… PAFON 2.0 Special Appearances: Olusoji Solomon Adeyemo, Azure Application and AI Specialist, Microsoft UK., Ibirogba Oluwagunwa, chairman, Lagos State Chapter of AMMBAN, and Olusegun Gabriel Afolabi, co-founder Face Technologies
By Kingsley I. Ilechukwu, Bureau Chief, South West, Nigeria
The second edition of Payments Forum Nigeria (PAFON 2.0) is gathering momentum as organisers have unveiled a strong line of speakers.
Featuring keynote presentation, fireside chat, panel discussion, networking opportunities, PAFON 2.0 is scheduled to hold this week – Thursday, April 10, 2025 at the Function Room 1, Oriental Hotel, Lekki Road, Lagos, south west, Nigeria, from 9am-12(noon).
The event themed: “Bridging the Customer Experience Gap for Financial Inclusion Using AI”, aims at enabling knowledge sharing on key industry insights, issues, amongst key stakeholders, with the objective of ensuring a collaborative and proactive approach to push for policies that enable growth, tackling/mitigating fraud and limiting occurrences and losses in the payment industry.
Keynote speech will be delivered by
Ebehijie Momoh (Mrs), managing director and chief executive officer, AfriGoPay Financial Services Ltd, Ebehijie Momoh (Mrs).
Special Guests include but are not limited to the followings:
Managing director and chief executive officer, Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF) Limited Uche Uzoebo (Mrs)and Managing director and chief executive officer of PalmPay (Nigeria), Mrs. Chika Nwosu.
PAFON 2.0 Special Appearances include: Azure Application and AI Specialist, Microsoft UK., Olusoji Solomon Adeyemo, chairman, Lagos State Chapter, Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) , Ibirogba Oluwagunwa, and Olusegun Gabriel Afolabi, co-founder & chief innovations architect, Face Technologies UK Ltd., Olusegun Gabriel Afolabi.
There will be a fireside chat featuring, the convener, Lagos Blockchain Week, Chukwuemeka Enoch Mbaebie amongst other speakers, with Marketing Manager, Vendocredit, Chidera Amuta as the host.
According to co-convener of Payments Forum Nigeria, Chike Onwuegbuchi, “this year’s theme, ‘Bridging the Customer Experience Gap for Financial Inclusion Using AI’, underscores the urgent need to safeguard digital transactions against emerging threats while ensuring seamless financial inclusion and innovation”.
Industry players such as Bankers, Fintech startups, mobile money operators, blockchain experts, Cybersecurity, etc., are among the expected attendees.
PAFON 2.0 participation is free, but pre-registration can be done here or use this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dE3ZHpSZcaZOL14oiI7s6OYbIeRTqNET7oH-NOm83Bc/edit
