25 JUNE 2026  

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08:30-09:00

 REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE

• Arrival, badges and welcome coffee

• Early networking and introductions

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09:00-09:10

 WELCOME ADDRESS

• Opening remarks and overview of the day

• How the networking and Q&A will run

Lilly Pavlou, Executive Director at QUBE Events

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09:10-09:15

 CO-CHAIR OPENING ADDRESS

• Key priorities for 2026: interoperability, trust, compliance, and scalable innovation

• Setting the scene for payments + RegTech balance across the programme

Lilly Pavlou, Executive Director at QUBE Events
Hannalie Marsh, Director at Swamp & Savannah

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09:15-09:40

 OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH + Q&A

 Payments in Africa 2026: From Growth to Infrastructure Maturity ​

• Interoperability and instant payments: what’s improving and what’s still fragmented

• Cross-border enablement under AfCFTA: settlement, FX, and compliance realities

• Where banks, fintechs and telcos must collaborate to scale safely

Wiza Jalakasi, Director Country Growth at Ebanx

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09:40-10:10

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

The Evolving Landscape of Digital Payments in Africa

• Mobile money and wallet ecosystems: next phase of value and monetisation

• Merchant acceptance and QR rails: driving everyday use cases

• Consumer protection and dispute handling at scale

Moderator: Raadhika Sihin, Head of Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at Optasia
Hamish Houston, Co-founder and Group Chief Operating Officer at Enza
Drisha Kirkman, Head of Strategic Alliances and Schemes at Lesaka Technologies

Tendai Tizirai, Vice President of Network Development Southern Africa at Thunes

Pulane Motlokoa, Group Senior Manager, Enterprise Risk at MTN Group Fintech

 

10:10-10:40

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Open Banking → Open Finance:

Transitioning Toward a Commercially Driven Ecosystem

• From policy to product: how to commercialise open data and API access

• Consent, liability, and secure data-sharing standards

• Use cases: payments initiation, lending, affordability, and SME growth

Moderator: Todd Malone, CEO at Digital Frontiers
Esti Louw, Head of Legal at Revolut

Benjamin April, Associate Director in Risk and Regulatory Advisory at KPMG

Annelene Dippenaar, Chief Business Officer at Shop2Shop

Seshree Govender, Senior Legal Counsel at GoTyme Bank

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10:40-11:10

NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK 

Opportunity for attendees to connect and discuss insights from the morning sessions

Sponsored by SW360

 

11:10-11:40

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Combating Fraud in Mobile Money & Wallet-Based Payments

• Scams, social engineering, and account takeovers: what’s rising in 2026

• Real-time fraud controls: behavioural analytics, device intelligence, and step-up verification

• Collaboration models: telcos, banks, fintechs and regulators sharing signals safely

​Moderator: Nazia Karim, Head of Fraud Risk & Prevention at Modata

Moses Marimira, Director of Compliance and Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) at Onafriq

Dr Thanusha Govender, Chief Executive Officer at XLink

Brian Mahlangu, Head of Digital Commercialisation at Absa Africa

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11:40-12:05

KEYNOTE SPEECH + Q&A

Banking as a Service in Africa

Bradwin Roper, Chief Payments Officer at Jumo

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12:05-12:30

KEYNOTE SPEECH + Q&A

From Compliance to Competitive Advantage: Using RegTech, Data and AI to Drive Organisational Value in 2026

Chipo Mushwana, Executive Head of Emerging Innovation and Payments at Nedbank Group

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12:30-13:00

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Innovation Through SupTech in Africa: The Regulator’s Toolkit

• Key SupTech trends: data pipelines, analytics, and smarter supervision

• How regulators are using SupTech to supervise payments and detect anomalies

• What financial institutions must prepare for: reporting, data quality, and governance

Moderator: Jatin Kasan, Head of Financial Services at Forvis Mazars in South Africa; FS

Priza Mantsena, Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs at Mastercard EEMEA

