Borderless Money: How Digital Assets Can Transform Africa

Borderless Money: How Digital Assets Can Transform Africa – Keynote by Bernard Parah, CEO & Co-Founder at Bitnob at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026.

In this session, Bernard Parah, Co-founder and CEO of Bitnob, presented the company’s vision for improving crypto payment infrastructure through institutional-grade tools. Drawing on Bitnob’s experience building Bitcoin and stablecoin payment rails, he introduced Hedge, a platform designed to help financial and operations teams manage crypto payments, treasury, liquidity, and market intelligence from a single interface. The focus of the presentation was not just on enabling transactions for users, but on empowering the internal teams that manage payment infrastructure to operate more efficiently and securely.

Key Highlights Include:
• Institutional Crypto Infrastructure: Hedge provides a unified dashboard for managing crypto wallets, treasury balances, liquidity, and payments across multiple providers.
• Automation & Treasury Management: A rules engine enables automated transfers, liquidity balancing, and fund sweeps between platforms to optimize capital efficiency.
• Liquidity Access & Safer Trading: The platform aggregates verified liquidity providers, reducing reliance on informal or risky peer-to-peer trading channels.
• Real-Time Market Intelligence: Finance teams receive insights on asset prices, volatility, stablecoin premiums, network fees, and exchange rates to guide treasury decisions.
• Compliance & Reporting Tools: Built-in reporting and export features streamline regulatory workflows and reduce reliance on engineering teams for compliance data.

From keynotes to dynamic panel discussions, the summit explored groundbreaking topics across four flagship tracks: the Africa Money & DeFi Summit, Africa Climate Tech & Investment Summit, Africa Startup Summit, and Africa AI & Digital Summit. Attendees immersed themselves in the latest trends, shared ideas, and discovered cutting-edge innovations that are redefining Africa’s tech landscape.

But it wasn’t just about the talks – networking buzzed with energy, workshops sparked creativity, and exhibitions showcased the region’s tech solutions.

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2026 celebrated its 8th edition on February 11th and 12th at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi. Bringing together leading industry players the summit explored the latest trends and insights in technology and business across Africa and beyond.