22 Nov Access Bank, Africa Fintech Foundry drive tech awareness
Access Bank and its FinTech accelerator, the Africa Fintech Foundry, have collaborated with Fintech NGR to host the World FinTech Festival to facilitate digital transformation.
The Head, Africa Fintech Foundry, Daniel Awe, stated that the World FinTech Festival showcases how various ecosystems could build a digital economy by leveraging emerging technology.
“Emerging technology can be leveraged to drive economic development, ultimately, improving the standard of living. This event has shown that an unmistakable revolution is coming; it is not a matter of if but when. As Africans, we need to be at the forefront and leverage technology to solve Pan-African problems,” he said.
The week-long festival featured as part of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) – the world’s largest FinTech event through which unique opportunities are created for global digital innovative communities to network and collaborate.
On the importance of the initiative, the President FinTechNGR, Ade Bajomo, said: “In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Africans are solving African problems across various industries and in the socio-economic context, leveraging global technologies, partnerships and African talent. Such a platform has helped challenge the innovators and the broader ecosystem to keep pushing the limits by leveraging technology to solve the biggest issues on the continent and the world at large.”
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