Luanda - The trends and challenges of payment systems in Angola, with emphasis on the importance of technology for financial inclusion and the country's economic growth, will dominate the debates of the 2nd edition of “TechInsight” conference cycle, taking place on Tuesday (Sept 24), in Luanda.
The debate panel also includes topics such as “Innovation and financial inclusion in Angola: Challenges, solutions and trends” and “Blockchain: challenges and opportunities”, with a view to exploring the payment systems and financial inclusion in the country, according to a press release to which ANGOP had access on Monday.
According to the document, with the approach to the themes, it is also intended to explore the use of Blockchain technology in the African context, challenges and opportunities for its implementation in the Angolan financial sector.
Blockchain is a decentralized record of transactions that serves as a digital and technological database, with the potential to support a wide variety of businesses.
The event, according to the note, expects to bring together 120 people on ground and more than a thousand online participants, including leaders, representatives of financial institutions, regulators and companies in the technology sector, as well as entrepreneurs and startups that develop innovative solutions based on blockchain.
The aforementioned forum, which has the institutional support of the Ministry of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Mass Media, is an initiative of the IT Portal, in partnership with Mwango Brain.
The first edition of TechInsight took place on September 12, 2023, in Luanda, focusing on the themes “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business” and “Data-driven Decisions - The Power of Data”, with in-person and online participation from 850 people.
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