Shettima To Speak At Zenith Bank’s 4th Tech Fair

Vice President Kashim Shettima is set to speak at the fourth edition of the Zenith Bank Tech Fair, tagged “Future Forward 4.0: Embedded Finance, Cybersecurity & Growth Imperatives – The Impact of AI”.

The fair is expected to showcase leading technological innovations that cut across Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and Communication Technologies, among others. It is also expected to feature a Start-up Pitch Competition – Zecathon – to identify innovative startups, panel discussions, masterclasses and exhibitions.

Among the lineup of activities, the event will feature opening remarks by founder and chairman of Zenith Bank, Jim Ovia, and a welcome address by the group managing director of Zenith Bank, Dr. Adaora Umeoji.

There will also be a goodwill message to be delivered by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima and the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.

The keynote address, “Banking Transformation in a Digital World “, will be delivered by Robin Speculand, a renowned Strategy & Digital Implementation Specialist. Other prominent IT practitioners who represent top global brands will make presentations. These include; Danillo McGarry, Global Expert in Digital Transformation & AI; Jania Okwechime, Partner, Africa, AI & Data, Deloitte and Rupert Nicolay, director, Microsoft Worldwide Financial Services, amongst others.

The panel discussion which has Wole Odeyele, Client Technology Lead for Microsoft Inc. as its host, will feature six discussants including Ada Jabaru, Founder & Director, Nistad Limited; Funke Opeke, founder & chief executive officer, MainOne; Guy Futi, chief executive officer, Orda; Dr Auwal Adam Sa’ad, founder, ZamzamPay; Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), and Bisoye Coker-Odusote, director general/chief executive officer, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).

The masterclass will be divided into seven different classes, and facilitated by key industry players that cut across renowned tech giants such as: Microsoft, Oracle, CyberSoc, IBM, Google, Huawei & Amazon Web Services.