Seamless Africa 2026
8 September 2026 – 9 September 2026
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
46 sessions · 78 speakers
Organiser (1)
Media Partners (2)
DNE Africa · Ecommerce Forum Africa
Sponsors (14)
Altron FinTech · Mojaloop Foundation · Dandelion Payments · Paymentology · XTransfer · Freshworks · Incode · FacePhi Biometria S.A · Infobip · Visa · Mastercard · Nuvei · Tether · Fincra
Association Partners (2)
RISA · Association of South African Payment Providers
Exhibitors (48)
MobiIoT · PIOTEC · Partner Tech S A · Feitian Technologies · GRGBanking · MS Solutions Group (Monetics Services Solutions) · Ideco Biometrics · Tactile Technologies · Shenzhen Seaory Technology Co. Ltd · SW360 · KYCDD · Tongxin Microelectronics · SISA · Hyosung TNS · LDX Solutions · Xnterprise · Odoo · ACI Worldwide · Sumsub · Bayobab · Silone Cardtech · Lesaka.tech · GoTyme Bank · Shipsy · Dspread · Chipin · AddPay · NeoSOFT · IDEMIA · nCino KYC Africa · Yoyo · Tola · InsideData · SIMcontrol · TCM · Riskscape · Zeam SA (Pty) Ltd · Byte Orbit · Famoco · Urovo · GebeyaX · lumepay.com · Nija Technologies · Flowcart (Previously Sukhiba) · ZA Registry Consortium · Toppan Gravity · Ingenico · Datacentrix
Agenda
- Keynote Fireside Chat: Connecting the continent: the role of real-time payments and interoperability in scalable digital commerce 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Instant, Intelligent Payments 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Keynote Interview: From access to everyday relevance: building the next generation of personal banking in Africa 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: Built for the embedded economy 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Who is e-commerce really built for? broadening Africa’s digital consumer base 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: Building Africa’s embedded finance ecosystem: the strategic role of banks and APIs 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Panel: Building scalable digital marketplaces: the platforms powering Africa’s next wave of commerce 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Interview: Tokenised money and the future of South Africa’s payments system 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Retail transformation 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Presentation: What we give up when we give in to AI 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: The silent drop-off: using behavioural data to understand Africa’s digital customer 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: From points to personalisation: how data and AI are transforming customer loyalty 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: Building trust in digital payments through AI-powered risk and fraud intelligence 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: Fighting financial crime in Africa: continuous identity for AI-Driven security 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: Humanizing the marketplace: putting customers at the centre by harnessing community voices, data-driven feedback & the power of UGC 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Presentation: Tokenizing the Future: How Digital Wallets Are Redefining Payments 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Closing the gap between ambition and execution 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: One platform, one truth: ending retail fragmentation across Africa for accurate data & faster decisions 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: Beyond the wallet: payment journeys that win Africa’s digital customer 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: The future of retail isn't AI. It's people. Building Africa's professional retail workforce 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Interview: Accelerating financial velocity: the impact of instant payments on digital banking 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Panel: One customer, one view: building truly unified commerce across Africa’s retail channels 8 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: Beyond the app: the future of mobile money, digital wallets and digital assets in Africa 8 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Keynote Panel: Unlocking cross-border digital commerce through interoperable payments systems 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Keynote Interview: The future of payments in South Africa 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: Supercharged, Visa direct 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Understanding consumer purchasing behaviour across omnichannel social experiences 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Interview: The cloud changed payments. What happens next? 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- VisaPay: The Future of Interoperable Payments: Connecting Africa’s Digital Economy 9 September 2026 · Roundtables
- Panel: From legacy to cloud-native: how banks are future proofing payments platforms 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Panel: The social selling surge: from content to checkout on the platforms African customers live on 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Interview: Banking without boundaries: unlocking growth through ecosystem partnerships 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: From automation to autonomy: reimagining banking intelligence for an agentic future 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: Social commerce checkout: Making commerce more human 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Presentation: From community to commerce: the MomBoss universe growth story 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Presentation: The origins and future of stablecoins: transforming cross-border payments 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Panel: Payments without borders: fixing cost, speed & transparency across African corridors 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Panel: Beyond apps: the data intelligence reset driving real omnichannel results 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Interview: Connecting Africa: The infrastructure powering seamless cross-border payments 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Presentation: From omnichannel to intelligent conversations: building connected customer journeys with WhatsApp 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Presentation: Beyond BNPL: who finances the seller 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: Beyond Borders: Building digital commerce that works across Africa 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Fireside Chat: Localize to globalize: scaling African marketplaces with smart cross-border tech 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Panel: From BNPL to embedded lending: building scalable, responsible credit models 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments
- Interview: One Africa, one cart: building seamless cross-border commerce through smarter payments and fulfilment 9 September 2026 · Stage 2: Digital Commerce & Retail
- Fireside Chat: Buy now, Pay later: can BNPL help build Africa’s next generation of credit data? 9 September 2026 · Stage 1: Banking & Payments