Sponsor

Position Your Brand at the Centre of Africa’s Digital Finance Infrastructure Market

DMFS Africa Forum brings together the banks, fintechs, payment companies, major enterprises, regulators, investors and technology providers building and investing in Africa’s digital financial infrastructure.

For technology companies and financial infrastructure providers, sponsorship creates a platform to do more than display a logo.

It gives your organisation the opportunity to build market visibility, demonstrate expertise, engage senior decision-makers and create commercial relationships with the institutions investing in technology across African markets.

Why Sponsor DMFS Africa Forum?

Build Visibility. Demonstrate Expertise. Create Business.

DMFS Africa Forum is designed to connect technology providers with the organisations investing in payments, banking technology and financial infrastructure.

Sponsorship can help your organisation:

  • Reach senior financial technology decision-makers across banks, fintechs, payments and major enterprises
  • Position your brand as an industry leader within Africa’s digital finance market
  • Build thought leadership through selected speaking and content opportunities
  • Showcase technologies and solutions to prospective customers and partners
  • Generate qualified commercial opportunities with organisations actively investing in financial infrastructure
  • Strengthen relationships with regulators, financial institutions and ecosystem partners
  • Support market entry and expansion across Nigeria and wider African markets
  • Build brand visibility before, during and after the Forum

DMFS creates a focused environment where technology buyers, infrastructure providers and financial-sector leaders can meet, exchange ideas and develop business.

The Market Behind the Opportunity
Africa’s Digital Finance Growth Requires an Enormous Technology Layer

The growth of digital financial services across Africa is increasing demand for the infrastructure required to process transactions, connect institutions, secure customers and support increasingly digital economies.

Investment is expanding across:

Payments & Switching
Real-time payments, merchant acquiring, issuing, gateways, wallets and processing infrastructure

Digital Banking & Core Systems
Core banking, digital banking platforms, middleware, Banking-as-a-Service and infrastructure modernisation

Cross-Border Payments
Settlement, remittances, FX technology, regional payment connectivity and treasury infrastructure

Open Finance & APIs
Open banking, embedded finance, API management and financial-data connectivity

Trust, Identity & Security
Digital identity, e-KYC, cybersecurity, biometrics, authentication, fraud prevention and AML

Cloud, AI & Data
Financial cloud, artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, decisioning and data infrastructure

RegTech & Compliance
Transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, risk, governance and financial-crime technology

DMFS Africa Forum connects the institutions creating this demand with the companies capable of supplying the technology.

Who Will You Reach?

Connect With the Organisations Driving Financial Technology Investment

 

Financial Institutions

Commercial banks
Digital banks
Microfinance institutions
Development finance institutions
Insurance and financial services groups

Payment Companies & Fintechs

Payment processors
Switches
Payment service providers
Mobile money operators
Acquirers and issuers
Remittance companies
Digital lenders
Embedded finance platforms

Enterprise & Merchant Buyers

Telecommunications
Retail
E-commerce
Travel
FMCG
Mobility
Energy
Other major organisations investing in payments, collections and digital financial infrastructure

Regulators & Financial-Market Infrastructure

Central banks
Financial regulators
Payment authorities
National and regional payment infrastructure
Digital identity authorities
Industry bodies

Investors & Strategic Capital

Venture capital
Private equity
Development finance institutions
Institutional investors
Strategic investors

Reach the Decision-Makers Behind Technology Investment

Sponsors have the opportunity to build visibility with senior executives including:

CEOs • CIOs • CTOs • CISOs • COOs • Chief Digital Officers • Heads of Payments • Heads of Technology • Heads of Infrastructure • Heads of Digital Banking • Heads of Innovation • Heads of Transformation • Heads of Procurement • Product Leaders • Founders • Partnership Leaders

Sponsorship Opportunities

  1. Build a Presence That Matches Your Objectives – Sponsorship opportunities can be tailored around your organisation’s commercial and marketing priorities.
  2. Thought Leadership – Position senior executives within relevant programme discussions and industry conversations.
  3. Brand Visibility – Build awareness through prominent event, digital and onsite branding opportunities.
  4. Technology Showcase – Demonstrate products, platforms and solutions to prospective customers and partners.
  5. Executive Engagement – Create opportunities to engage senior leaders from banking, fintech, payments and enterprise organisations.
  6. Lead Generation – Use the Forum to develop qualified conversations with potential customers, partners and market-entry relationships.
  7. Networking & Hospitality – Associate your brand with high-value networking environments and selected delegate experiences.

 

Who Should Sponsor?

DMFS Africa Forum is particularly relevant for organisations providing:

Payments infrastructure • Core banking technology • Digital banking platforms • Cloud infrastructure • Cybersecurity • Digital identity • Fraud prevention • AI & analytics • Open finance • APIs • RegTech • Cross-border payments • Financial data infrastructure • Banking technology • Consulting and professional services

Become a DMFS Africa Forum Sponsor

If Africa is an important growth market for your organisation, DMFS provides a platform to put your brand, technology and expertise in front of the institutions building the continent’s digital financial infrastructure.

Tell us what you want to achieve and our partnerships team can recommend the most appropriate sponsorship opportunity.