Cards and Payments World Africa 2014 is taking place this week on the 18th and 19th of March at the Johannesburg Convention Centre. It is the place where Africa’s payment specialists meet to discuss the challenges and opportunities in the industry. The show will feature 1200 attendees with 200 VIPs and 80 exhibitors. There will also be 50 free conference sessions and 450 facilitated meetings.
The Free Conference will address technical topics such as:
- How to roll out NFC into Africa
- How to curb the rise of illegal debit order transactions
- Driving transaction volumes with mobile payments
- How to develop new customer acquisition strategies
The VIP conference will showcase what is being done in the payments and banking sector in Africa with input from: MasterCard, Nedbank, Oltio, Vodacom, Bitcoin, and ABSA
Confirmed VIP attendees include:
- Stanbic IBTC Bank, Nigeria
- I&M Bank, Kenya
- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe,
- Econet Zimbabwe,
- Kipochi, Kenya
- Commercial Bank of Mauritius,
- First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria
- Access Bank, Ghana
- Bank of Namibia, Namibia
- Barclays Bank, Zambia
