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CyberFi: Perspectives on Securing Digital Financial Inclusion in Africa

Tue. May 3rd, 2022
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According to a recent report by the World Bank, Africa hosts more digital financial services than any other region and is home to almost half of the total 700 million users in the world. On the continent, some nations engage in mobile money banking, while others focus on the cybersecurity of digital systems. How are these practices engaging in digital inclusion? What can countries do to foster inclusive and secure technological systems in the financial sectors and beyond?  

Join the Carnegie Technology and International Affairs Program for the first event in a two-part series on digital financial inclusion in Africa, featuring Tomslin Samme-Nlar, Elizabeth Kolade, Noëlle Cowling, in conversation with Carnegie fellow Nanjira Sambuli. 

Global GovernanceTechnologySouthern, Eastern, and Western AfricaIran
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event speakers

Nanjira Sambuli

Nonresident Scholar, Technology and International Affairs

Nanjira Sambuli is a nonresident scholar in the Technology and International Affairs Program. She is a researcher, policy analyst and strategist studying the unfolding, gendered impacts of digitalization/ICT adoption on governance, diplomacy, media, entrepreneurship, and culture, especially in Africa.

Elizabeth Kolade

Elizabeth Wuraola Kolade is a cybersecurity professional. She has been involved in the strategy, creation, and implementation of security measures and the delivery of cybersecurity awareness across critical organizations.

Tomslin Samme-Nlar

Tomslin Samme-Nlar is an engineer and independent researcher interested in the higher level management aspects of issues where cybersecurity and strategy interact in Africa.

Noëlle Van Der Waag-Cowling

Noëlle Van Der Waag-Cowling is the Cyber Programme lead at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership (SIGLA) at Stellenbosch University. Her work cuts across both the public and private sectors and has a strong focus on governance, risk and policy, and geo-strategic issues in information security.