Comviva, Ecobank, Others Lead Speeches At MobileMoney Summit

MOBILEMONEYAFRICA, one of Africa's leading resource for mobile financial inclusion has announced thatexecutives from Comviva, EcoBank International and MTN Ghana would lead the first round of speakers that would make presentations at the MobileMoney West AfricaSummit and Exhibition, which will be held on March 5 and 6, at the Lagos OrientalHotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.The two-day event will empowerdelegates to make informed decisions in the emerging mobile money ecosystem in West Africa, a regionof 150 million mobile subscribers with only a small fraction having access to formal banking servicesunder an addressable population of 300 million.Also in the list of speakers are the Africa Centre for Mobile Financial Inclusion, Citi Bank, PayGSolutions, Mfino, Finsol-Kenya, MobileMoney Consulting-UK, Oceanic Bank International,Fortis MobileMoney and NIPOST.Other first round of speakers are Comnavig, Netsignature, Microensure and ExperianMicroAnalytics.The speaker lineup is made up of experienced industry experts with subject-matter experience cutting acrossfinancial institutions, technology and other associated industries.'We look forward to a impacting event at the second annual event in Nigeria where the regulator ismaking efforts to bring access to millions that are actively left behind from the formal financial ecosystem.It is our sincere desire that the summit will open new opportunities in the West African region cuttingacross cross border remittances, banking, payments, regulatory and payment services,'' said EmmanuelOkoegwale, Principal Associate at MobileMoneyAfrica.'Focus areas during the summit, according to the organisers, 'will include, Regulatory evaluation,cross border remittances, building and sharing agent network, product development, Microfinance, virtualwallets, mobile top-up, provisioning low value accounts for financial institutions, balancing risk in mobilemoney services among others.
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