Nigeria Fintech Forum Returns for 5th Edition next Thursday, See Who’s Coming

Eventhive, Africa’s leading B2B2C event servicing company with a strong portfolio across key sectors and six major cities, is pleased to announce the fifth edition of Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026, a high-level gathering designed to convene the leaders shaping the future of Nigeria’s financial services ecosystem.

The event will take place on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing together regulators, bank executives, fintech founders, infrastructure providers, investors, policymakers, and technology leaders to examine the next phase of financial innovation in Nigeria.

Themed “Finance, Regulation, and the New Operating Reality,” the 2026 edition arrives at a defining moment for the industry. Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem is undergoing a major structural shift shaped by tighter regulation, increased compliance obligations, fintech acquisitions of microfinance banking licences, evolving digital asset oversight, and growing demand for resilient financial infrastructure.

Nigeria Fintech Forum is an annual high-caliber finance and technology-focused conference, exhibition, and networking platform that provides a veritable environment for discussions, collaboration, and deal-making between leading stakeholders across banking, fintech, payments, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, and the broader digital economy. The event is part of the Africa Tech Series, a pan-African platform convening technology and innovation conversations across Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali, Johannesburg, and London.

The event features dedicated expo and showcase verticals spanning payments infrastructure, digital banking, lending and credit, fraud and cybersecurity, embedded finance, wealthtech, agent banking, cloud and data infrastructure, compliance technology, AI-powered financial services, and enterprise fintech solutions.

Commenting on the 2026 edition, Jamiu Ijaodola, CEO of Eventhive, said: “Nigeria’s fintech industry is entering a more mature and consequential phase where scale alone is no longer enough. The conversations at Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026 will focus on the deeper issues shaping the ecosystem today. Our goal is to create a platform where regulators, operators, investors, and technology leaders can engage honestly about the future of financial services in Nigeria and across Africa.”

The event is playing host to some of the industry’s brightest minds to share their expertise, including;

Sitah Lang’o, Head of West Africa, Swift, AbdulRasheed Dan-Abu, Head, Fintech and Innovation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Chinwe Uzoho, Regional MD, West & Central Africa, Network International, Moyo Sodipo, Co-Founder & COO, Busha, Dr. Ayotunde Coker, CEO, Open Access Data Centre.

Others include Ngover Ihyembe-Nwankwo, Executive Director, NIBSS; Tolulope Adeyinka, Director, Business Development, Enablers & Crypto, North and West Africa, Mastercard; Stephanie David, Strategic Growth & Marketing Lead, Monica Technologies; Seun Lanlege, CEO, Hyperbridge; Tosin Akintibu, Product Manager, Nosh, and an exciting lineup of others.

Ahead of the event, some of the confirmed sponsors include Monica, Open Access Data Centres, Nosh, Snapnet | AWS, Hyperbridge, Andray Finance, Platnova, CoralPay, Equinix, Busha Business, London Stock Exchange, Source Microfinance Bank, Nobus, Blaaiz, Proten, Fringe, Korapay, WTS Blackwood, Tango Brook, Mycover.ai, Winter Holdings, Vale, Payaza, and Belema Fintech.

The event is expected to attract more than 1,700 attendees from across Nigeria and international markets, reinforcing its role as one of the country’s leading convening platforms for partnerships, policy conversations, investment opportunities, and innovation across the financial services landscape.