Building the Payment Rails for an Integrated Africa

Building the Payment Rails for an Integrated Africa by Wole Ayodele – CEO at Fincra at Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025.

In this session Wole shares his passionate vision for building an integrated Africa, highlighting the need for collaboration, economic independence, and love for the continent. Traditional solutions, such as government initiatives and foreign aid, have failed to provide lasting answers. Wole believes in achieving economic independence through intra-African trade, shared infrastructure development, and unified policies. He asserts that education alone cannot solve Africa’s problems, stressing the importance of love and unity among Africans as key components for driving meaningful change. By advocating for financial rails that facilitate seamless trade and movement across the continent, Wole concludes with a powerful call to action to propel Africa towards a future of integration, self-reliance, and shared prosperity, driven by love for the continent.

Highlights of the session include:

💡 Wole’s Vision: Advocates for a united Africa, emphasizing the need for economic independence.
🔗 Economic Independence: Stresses the importance of intra-African trade and shared policies for liberation.
❤️ Power of Love: Proposes that love for Africa is vital in achieving collective prosperity and overcoming challenges.
🚂 Building Financial Rails: Advocates for constructing financial systems to facilitate commerce and mobility across African nations.
🌍 Call to Action: Encourages all Africans and stakeholders to contribute actively to the integration mission.

Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 celebrated its 7th edition on February 12th and 13th at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi. Bringing together over 1600 leading industry players from 64 countries representing 800+ companies who listened and learned from 176 speakers across 73 sessions, exploring the latest trends and insights in technology and business across Africa and beyond. 

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