{"id":143743,"date":"2022-08-22T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=143743"},"modified":"2023-09-27T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T16:31:26","slug":"global-digital-finance-gurus-prepare-for-2022dfa-africa-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2022\/08\/global-digital-finance-gurus-prepare-for-2022dfa-africa-in-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Digital Finance Gurus Prepare for 2022DFA Africa in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital finance experts and enthusiasts from around the world are preparing for the mother of all gatherings for the Digital Finance Africa 2022 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The DFA2022 is described as the definitive annual event on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/afrikanheroes.com\/2022\/08\/18\/telkom-business-launches-micro-lending-facility-for-small-businesses\/\">technology<\/a>\u00a0leadership in the financial services industry and it has returned on the 22nd of September 2022 as a brand-new hybrid concept at The Maslow Hotel, Sandton City, Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">2022 DFA Africa<\/h1>\n<p>Aspects of #DFA2022 include world-class content delivered by some of the biggest names in financial institutions, government, technology, local and international fintech founders, banking executives, IT veterans, technology leaders and investors, regulators, policymakers, politicians, academics, and media from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Uniting leaders from banks, financial institutions, fintech, and government, Digital Finance Africa 2022 is the premier platform to meet with, and learn from those who are successfully realizing the potential of financial technologies.<\/p>\n<h2>Now, more than ever, we must come together and share our stories and find answers to our questions.<\/h2>\n<p>Key Topics that will be discussed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why the future of financial services is digital.<\/li>\n<li>How blockchain is rocking the financial world.<\/li>\n<li>FinTech vs. Banks \u2013 who is winning, or is it not a competition?<\/li>\n<li>How analytics beat intuition in customer service excellence.<\/li>\n<li>The pitfalls of digital transformation in Finance.<\/li>\n<li>Central Bank Digital Currencies: Challenges &amp; Opportunities for the Financial Services Industry.<\/li>\n<li>Is South Africa ready for a digital currency and the legal implications thereof?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Confirmed speakers include:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracy Bolton, Chief Operating Office at 麻豆原创.<\/li>\n<li>Shem Kaembo, Managing Director at EFCUG, Uganda.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Neubauer, Chief Executive Officer at VIPASO, Austria.<\/li>\n<li>Magda Milas, President, Alice in Blockchains, Croatia.<\/li>\n<li>Read also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/afrikanheroes.com\/2022\/08\/18\/africas-top-fintech-investors-crypto-leaders-descends-on-accra-september\/\">Africa\u2019s Top Fintech, Investors, Crypto Leaders Descends on Accra September<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Dr Seetharam Yudhvir, Head of Analytics, Insights &amp; Research at FNB Business.<\/li>\n<li>Desiree Reddy, Director, Norton Rose Fulbright<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Beetar, Vice President and Managing Director: MEA at FICO.<\/li>\n<li>Dr Charles Mutigwe, Vice President and Managing Director: MEA at FICO.<\/li>\n<li>Archana Arakkal, Cofounder of SisonkeBiotik.<\/li>\n<li>Ahmed Ali Saleemi, Chief Operating Officer, AFT (Electronic Money Institute) Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>Tamara Mkula, Business Information Security Officer at Nedbank.<\/li>\n<li>Moloti Nkune, Chief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportscentralngr.com\/news\/readnews\/11634\/man-united-face-disappointment-in-their-attempts-to-sign-christian-pulisic\">Information<\/a>\u00a0Officer at MICT SETA.<\/li>\n<li>Sandy Rheeder, Chief Information Officer at Mukuru.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital finance experts and enthusiasts from around the world are preparing for the mother of all gatherings for the Digital Finance Africa 2022 in Johannesburg,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2829,"featured_media":143744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"related_posts":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[294,4884926],"tags":[5598214,5598213],"series":[],"sapn-display":[45149,5598743,5598741,279685],"sapn-type":[4448],"class_list":["post-143743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-financial-management","tag-dfa-2022","tag-digital-finance-africa-2022","sapn-display-homepage-hero","sapn-display-news-hero","sapn-display-news-spotlight","sapn-display-hero","sapn-type-newsbyte"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - 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