Finance & Banking

28th Edition Connected Banking Summit: Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 – Southern Africa

The 28th Connected Banking Summit: Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 – Southern Africa brings together the region's top banking C-suites, regulators, and fintech leaders to foster a secure, inclusive, and resilient financial ecosystem. Themed 'Shaping the Future of Banking in Southern Africa: Innovation, Connectivity, and Financial Resilience,' the summit…

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20Speakers
15Sponsors
23Exhibitors
0Sessions
46Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at 28th, in alphabetical order.

Amenda Makhetha
Compliance Executive: Group Head Data Privacy and Protection · FirstRand Bank Ltd
Arun Krishnamoorthy
CIO – Commercial Payments · Absa Group
Brian Mahlangu
Head Strategy & Digital Commercialisation · Absa Group
Dolly Mphahlele
Head Enterprise Datawarehouse · Nedbank
Francois Benjamin
Chief Operating Officer · Old Mutual Bank
Gina Schoeman
Managing Director · Citi bank
Keshani Ganasen
Integrated advice CEO at FNB, FNB South Africa · FNB South Africa
Kgotso Buys
Chief Information Officer : Investment Banking · RMB - Rand Merchant Bank
Liam Reddy
Chief Compliance Officer · State Bank of India, South Africa
Malebo Sefula
Group Head: Data Governance · Investec
Matt Crow
Head of Regional Expansion · Tether
McDonald Chigumba
Head: Treasury and Capital Management · Bidvest Bank
Nandipa Zajiji Mntonintshi
Vice President - Commercial Lending Credit · Absa Group
Nqobile Kubeka
Data Head for Global Markets · Standard Bank Group
Pascalle Brigitte (Gerrard) Albrecht
Executive: Commercial Issuing · Absa Group
Paul Eccleston
Scored Product Head · FNB South Africa
Thav Reddy
Group Head Data Privacy · Absa Group
Thuthukile Mtshali
Chief Technology & Operations Officer · Standard Chartered
Tsebeletso Mashau
CIO Africa Regions · Standard Bank Group
Tshidiso Ledimo
Group Head: Core Platforms, Cloud Engineering, Applications, Infrastructure, ITSM & Operations · Santam Insurance

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Group-IBGold
TetherGold
EvonSysSilver
SASSilver
Bank of GhanaOfficial Supporter
BPC Banking TechnologiesSeries Sponsor
HuaweiSeries Sponsor
IidentifiiSeries Sponsor
KasperskyOfficial Cyber Security Partner
Nigeria House of RepresentativesEndorsed By
Nissi Human Capital SolutionsSeries Sponsor
PayGoSeries Sponsor
Pure StorageSeries Partner
WiproGold Sponsor
Zimbabwe Stock ExchangeEndorsed By
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 46 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

46 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
9Sponsoringsponsor only
18Exhibitingexhibitor only
13Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Bank of Ghana·Huawei·Kaspersky·Nigeria House of Representatives·Zimbabwe Stock Exchange·Tether

Speakers by seniority

40% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite525%
  • VP-level15%
  • Director / Head of210%
  • Other roles1260%

Of 20 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Absa Group5
2Bank of GhanaSponsor · Official SupporterExhibitor-
3HuaweiSponsor · Series SponsorExhibitor-
4KasperskySponsor · Official Cyber Security PartnerExhibitor-
5Nigeria House of RepresentativesSponsor · Endorsed ByExhibitor-
6Zimbabwe Stock ExchangeSponsor · Endorsed ByExhibitor-
7TetherSponsor · Gold1
8BPC Banking TechnologiesSponsor · Series Sponsor-
9EvonSysSponsor · Silver-
10Group-IBSponsor · Gold-
11IidentifiiSponsor · Series Sponsor-
12Nissi Human Capital SolutionsSponsor · Series Sponsor-
13PayGoSponsor · Series Sponsor-
14Pure StorageSponsor · Series Partner-
Sponsors by tier
gold2
13% of 15
silver2
13% of 15
official cyber security partner1
7% of 15
endorsed by2
13% of 15
series partner1
7% of 15
series sponsor5
33% of 15
official supporter1
7% of 15
gold sponsor1
7% of 15
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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