Africa Stablecoin Summit 2026
12 November 2026 – 13 November 2026
Baxter Theatre, Cape Town, South Africa
The Africa Stablecoin Summit 2026 takes place on 12–13 November 2026 at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme "Stablecoins at Scale: Institutional Adoption & Financial Infrastructure". The summit targets C-suite executives, regulators, central bankers, stablecoin issuers and leaders in finance and cross-border trade, with the aim of advancing institutional adoption, supporting policy convergence on licensing, supervision and AML/CFT, showcasing enterprise and treasury use cases, and strengthening custody, payments, liquidity and compliance infrastructure. It is hosted by Chasing Mavericks.
22 sessions · 27 speakers
Organiser (1)
Sponsors (3)
ZARP Stablecoin · Utila · Tether
Association Partners (2)
Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovations (CDABI) Ghana · Ghana FinTech and Payments Association
Supporting Partner (1)
Agenda
- Welcome Remarks 12 November 2026
- Opening Keynote: Local Money at Internet Speed: Moving Stablecoins from Experimentation to Financial Infrastructure 12 November 2026
- Africa Stablecoin Impact Report 12 November 2026
- Fireside Chat: Stablecoins at Scale: What Institutional Adoption Actually Requires 12 November 2026
- Presentation: Africa Didn't Wait for Stablecoins to Digitise Money: What Comes Next? 12 November 2026
- Panel: The New Correspondent Banking : How African Banks Are Deploying Stablecoins for Global Settlement 12 November 2026
- Presentation: Stablecoin Adoption Strategies Among Large Corporates 12 November 2026
- Debate; Dollar Stablecoins Won Africa. Can Local-Currency Stablecoins Catch Up? 12 November 2026
- Breakout 1 - Pawapay Led 12 November 2026
- Breakout 2 - Supercoin Led 12 November 2026
- Regulators Policy Roundtable (closed-door) 12 November 2026
- Cape Town as a Gateway for Digital Finance, Innovation & Investment in Africa 13 November 2026
- Panel: Scaling Infrastructure: Connecting Stablecoins to Mobile Money, Agent Networks & Bank Rails 13 November 2026
- Fire side chat: AML/CFT, Compliance & Risk Across the Stablecoin Stack 13 November 2026
- Panel: From Rulebook to Reality: Implementing Digital Asset Regulation Across Africa 13 November 2026
- Panel: Tokenisation & Capital Markets: Stablecoins as the Settlement Layer for Tokenised Assets 13 November 2026
- Building Trust: Stablecoin Reserve Assurance, Financial Reporting and Tax Frameworks for Stablecoins 13 November 2026
- Breakout 1 13 November 2026
- Executive Institutional Forum (closed-door) 13 November 2026
- Breakout 2 13 November 2026
- Spotlight Session: Voices of Stablecoins in Africa — From Lagos to Nairobi 13 November 2026
- Closing Remarks 13 November 2026