Remittance journey from first to last mile: Africa 2023
Opening of the Day
Donal
Brown
Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Remittance families: senders and recipients
Gibril
Faal
Director,
GK Partners
Paddy
Siyanga Knudsen
Vice President,
Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism
Round table, discussion points:
- Remittance families: financial ties crossing boundaries
- Migrants’ priorities and realities
- Needs and financial capability back home
Sending money to and within Africa: cost reduction and market realities in 2023
Ruhling
Herbst
Executive Head, Africa Business Development,
BankservAfrica
Andy
Jury
Chief Executive Officer,
Mukuru
Christian
Kajeneri
Head of Fintech Strategy, Products and Services,
MTN Rwanda
Sabine
Mensah
Deputy Chief Executive Officer,
Africa Nenda
Nika
Naghavi
Group Head of Growth,
MFS Africa,
Sandra
Yao
Senior Vice President Africa,
Thunes
Round table, discussion points:
- Digital always cheaper than in-cash remittances?
- African market barriers
- Addressing intra-African corridors
Open Discussion: Impact of de-risking and the SDGs
Barry
Cooper
Technical Director,
Cenfri
Louis
De Koker
Professor of Law and Senior Financial Crime Policy Consultant, CGAP,
La Trobe University
Gynedi
Srinivas
Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Payment Systems Development Group,
World Bank
John
Symington
Director,
Compliance & Risk Resources (Pty) Ltd
Round table, discussion points:
- The rationale(s) for de-risking
- Unintended consequences on remittance end-users
- The role of regulators to prevent de-risking
Financial inclusion at the sending side: the digital breakthrough
Killian
Clifford
Senior Specialist, Migrant financial and economic empowerment,
IOM
Miguel
Fernandez
COO,
Moneytrans
Daniele
Frigeri
Director,
Cespi
Raphael
Grojnowski
Co-Founder and Director,
Mama Money
Thomas
Jul
Chief Executive Officer,
Inpay
Round table, discussion points:
- High tech/High touch: finding the right balance
- Transaction accounts as an entry point for senders’ financial inclusion journey
- Aggregating financial services in a digital space
Tapping into the last mile corridors
Enabling environment and financial inclusion
Dr. S. Chief
Moyo
Secretary General,
Pan African Postal Union (PAPU)
Keynote address
Savings, credit and insurance for remittance families: a missed opportunity for market players?
Ade
Ashaye
Regional Head of Africa,
Women’s World Banking
Hans
Boon
Managing Director,
PostFinance International Development
Nanabayin
Coleman
Vice President, Product Development and Revenue Operations,
Fleri
Amitabh
Saxena
Managing Director & Head of Product,
Digital Disruptions
Dr Samuel
Tiriongo
Director, Research and Policy,
Kenya Bankers Association
Round table, discussion points:
- Business case opportunities
- Bundling remittances and financial services
- Strategic partnerships for success
Simplified customer due diligence and alternative IDs: market applications and best practices
Mariam
Adan
Head of Compliance,
AMAL Money Express
Moses
Banturaki
Remittances & Mobile,
Ecobank Uganda
Seth
Nana Amoako
Head of Compliance,
Financial Intelligence Centre, Ghana
Masiiwa
Rusare
Integrity Team Lead,
Cenfri
Dr Raymond
Shazi
Manager Financial Surveillance Department,
South African Reserve Bank
Round table, discussion points:
- AML/CFT risk-based approaches benefiting remittance families
- Room for action for the private sector
- Room for action for the regulators
Digitalizing international remittances.
Morocco and Senegal
Ibtissam
El Anzaoui
Head, Financial Inclusion Unit,
Bank Al-Maghrib
Niffone Jacqueline N.
Dabou
Deputy Director, Directorate for Financial Inclusion,
Central Bank of West African States – BCEAO
Alassane
Gueye
Senior Manager, Business and Strategy Development,
InTouch
Miguel
Fernandez
COO,
Moneytrans
Malick
Seck
Managing Director Africa,
RIA Financial Services
Malick Seck is the Managing Director of Africa for Ria, the money transfer division of Euronet Worldwide, Inc. He currently oversees the company’s Regional Hub in Dakar, Senegal, and has been an integral part of the organisation since 2010.
After completing his post-graduate degree in marketing management in Clermont-Ferrand, France, he worked in marketing, before joining Shell in Senegal. He then moved to Groupe Chaka, Senegal, in the IT industry, where he set up the first Call Centre organization in West Africa. He was a key member of the team that started Money Express in Senegal where he began his remittances career, and proudly championed the movement that unlocked exclusivity contracts in this industry.
Meryem
Aziz Alaoui
Senior Consultant on remittances and financial inclusion,
World Bank/IFAD
Round table, discussion points:
- Promoting mobile wallets to receive remittances
- Incentives for the private sector
- Enabling regulatory environment
Enabling rural people to access remittances through partnerships. Kenya
David
Berno
Remittances and Inclusive Digital Finance Officer, FFR,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Betty
Korir
Chief Executive Officer,
Credit Bank
Juliet
Mburu
Senior Digital Financial Infrastructure Specialist,
FSD Kenya
Peter
Njuguna
Chief Executive Officer,
SASRA
Romana
Rajput
County General Manager,
Interswitch Kenya
Round table, discussion points:
- Promoting mobile wallets to receive remittances
- Incentives for the private sector
- Enabling regulatory environment
Linking financial services to remittances.Ghana and Uganda
Jacob
Aboagye
Head of Remittances,
Ecobank Group
Francine
Dove
Remittances and Inclusive Digital Finance Specialist, FFR,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Godwin
Kafui Agozie
Head of Money Remittances,
Fidelity Bank
Julius
Kakeeto
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,
PostBank Uganda
Nika
Naghavi
Group Head of Growth,
MFS Africa,
Round table, discussion points:
- Banking remittance families
- Bundling digital financial services
- Fintechs for rural markets penetration
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Tackling informal markets.The Gambia and South Africa
James
Whitaker
Director Crossborder Payments,
Mastercard
Ndumbeh
Saho
Technical Director,
GK Partners
Kate
Roze
Director Mobile Money,
AfriMoney
Leonard
Makuvaza
Remittances and Inclusive Digital Finance Officer, FFR,
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Siaka
Bah
Director,
Central Bank of The Gambia
Round table, discussion points:
- Informality key drivers
- The role of regulators and current constraints in shifting remittances to formal channels
- Can mobile remittances and fintech drive the switch to formal channels?
