MobileMoney West Africa Summit Announces Speakers

MobileMoneyAfrica, Africa’s leading resource for mobile financial inclusion has announced the first round of speakers to speak at the MobileMoney West Africa Summit and Exhibition to be held in Lagos, Nigeria.
Executives from EcoBank International, Africa centre for mobile financial inclusion, citi Bank, PayG Solutions, Mfino, Comviva, Finsol –Kenya, MobileMoney Consulting –UK, Oceanic Bank International, MTN GHANA, Fortis MobileMoney, Nipost, comnavig, Netsignature, Microensure, Experian MicroAnalytics are among the first round of speakers that will speak at the event slated March 5th – 6th, 2012.
The speaker lineup is made up from experienced industry subject matter experts cutting across financial institutions, technology and other associated industries. The two-day event will empower delegates to make informed decisions in the emerging mobile money ecosystem in West Africa, a region of 150 million mobile subscribers with only a small fraction having access to formal banking services under an addressable population of 300 million.
Focus areas during the second mobile money West Africa summit will include, regulatory evaluation, cross border remittances, building and sharing agent network, product development, Microfinance, virtual wallets, mobile top-up, provisioning low value accounts for financial institutions, balancing risk in mobile money services among others.
Emmanuel Okoegwale, principal associate, MobileMoneyAfrica said “We look forward to a impacting event at the second annual event in Nigeria where the regulator is making efforts to bring access to millions that are actively left behind from the formal financial ecosystem. It is our sincere desire that the summit will open new opportunities in the West African region cutting across cross border remittances, banking, payments, regulatory and payment services” said Emmanuel Okoegwale, Principal Associate at MobileMoneyAfrica.
The first round of speakers include: Elizabeth Galpin, Co – Founder PAYG Solutions, UK;  Olufemi Adeagbo, CEO, Comnavig consults, UK; David Andrews, director, products & marketing, MFINO, US;  Santanu Sengupta, director, African centre for Mobile financial Inclusion, UK and Walter Andayi, Principal Associate, Finsol, Kenya.
 Others include Killian Clifford, director, MobileMoney Consulting, UK; Ayo Oyedepo, Oceanic Bank International, Nigeria; Luara Shen, product manager, CITI, US; Alan Goodrich, general Manager, Experian MicroAnalytics, Mohammed Dawood, director, Netsignature, Egypt.
Also to speak at the two-day event are Mike Ogbalu, head-e-Products, EcoBank Plc, Nigeria; Henry Nwawuba, CEO, Fortis MobileMoney, Nigeria and Eugene Adoga , director, MicroEnsure, Ghana.