Dineo Moalusi, Head of Group Compliance at Sanlam

Jabu Mashiane, Head of Data Governance at Standard Bank Group

Peter Katoane Sekgothe, Manager Risk and Compliance Monitoring at Financial Intelligence Centre, South Africa 

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13:00-14:00

 NETWORKING LUNCH

Hosted networking lunch and informal roundtable conversations

Sponsored by ComplyRadar

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14:00-14:30

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Digital Assets, Stablecoins & Tokenisation:

Payments Impact and Regulation​

• Where stablecoins help (and where they don’t): settlement, remittances, and treasury

• Managing market and operational risk and controls for digital-asset rails

• Regulatory frameworks: balancing innovation, consumer protection and integrity

Moderator: Angus Brown, CEO at Minit Money
Cindy Sieberts, Manager: Banking and FX at Onafriq

Stasha Bhattye, Chief Delivery Officer at Block Markets Africa

Calvin Christopher, Partner Regulatory and Compliance at Spencer West

Larry Cooke, Head of Legal at Binance

 

14:30-15:00

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Financial Crime, AML & Investigations:

Smarter Controls Without Slowing Payments​​

• Modern AML for faster payments: risk-based monitoring and better alert quality

• Sanctions screening challenges in high-volume environments

• Digital forensics and evidence: building cases that stand up to scrutiny

Moderator: Nosheen Alli, Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Yoco

Happy Shihau, Head of Compliance at Investec Corporate and Investment Banking​
Bianca Neethling, Associate Director at BDO

Darren Franks, CEO at FINASA

Onkabetse Moeti, Head of Financial Crime Risk South and Southern Africa at Standard Chartered Bank

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15:00-15:30

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

Cybersecurity & Operational Resilience for Payment Ecosystems​

• Protecting sensitive data across cloud, APIs and third parties

• Incident response playbooks: tabletop readiness and crisis communications

• Security-by-design across onboarding, authentication and settlement

Moderator: Lebogang Langa, Cloud Engineer at Vaxowave

Rutendo Nyathi, Chief Risk and Governance Officer at Ozow

Wayne Cook, Executive Director, Payments Sub-Saharan Africa at J.P. Morgan​

Nomsa Tshivhulungi, Head of Operational Risk at Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa 

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15:30-16:00

NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK

Opportunity for attendees to connect and discuss insights from the afternoon sessions

Sponsored by Verto

 

16:00-16:30

PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A

The New Kid on the Block: Agentic AI in Payments​

• Reimagining workflows: intent capture, scoped authorisation, agentic execution

• Autonomous settlement: validating agent identity, applying fraud policy, logging rich metadata

• Where agentic AI will struggle: governance, liability, and explainability ​​                             

Moderator: Sanjay Dharwadker, Digital Identity Expert and Consultant to the United Nations

Rahul Jain, CEO at Peach Payments
Danielle Lawrence, Chief Operating Officer at FINASA

Martins Ogbolu, Non-Executive Director, Compliance Institute of Southern Africa at Vodacom

Revon Singh, Head of Risk Management, VALR

Ashleigh Naidoo, Africa Sales Director at ACI Worldwide

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16:30-16:55

KEYNOTE SPEECH + Q&A

Operational Resilience & Consumer Protection​

• Cybersecurity Frameworks: Analysing risk-based cybersecurity requirements for payment service providers to protect against evolving digital-banking crimes

• Consumer Protection at Scale: Ensuring transparent terms, fair pricing, and robust dispute handling in digital-first payment ecosystems

• Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): The increasing responsibility on firms to monitor and secure third-party vendor relationships

Liam Reddy, Chief Compliance Officer at State Bank of India South Africa​

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16:55-17:00

CO-CHAIR CLOSING COMMENTS

• Key takeaways and next steps

• Thank you to sponsors, speakers and attendees

Lilly Pavlou, Executive Director at QUBE Events

Hannalie Marsh, Director at Swamp & Savannah

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17:00-18:30

NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION

​Closing drinks reception for informal introductions and follow-up discussions

Sponsored by ACI

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