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Seamless Africa 2026

Seamless is the key meeting place for this brave new world of commerce. It is a new event built on decades of experience – a dynamic summit and large scale exhibition bringing together the converging worlds of payments, banking and fintech.

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127Speakers
105Sponsors
176Exhibitors
48Sessions
203Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Seamless, in alphabetical order.

Abdesslam Benzitouni
VP - Communications & Public Affairs · Jumia Group
Abe Karar
Chief Executive Officer, Digital Transformation Leader · Alchemy Digital Solutions
Abiodun Dada
Chief Executive Officer · Access Bank
Abiola Lasisi
Director, Information Technology · Justrite Limited
Ahmed Karolia
Chief Operating Officer - Islamic Banking · First National Bank
Alastair Tempest
Chief Executive Officer · Ecommerce Forum Africa
Alexander Reddish
Pismo Lead CEMEA · Visa
Andre Daniels
Sr Solutions Consultant Middle East and Africa · ACI Worldwide EMEA Limited
Andriy Shcherbina
Value-Added Services · Visa
Arnoud d'Yve de Bavay
Africa Expansion Lead · Tether
Augustine Twum
Executive VA: Private, Wealth & Small Business Banking · Nedbank Ltd
Ayanda Mbonambi
Senior UX Design Lead · Absa Group
Bonolo Sebolai
Head of Fraud · Tyme bank
Brian Mahlangu
Head of Digital Commercialisation · Absa CIB
Bunmi Cynthia Adeleye
Chief Strategy Officer · Retail Supermarkets Nigeria (Shoprite, Nigeria)
Carlos Oderiz San Martin
Strategy Director · facephi
Cherrylee Samson
Co- founder/ CMO · Hibarri
Cheslyn Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer · Tyme bank
Chipo Mushwana
Executive Payments & Technology · Nedbank Ltd
Daisy Makoni
Sales Channels Head (Public Sector Banking) · F.N.B. South Africa
Danielle Lawrence
COO · FINASA
Darren Franks
Co-Founder & Interim Chief Executive Officer · Fintech Association of South Africa

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

0to60.AIExhibitor
ADDPAYExhibitor
AdjustExhibitor
Altron FintechSilver Sponsor
ArkamExhibitor
AustriacardAssociate Sponsor
AveadeExhibitor
Barnes Smart SolutionsExhibitor
Breaze DeliveryExhibitor
Brown Financial ServicesExhibitor
CashAccSys Ltd PtyExhibitor
Chuanwei TechExhibitor
CloudCardExhibitor
CM.comSilver Sponsor
Dandelion PaymentsAssociate Sponsor
Dataal Africa (Pty) LimitedExhibitor
DigiCommerceExhibitor
DNE AfricaMedia Partner
DotDotExhibitor
DreamtekExhibitor
Dspread Technology (Beijing) Inc.Exhibitor
EasyPayExhibitor
FacephiGold Sponsor
FEITIANExhibitor
FincraGold Sponsor
FloatExhibitor
FlowcartExhibitor
FlowFirstExhibitor
GadjetExhibitor
GebeyaXExhibitor
GoBuddyExhibitor
Gold BlockchainExhibitor
Golden Chip CompanyExhibitor
GoodAppExhibitor
Huawei TechnologiesExhibitor
Ideco TechnologiesExhibitor
Impossible Is Possible TechnologiesExhibitor
IncodeAssociate Sponsor
Infineon TechnologiesExhibitor
INFOBIPSilver Sponsor

Agenda

Selected from 48 sessions.

  • Seamless Payments & Fintech Africa 2026 Day 2 @ 12:10

    Interview Banking without boundaries: unlocking growth through ecosystem partnerships

    Seamless Payments & Fintech Africa 2026
  • Sep 8 10:00

    Keynote Interview Building Africa’s financial future: Access Bank’s growth strategy, regional leadership and market impact

    STAGE 1: BANKING & PAYMENTS
  • Sep 8 10:20

    Keynote Interview From access to everyday relevance: building the next generation of personal banking in Africa

    STAGE 1: BANKING & PAYMENTS
  • Sep 8 11:10

    Interview Who is e-commerce really built for? broadening Africa’s digital consumer base

    STAGE 2: DIGITAL COMMERCE & RETAIL
  • Sep 8 11:10

    Presentation Built for the embedded economy

    STAGE 1: BANKING & PAYMENTS
  • Sep 8 11:30

    Panel Building Africa’s embedded finance ecosystem: the strategic role of banks and APIs

    STAGE 1: BANKING & PAYMENTS
  • Sep 8 11:30

    Panel Building scalable digital marketplaces: the platforms powering Africa’s next wave of commerce

    STAGE 2: DIGITAL COMMERCE & RETAIL
  • Sep 8 12:10

    Interview Retail transformation

    STAGE 2: DIGITAL COMMERCE & RETAIL
  • Sep 8 12:10

    Interview Retail Transformation

    STAGE 2: DIGITAL COMMERCE & RETAIL
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 203 companies show up, and 164 bet on three roles at once?

203 companies. 164 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
164All threespeak · spons · exh
13Sponsoringsponsor only
12Exhibitingexhibitor only
14Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Paymentology·Facephi·Tyme bank·Visa·Infobip·Tether·Altron Fintech·Dandelion Payments·Fincra·Incode·Mastercard·Sumsub·Takealot.com·0to60.AI·Absa Group·Access Bank·ADDPAY·Adjust·Arkam·Aveade·Barnes Smart Solutions·Breaze Delivery

Speakers by seniority

65% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2721%
  • Founder / Owner54%
  • VP-level54%
  • Director / Head of4636%
  • Manager / Lead2117%
  • Engineer · IC54%
  • Advisor / Investor11%
  • Other roles1713%

Of 127 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1PaymentologySponsor · Associate SponsorExhibitor5
2FacephiSponsor · Gold SponsorExhibitor3
3Tyme bankSponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor3
4VisaExhibitor6
5InfobipSponsor · Silver SponsorExhibitor2
6TetherExhibitor5
7Altron FintechSponsor · Silver SponsorExhibitor1
8Dandelion PaymentsSponsor · Associate SponsorExhibitor1
9FincraSponsor · Gold SponsorExhibitor1
10IncodeSponsor · Associate SponsorExhibitor1
11MastercardSponsor · Silver SponsorExhibitor1
12SumsubSponsor · Associate SponsorExhibitor1
13Takealot.comSponsor · Title SponsorExhibitor1
140to60.AISponsor · ExhibitorExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
associate sponsor11
10% of 105
exhibitor81
77% of 105
gold sponsor3
3% of 105
media partner1
1% of 105
silver sponsor5
5% of 105
startup1
1% of 105
title sponsor3
3% of 105
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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