Define Africa’s digital finance frameworks with global leaders.
Institutional Investment
Learn strategies, risks, and innovations driving capital flows.
Financial Inclusion
Explore how digital assets unlock economic opportunity
Unlocking Ghana and Africa’s Digital Assets Potential
08:30 – 09:00 AM
Networking Breakfast & Registration
09:00 – 09:10 AM
Opening Plenary and House Keeping - MC
09:10 – 09:20 AM
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks
Organizers
09:20 – 09:40 AM
Opening Keynote Remarks (Guest of Honour)
Kwame A. Oppong, Head, FinTech and Innovation, Bank of Ghana
09:40 – 10:00 AM
Keynote Address
Prof. Tonya M. Evans, Consultant, Author and Renowned
Professor in Intellectual Property and New Technologies
10:00 – 10:15 AM
Topic: Rethinking Data, Statistics and Economic Transformation in a
Rapidly Changing Technological World
Prof. Samuel Kobina Annin, Director for Africa Centre of Statistics, United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa and Former Government
Statistician, Ghana
10:55 – 11:25 AM
☕ Coffee Break
10:15 – 10:35 AM
Panel: Global Shifts and Digital Assets: Navigating Macro Trends and
Geopolitical Forces
Robert Dzato, Tudor Kostov and Mimi Kufour. Moderator: Benjamin OwusuAnsah
10:35– 10:50 AM
Topic: Pension Funds: What’s in for Bitcoin – Barriers and Pathways to
Adoption
Ben Amenya, Investment Consultant and Head of Credit Research, Quantum
Advisory
10:50 – 11:10 AM
NETWORKING Coffee Break
11:10 – 11:30 AM
Panel: Institutional Growth – Innovation and Regulation Challenge
Prof. Tonya M. Evans, Nana Adjoa Adobea Khartey, and Sadik Abubakri.
Moderator: Mimi Kufour
11:30 – 11:45 AM
Topic: Digital Transformation of Travel, Payment, and Tourist Experience
in Ghana and Africa
Prof. Ishmael Mensah, Professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management,
University of Cape Coast
11:45 – 12:00 PM
Topic – Developing Effective Risk Frameworks
Samuel Osew- Kwatia, Group Chief Finance Officer, Broadspectrum Limited
12:00PM – 12:20 PM
Fireside Chat: Embracing AI and Machine Learning for the Future of Digital
Asset Management
Larry Cooke, Legal Counsel, Africa. Binance. Moderator: Benjamin OwusuAnsah
12:20PM – 12:40 PM
Fireside Chat: The Value of Regulatory Sandboxes to Inform VASP
Regulation
Kwame A. Oppong, Head, Fintech and Innovation, Bank of Ghana, Moderator:
Jill Shemin
12:40 – 13:10 PM
Break
13:10PM – 13:25 PM
Topic: Unlocking Inclusive Finance, How AI and Machine Learning Credit
Scoring Can Power Secure Digital Financial Assets Across Africa
Solomon Sedinam Agbemenya. CEO Pod Solutions
13:25PM – 13:45 PM
Panel: Are Regulators Fit for Purpose?
John Awuah, Prof. Tonya M. Evans, Ethel Cofie. Moderator: Maria Adu-Agyei
13:45PM – 14:00 PM
Topic: Empowering Africa’s Future: Advancing Inclusive Growth Through
Digital Asset Literacy
Prof. Delali Kwasi Dake, Head, Department of ICT Education, University of
Education, Winneba
14:00PM – 14:30 PM
Masterclass: Tokenization of Real World Assets
Digishares
14:30 – 14:40 PM
CLOSING REMAKRS
Powering Ghana and Africa’s Economic Future with Digital Assets
08:30- 09:00 AM
Networking Breakfast & Registration
09:00 – 09:05 AM
Opening Plenary and House Keeping - MC
09:05 – 09:10 AM
Opening Remarks – Event Organisers
09:10 – 09:25 AM
Topic: Powering Digital Finance: The Role of Data Centres in
Africa’s Digital Asset Economy
Sadik Abubakari, Country Sales Manager, PAIX Ghana
09:25 – 09:45 AM
Headliner: The Impact of Digital Assets in Africa’s Burgeoning
Market
His Excellency Ambassador Harold Agyemang, Ghana’s
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations
09:45 – 10:05 AM
Fireside Chat – Securing the Future of Digital Assets:
Cybersecurity as the Backbone of Trust in Ghana’s Digital
Economy
Dr, Albert Antwi-Boasiako. Moderator, Benjamin Owusu-Ansah
10:05 – 10:25 AM
Panel: Building trust - Risk Management and Compliance
Strategies for Digital Assets
Nana Adjoa Adobea Khartey, Carmelle Cadet, Solomon
Agbemenya. Moderator Benjamin Owusu-Ansah
10:25 – 10:55 AM
Workshop: Ghana Association of Banks: The Evolution of
Banking and Digital Assets Relationship
Eric Sower-Badger, Sylvia Sedo
10:55 – 11:15 AM
Networking coffee Break
11:15 – 11:35 AM
Fireside Chat: Empowering Women in Digital Assets – Paving the
Path to Innovation and Leadership
Carmelle Cardet Moderator: Prof. Tonya M. Evans
11:35 – 11:55 AM
Panel: Beyond Boom and Bust: Building Sustainable and
Profitable Digital Assets Business
Eben Gharney, Martin Awaga, Samuel Osew-Kwatia. Moderator:
Mimi Kufour
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM
Topic: Unlocking Africa’s Digital Economy through Innovation
and Regulation – A Banking Sector Perspective
NETWORKING Coffee Break
Break
break