2025 Programme

September 2025
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Mon 15 Sep
Tue 16 Sep
Wed 17 Sep
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Forum Stage

Networking Area

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 12:15 PM - 12:50 PM

Lunch break
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Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 12:50 PM - 12:55 PM

Welcome to The FutureMatters Dialogue
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Sharanjit Leyl

Sharanjit Leyl MC, Chancellor, Bath Spa University
Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

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Tue, 16 Sep | 12:55 PM - 1:45 PM

The Great Data Debate
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Aliou Maïga

Aliou Maïga Regional Industry Director, Financial Institutions Group, Africa, International Finance Corporation

Ayodele Ojosipe

Ayodele Ojosipe Head, Business Development and Relationship Management, Development Bank of Nigeria Plc

Ayodele Olojede

Ayodele Olojede Divisional Head, Retail and SME, Wema Bank, Nigeria

Azer Songnaba

Azer Songnaba Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer, Cauris

Mercy Mutua

Mercy Mutua Head, Access to Finance, Mastercard Foundation

Patrick Reily

Patrick Reily Co-founder, Uplinq

Rakesh Vazirani

Rakesh Vazirani Director – Decarbonization & Cleaner Production, Supply Chain Sustainability, Bureau Veritas

Veronica Nyhan Jones

Veronica Nyhan Jones Global Head, Climate Capacity and Inclusion Accelerator, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Public-Private Roundtables

Roundtable Room 1 (First Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

SME Banking Leaders League Roundtable: Breaking New Ground, Pioneering New Horizons
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Andiswa Bata

Andiswa Bata Managing Executive: Business and Commercial Banking, Nedbank

Asif Riaz

Asif Riaz Group Chief Consumer Banking, The Bank of Punjab

Bahaa Khashogji

Bahaa Khashogji Head of MSME, Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF)

Carol Oyedeji

Carol Oyedeji Group Commercial Banking Head, Ecobank Transnational Inc

Ghana Msibi

Ghana Msibi CEO FNB Business, First National Bank (FNB)

Grant Prince

Grant Prince Chief Investment Officer, Fetola

Juan Esteban Jijon

Juan Esteban Jijon SME Banking Head - VP, Produbanco Ecuador

Rajeev Chalisgaonkar

Rajeev Chalisgaonkar Head of Business Banking & NeoBiz, Mashreq

Simone Cooper

Simone Cooper Head of Business and Commercial, Banking South Africa

Sylvester Adinam Mensah

Hon. Sylvester Adinam Mensah Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Export-Import Bank

Vincent Zheng

Dr. Vincent Zheng Deputy General Manager, WeBank

Qamar Saleem

Qamar Saleem Global Head, SME Finance Forum
Workshop

Workshop Room (First Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Empower Emerging Markets: Detect Fraud Before It Happens with Tazama – Powered by Tazama.org
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Matt Bohan

Matt Bohan Sr. Program Officer, Gates Foundation

Justus Ortlepp

Justus Ortlepp Head of Product, Tazama

Roland Van Hee

Roland Van Hee CTO, Sybrin Technologies

Karim Jindani

Karim Jindani Chief Executive Officer, Paysys Labs

Michelle Semple

Michelle Semple Head of Growth and Operations, Tazama

Public-Private Roundtables

Roundtable Room 2 (First Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

De-Risking SME Finance: From Data Deserts to Scalable Guarantees
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Abdul Vally

Abdul Vally Country Manager/CEO, Coface South Africa

Johann Choux

Johann Choux Regional Director - Southern Africa & Indian Ocean, Proparco

Loid Danga

Loid Danga Investment Officer, IFC

Nagla Bahr

Nagla Bahr EMGN – Lead Representative, GNGI – African Continental Coordinator & BOD – Executive Board Member, CGC-Egypt (Credit Guarantee Company)

Parag Ekbote

Parag Ekbote Chief Business Officer, Veefin Group

Saurav Bhattacharyya

Saurav Bhattacharyya Chief Executive Officer, Proxtera Pte Ltd

Madhusudanan R

Madhusudanan R Co-founder, M2P Fintech

Vittorio Di Bello

Vittorio Di Bello Director, Financial Institutions Group, LAC/EUR, International Finance Corporation

Homam Hashem

Homam Hashem Chief Executive Officer, Kafalah SME Loan Guarantee Program
Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 1:45 PM - 2:25 PM

NextGen Credit Scoring: Unlocking SME Finance through AI and Alt Data
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Meghan McCormick

Meghan McCormick Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Oze

Munir Duri

Munir Duri Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Kifiya

Natasha Jethanandani

Natasha Jethanandani Co-founder & CTO, Kaleidofin

Namita Datta

Namita Datta Principal Economist, International Finance Corporation
Forum Stage

Forum Stage (Ground Floor)

Open

Tue, 16 Sep | 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM

Unlocking Supply Chain Finance Where It Is Needed The Most
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Femi Akinrebiyo

Femi Akinrebiyo Global Manager, Manufacturing and Trade Supplier Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Ram Iyer

Ram Iyer Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Vayana

Sherif Lokman

Sherif Lokman Sub Governor, Central Bank of Egypt

Natalie Van Graan

Natalie Van Graan Director, Trade Products South Africa, Standard Chartered Bank

Makiko Toyoda

Makiko Toyoda Global Manager, International Finance Corporation
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