Event Schedule

Future of Payment & Commerce Conference 2025

Theme: “UNVEILING THE MYSTERIES OF PAYMENT AND COMMERCE”

Date: Thursday, 25th September 2025

Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Venue: Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

Session

Speaker / Facilitator

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Registration, Networking Breakfast & Exhibition Tour

 

9:00 AM – 9:20 AM

Opening Ceremony & Welcome Address

Conference Convener / Host

 

9:20 AM – 10:00 AM

CeBIH Partner Session

Topic

Interoperability, Trust, and Customer Experience: Charting the Next Phase of Digital Payments

Session Keynote

Mr. Ajibade Laolu- Adewale

Chairman CeBIH, Chief Partnership Officer Wema Bank

 

Panellists

 

Mrs. Abidemi Asunmo, Vice Chairman, CeBIH/ Group Head eBusiness Premium Trust Bank

 

Mr. Abednego Ugwueke, Divisional Head, Digital Bank First Bank

 

Mr. Frank Alarapon Chief Digital Officer, Parallex Bank

 

Mr. Tomiwa Adebayo Group Head, Payment Products, Sterling Bank

 

Moderator: Mrs. Bimpe Totoyi Group Head,

Card Business GTBank

 

 

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Keynote Address

The Credit Revolution: Building Inclusive, Intelligent, and Borderless Credit Systems for Emerging Economies.

Mr. Peter Atuma

Executive Chairman – Princeps Credit Systems Ltd, Source Microfinance Bank, Tango Brook Technologies Limited, & Sapphire Virtual Networks

 

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Keynote Address

Driving Financial Inclusion via Payment Orchestration & BNPL Innovation in Africa

Ms. Mayokun Owolabi

VP Global Expansion & Payment Partnerships Flutterwave

 

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Plenary Keynote

Driving Financial Inclusion & Sovereignty

Dr. Mrs. Ebehijie Momoh

Managing Director/ CEO 

AfriGOPay Financial Service Limited

 

11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

Tea / Coffee Break

 

 

11:45AM – 12:15 PM

Super Session 

Unlocking SME Growth Through Innovative Payment and Commerce Solutions

Dr. Olubunmi Kole- Dawodu

Director SMEDAN

Head, Lagos HQ

 

12:15PM – 12:45 PM

Super Session 

Quantum Finance and AI Transactions: The Next Frontier of Predictive Value and Autonomous Systems.

Mr. Abayomi Adelowotan Founder

HPTEN

 

12:45PM – 1:30 PM

Insight Keynote

The Future of Nigeria’s Payment Landscape in a Global Digital Economy

Mr. Musa Jimoh Itopa Director

Payment System Policy Central Bank of Nigeria

 

1:30PM – 1:40 PM

Questions and Answers

 

 

1:40 PM—2:00PM

Paper Presentation

Innovating Trade Finance in Emerging Market

Ms. Wassila La Hamdi Benamo

 

Head of Syndications & Trade Finance, Financial Institutions & Private Banking

 

Founder- Tunisian Women in Banking & Finance

 

2:00PM – 2:40 PM

Keynote

Driving Interoperability, Innovation, and Security in Nigeria’s Payment Infrastructure 

Mr. Premier Oiwoh

MD/CEO

NIBSS Plc

 

2:40PM – 3:10 PM

Super Session 

The Future of Mobile Contactless Payments: Open Banking Meets Smart Payments

Mr. Odin Krismayr 

Managing Director

Bluecode Africa 

 

3:10PM – 3:40 PM

Panel Session 

Delivering Lifestyle-Driven Financial Experiences QR, NFC, and Token-Based Systems: Trends, Security & Interoperability

Moderator – Blessing Idiata

CEO, Everedge Global LTD

 

Panellists

 

Mr. Abiodun Animasaun Country Manager Chipper Cash

 

Ms. Elsie Godwin

Co-Founder & COO

Cashwise Finance

 

Mr. Uche Ayodele Okugo

Founder & CEO FastClaim

 

Mr. Oluwaseun Okugboye

Operations Lead Glovo

 

3:40PM – 4:00 PM

Question and Answers- Recap of FoPCC 2025

MC

 

4:00PM – 4:45 PM

Networking Lunch, Partnership & Exhibition Visit

Open MIC – Speakers

 

4:45 – 5:00 PM

Conference Wrap-Up, & Closing

MC