PAFIX ’26 Conference Agenda
Sunday 8 November
11:00 PAFIX Opening
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11:00 – 11:05 |
Welcome note: Mr. Ossama Kamal – CEO, Tradefairs International |
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11:05 – 11:20
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Sponsor Notes 1. Mr. Ibrahim Sarhan – Chairman & CEO, eFinance Investment Group 2. Mr. Amr Al Ganiny – Deputy CEO & Executive Board Member, CIB Egypt 3. Mr. Mohamed Assem – SVP & country manager for Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon & Syria, Mastercard 4. Dr. Reda Helal – Group Managing Director - Processing, Africa & Growth Market, Network International 5. Mr. Jacques Marco – Co-founder, Founder & CEO, Axis Pay 6. Mr. Stefano Camilleri. - CMO & Head of Business Development IDENTIS Group |
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11:20 – 11:40 |
Mr. Rami Aboulnaga – Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Egypt |
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12:00 – 13:00
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From Digital Banking to Digital Finance: The AI-Powered Transformation Moderator: Mr. Ossama Kamal – CEO, Tradefairs International 1. Mr. Rami Aboulnaga – Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Egypt 2. Mr. Moataz Metawee– CEO & Managing Director, onebank 3. Mr. Mohamed Korayem – Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, I-Score 4. Mr. Riadh Naouar – Manager, Financial Institutions Group & Africa Advisory Services, IFC 5. Mr. Stefano Camilleri. - CMO & Head of Business Development IDENTIS Group
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13:15 – 14:00 |
Digital Innovation: Building the Next Generation of Financial Services |
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Moderator: Mr. Habib Hana - Managing Director Middle East, Diebold Nixdorf 1. Ehab Nasr – Assistant Sub-Governor, Payment Systems & Services, Central Bank of Egypt 2. Mr. Mohamed Assem – Senior Vice President & Country Manager, Egypt, Iraq & Lebanon, Mastercard 3. Mr. Ihab Dorra – Chief consumer banking & payments & SME’s officer, Banque Misr 4. Dr. Reda Helal – Managing Director & Co-Head of Processing – Africa, Network International 5. Mr. Tarek Nagy - Chief Executive Officer - SuperPay by e&
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14:15 – 15:00 |
From Vision to Testing to Scale: Behavioral Scoring as a New Pathway to Financial Inclusion Moderator: Dr. Ayman Ismail – Associate Provost for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, American University in Cairo 1. Mr. Ahmed Monir - Head of Regulatory Sandbox, Central Bank of Egypt 2. Ms. Sayonara El Asmar – Deputy CEO and Managing Director, I-Score 3. Ms. Dalia El Shawat – Head of Retail Risk, CIB 4. Mr. Mohamed Ragaei – Head of Retail Risk, QNB 5. Amr AbouelAzm– CEO, Erada Finance |
15:15 – 16:00 From Homegrown Capital to FinTech Growth: Mobilizing Anchor Investors for Financial Innovation
Moderator: Ms. Salma Farouk – Senior Associate, DPI
1. Ms. Mona El Sayed – Chairman & CEO, Camel Ventures
2. Mr. Ahmed Sobhy – Deputy CEO, eFinance Investment
3. Mr. Ahmed El-Said – CEO of Investments, overseeing the bank’s investments in companies and real assets, NBE
4. Mr. Ossama Abbas – FinTech VP, Etisalat
Monday 9 November
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11:00 – 11:45 |
Financial Inclusion 2.0: From Access to Wellbeing |
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Moderator: Mr. Khaled Bassiouny - General Manager – Financial Inclusion, Central Bank of Egypt 1. Mr. Ahmed Metwally VP, Mastercard Egypt Country Manager, Mastercard 2. Mr. Hisham Ezz Head of SMEs Tribe , Banque Misr 3. Mr. Amr Soliman Board Member, Economic & Environment Chair , National Council of Women (NCW) 4. Mr. Mohamed Abd El Hak, Founder and director EBSM 5. Mrs. Nadia Gamal El Din, Founder and CEO Rahet Bally
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12:00 – 12:45 |
The Rise of Autonomous Finance: Is It Built for Banking? Moderator: Mr. Galal Elbeshbishy - Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO), Synapse Analytics 1. Mr. Ahmed Mohsen - Mr. Ahmed Mohsen, Co-Founder and CTO, MNT-Halan 2. Mr. Hussein ElShamy - Head of AI and Data Architecture, Banque Misr 3. Mr. Kamran Bader – Chief Data and AI Officer, CIB 4. Dr. Ahmed Samir - Data and AI Director, the Egyptian Credit Bureau
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13:00 – 13:45
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Beyond the Transaction: AI as the Next Frontier in Payments Moderator: Ms. Shaden Elrimly – Chief Commercial Officer, Onebank 1. Mohamed Abdelrahman – General Manager, Payment Systems & Services, Central Bank of Egypt 2. Mr. Ahmed Metwally – Country Manager, MasterCard 3. Mr. Mahmoud Fawzy – Group Digital Banking Head, CIB Egypt 4. Mr. Mahmoud El Nasharty – Head of Payments & digital channels, BM 5. Mr. Ahmed Nader – CEO, Geidea Solutions 6. Mr. Ahmed Walid – Director, Orange Cash |
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14:00 – 14:45 |
Africa's Digital Finance Revolution: From National Digital Strategies to a Connected African Payment Ecosystem." |
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