling industry would speak at this landmark event providing rare insights into emerging trends in Africa\u2019s Fintech ecosystem. These speakers include Noha Shaker, Founder of the Egyptian Fintech Association; Saqib Nazir, the Managing Director, Africa for Emergent Technology; Ali Hussein, Fintech and Digital Transformation Expert; Kwami Ahiabenu, II, Tech Innovations Expert; Martin Kwame Awagah, President of the Ghana Fintech and Payments Association; and Segun Adeyemi, Co-founder and CEO of Anchor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The global financial technology (Fintech) market is growing rapidly and expected to reach a market valuation of approximately $324 billion by 2026, growing at a compound annual rate of about 23.41% over the forecast period 2021-2026. The Fintech space in Africa is mirroring this global trend and growing at extraordinary rates, with several exciting innovations, especially within the digital payment space, driven by mobile money accounting for some of this growth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Covid-19 pandemic brought about significant challenges and disruptions to many FinTech operations on the continent, the sector is on a strong growth path, powered by innovations and growing market demand led by a ballooning consumer segment. This growth path is not without challenges, such as regulatory, low-level financing options for start-ups, slow pace of human capital development, especially in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), lack of sustained intercontinental collaborations, and challenging business environment. This webinar is coming at an optimum time when there is an urgent need to discuss trends in the Fintech sector, what challenges Africa\u2019s FinTech sector is experiencing, and analyzing its exciting future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event would be attended by a broad spectrum of FinTech companies and professionals worldwide; registration is available for free via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/fintechafrica\/\">https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/fintechafrica\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 Promises to be a Big Year for Fintech in Africa. The continent is now home to increasing the number of Fintech and turn-key innovative solutions, thereby assuming a unique leadership position in this space. Given this background, Knowledge Innovations (https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com) \u00a0a leading tech consultancy firm in collaboration with the Ghana Fintech and Payments Association,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154],"tags":[211,228,38],"acf":false,"author_meta":{"ID":"2","user_nicename":"kwami","user_email":"kwami@knowledgeinnovations.com","user_registered":"2021-04-12 07:20:49","display_name":"Kwami Ahiabenu","first_name":"Kwami","last_name":"Ahiabenu"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15859,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15858\/revisions\/15859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knowledgeinnovations.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}