ACCRA, Ghana, 16 September 2025/African Media Company/- The Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) is honored to announce and welcome His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama as Presidential Keynote Speaker for the 14th version of the summit, happening on the Accra Worldwide Conference Centre (AICC) in Accra from October 8–10, 2025. His Excellency’s presidential keynote tackle will happen on the 09th of October 2025.
H.E. President John Dramani Mahama was sworn into the President’s Workplace on the seventh of January 2025. H.E. was additionally the fourth President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, having beforehand occupied the excessive workplace of President between January 7, 2013, and January 6, 2017. A powerful proponent of intra-African commerce, H.E. President Mahama had a adorned pan-African roles together with being the previous Chairperson of the Financial Group of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Fee., the previous Chairperson of the African Union’s Excessive-Stage African Commerce Committeeand the primary Co-chair of the United Nations Advocacy Group on the Sustainable Growth Targetsthe present Chair of the Tana Discussion boarda high-level discussion board on safety in Africa headquartered in Ethiopia. The president additionally performed an instrumental position in laying the muse for the African Continental Free Commerce Space (AfCFTA)whose secretariat is now primarily based in Ghana.
The Ghanaian authorities has proven great assist for the upcoming summit, together with issuing an official endorsement by the Workplace of the President. “It’s with nice pleasure that the Authorities of Ghana formally confirms its endorsement of the 14th Africa Fintech Summit, scheduled to happen in Accra from 8 to 10 October, 2025. As a nation dedicated to fostering digital innovation and financial development, we’re proud to play host to this pivotal occasion. We eagerly anticipate a extremely productive and impactful Summit that can foster significant collaborations, showcase cutting-edge developments, and drive the way forward for Fintech throughout Africa,” part of the assertion issued by Julius Debrah, Chief of Workers, Workplace of the President, Republic of Ghana, reads.
Talking in regards to the president’s endorsement and upcoming keynote tackle on the summit, Zekarias AmsaluCo-Founder & Managing Director of Africa Fintech Summit, stated, “We’re honored to welcome His Excellency President Mahama as our Presidential keynote speaker for the 14th Africa Fintech Summit in Accra, Ghana on 09 October 2025. His Excellency’s participation and presidential keynote comes at such a pivotal time the place Ghana is reworking its 24 hours digital financial system with a number of presidential initiatives, showcasing Ghana is prepared for the digital future and is open to welcome world fintech & funding companions. The keynote tackle will present a wonderful alternative for the Fintech ecosystem to align its technique and development trajectory proper with and discover methods to assist the digital transformation of Ghana.”
Now in its 14th version, the Africa Fintech Summit will deliver collectively over 1,500 in-person and 3,000 digital attendees from 65 international locations, together with startups, buyers, regulators, and innovators. Programming contains:
Keynotes, Hearth-side Chats, Masterclasses, Workshops, Panels, Closed Door Roundtables, Bilateral MeetingsAlpha Expo Micro Accelerator & Pitch Competitors for Early-Stage StartupsNetworking Receptions, Excellence in Fintech Award Ceremony, Comfortable Hour, VIP Dinners & Ecosystem Excursions in & round AccraCurated Convention Tourism Journey
Since its launch in 2018, AFTS has helped facilitate over $300 million in funding for African early stage fintech startups and contributes an estimated $3 million per occasion in convention tourism influence to host economies yearly.
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Tickets for in-person and digital participation can be found at: https://africafintechsummit.com/occasion/afts-accra-2025
Confirmed Sponsors of the summit to this point embody VISA, Binance, Chevron, Analytix Engine, ShrinQ Ghana, Africa Finance Company, Conduit, MDP, Flutterwave, SecondSTAX, KC Compliance, The chief, Paystack, FIDO, Fincraand counting.
Confirmed Strategic, Data & Media Companions embody Ghana’s Ministry of Overseas Affairs, Ghana’s Ministry of Communication, Digital Expertise and Improvements, Ghana Funding Promotion Centre, SME FINANCE Discussion board, Managed by the IFC (Worldwide Finance Company), Institutional Investor Community, African Media Company (AMA), Blacvolta, Company Council on Africa, British, Halcyon, Ghana Fintech and Funds Affiliation, Ghana FinTech Awards, Afropolitan Cities & F3 World Advisory Group.
Confirmed Exhibitors embody These, Yellowcard, Clapay SAS, Magmasend, By the checkand counting.
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About Africa Fintech Summit
AFTS (https://africafintechsummit.com) is the premier world initiative devoted to the African fintech ecosystem. AFTS is historically hosted in Washington, D.C., every April through the World Financial institution/IFC annual assembly week and in a special African metropolis each October/November. The summit is being held in a hybrid format, in individual within the chosen Venue and reside digital delegates from world wide.
To date AFTS has introduced its summits to Washington DC (2025), Nairobi, Kenya (2024), Washington DC(2024), Lusaka, Zambia (2023), Washington DC & Prosper T4TA Launch(April 2023), Cape City, South Africa( 2022), Washington DC (2022), Cairo, Egypt (2021), Digital(2020), Addis Abeba, Ethiopia(2019), Lagos, Nigeria (2018). The 2025 Summit is scheduled for Accra, Ghana on 8-10 October 2025.
2025 Theme – From Africa to The World
AFTS had a theme of the Africanization of World Tech in 2023 showcasing how African Fintech startups are increasing globally and resolving world ache factors in different markets, adopted by a theme of ‘Fintech in Each Business” in 2024. Recognizing that the globe is now carefully intertwined and African fintech startups are increasing in and bringing their ‘battle-tested’ innovation to different continents, the theme for 2025 is From Africa to The World. On this respect, AFTS will spotlight African Fintech success tales and improvements inside and outdoors of the continent together with world growth and what this meant for world stakeholders, regulators, coverage makers, buyers and the African fintech ecosystem.
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