The much-awaited third Annual Africa Digital Finance Summit (ADFS) is scheduled to be held on May 24-26, 2023 at the Sandton Convention Center in South Africa.

The three-day summit has been aptly themed “The Future of Finance in Africa: Our pathway to a new Africa” and will have key thought leaders from various sectors in various countries.

Key professionals from governments, central banks, global fintechs, start-ups, and decision makers in the financial, economic, technology, fintech and block chain industry will feature.

The more than 70 keynote speakers lined up from more than 40 countries across the globe are expected to drive the pertinent discussions surrounding the future of finance in Africa.

More than 30 partners and more than 2,500 attendees have registered for the summit.

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The annual summit will seek to re-define the value exchange for Africans and challenge them to leverage decentralized finance in their businesses and day to day transactions.


Speaking at a Global Conference, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta said the summit seeks to push Africa as the center for the creation of innovative solutions in digital finance.

“This is a summit for bold, visionary leaders who are willing to disrupt as much as they are willing to create, who know what to give up as much as what they expect to gain. Africa’s rapid adaptation of digital solutions places the continent at the center of the digital finance discussion,” said Glasshouse PR CEO and MD Mary Njoki.

Njoki noted that the digital space had decentralized many key services making them accessible from anywhere in the world and that financial services had not been left behind.

Mary Njoki. PHOTO/COURTESY

“It means that from the comfort of our homes, and with the tap of a button, we can make transactions across the globe. As Africa arises, the continent is rapidly growing as a consumer of the digital economy and it is time to bring the discussion to the continent,” she added.

The ADFS will tackle issues affecting financial technologies and innovations in Africa, policies and laws that will offer a lasting conducive environment for uptake of these technologies.

The summit will also tackle the empowerment of current and future generations, blockchain implementation and related technologies across Africa and the future of Finance in Africa.

It will also dwell on how African governments and private sector players can take advantage of the convergence of technologies to foster socio-economic development on the continent.