Nigeria Fintech Week 2026

Nigeria Fintech Week 2026 is a multi-city fintech conference themed “Legacy IN Motion: Powering the Digital Renaissance”, taking place on 22–23 September 2026 across Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Abuja in Nigeria.[0] Now in its 9th edition, it brings together the people building, regulating, and funding the future of finance in Africa, positioning itself as one of the continent’s most consequential annual gatherings for the fintech ecosystem.[0]

The event traces the evolution of Nigerian fintech from a pioneer-led story to one defined by institutions, infrastructure, and standards, highlighting how years of momentum are compounding into the systems that will underpin the next decade of African finance.[0] With Nigeria hosting over 430 fintech companies, accounting for 28% of African fintechs and 47% of African deal volume, the week uses this market context to frame why Nigeria is a key hub for the continent’s digital finance growth.[0]

Who Is It For?

Nigeria Fintech Week 2026 is designed for stakeholders across the African and global financial innovation landscape, including:[0]

• Regulators & Policy Makers from institutions such as CBN, SEC, NDIC, NITDA, NIMC, NAICOM, NIBSS, Ministry of Finance, and the National Assembly.
• Tier 1 & Tier 2 Banks, including group executives, retail heads, and digital banking leaders from Nigeria’s commercial banking sector.
• Fintech Founders & C-Suite from Series A to unicorn stage across payments, lending, cross-border, embedded finance, wealthtech, and insurtech.
• Global Card Networks & PSPs, including international schemes and processors active in the Nigerian and African markets.
• Investors & DFIs, such as VC firms, family offices, and development finance institutions allocating capital to African fintech.
• Telcos & Infrastructure Providers, including mobile money operators, broadband providers, identity infrastructure players, and payment switches.
• Diaspora & Global Operators working in cross-border payments and remittances, and African operators based in hubs like London, Dubai, and New York.
• Founders, Builders & Students representing the next generation of Nigerian fintech, including those participating in pitch and innovation tracks.

What to Expect

Attendees can expect a two-day, three-city programme that brings the Nigeria Fintech Week agenda to the country’s main commercial and policy centres.[0]

• Lagos – Anchor City: Hosted at The Wole Soyinka Centre (formerly the National Theatre), Lagos serves as Nigeria’s fintech capital and the main conference hub, featuring headline keynotes, the investor deal room, and international press activities.[0]
• Port Harcourt – South-South Hub: A regional centre focused on energy, trade, and cross-border corridors, operating as a satellite of the Lagos agenda with a tailored programme for the Niger Delta market.[0]
• Abuja – Federal Capital Hub: The policy-focused centre where regulation and public–private dialogue take the stage, including the policy track, regulator sessions, and conversations shaping the next wave of financial-sector reforms.[0]

The 2026 agenda is structured into nine tracks across the fintech stack, including:[0]

• Payments & Infrastructure – switches, processors, open banking, and payment rails.
• Regulation & Compliance – Open Banking, SEC digital assets framework, agent banking limits, KYC, licensing, and regulator-focused content.
• Cross-Border & Africa Expansion – Nigeria as a West African gateway, remittances, FX, and intra-African settlement.
• Lending, Credit & Capital Markets – credit infrastructure, BNPL, digital lending, and consumer credit maturity.
• Digital Assets, Crypto & Web3 – post-ARIP regulation, stablecoins, tokenisation, and ecosystem developments after SEC approvals.
• Embedded Finance & API Economy – Banking-as-a-Service, API-led distribution, and new consumer finance architectures.
• Banking Transformation – how Tier 1 banks are partnering, acquiring, and innovating with fintechs.
• Insurtech, Wealthtech & Inclusion – micro-insurance, savings, retail wealth, and products driving financial inclusion.
• Founders, Investors & The Pitch – deal room activities, pitch competitions, and investor conversations.

Past editions have hosted senior figures from key Nigerian financial and technology regulators and institutions, including the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Director-General of NITDA, and leaders from the Africa Fintech Network and FintechNGR.[0]

Why Attend?

Nigeria Fintech Week 2026 positions itself as the venue “where Africa’s financial future comes together”, offering a platform where founders meet regulators, capital meets infrastructure, and new policies, products, and partnerships are shaped.[0]

Attendees are promised:[0]

• Unmatched networking opportunities across regulators, banks, fintechs, investors, telcos, and global operators.
• Insights from leaders shaping African finance, through keynotes, policy tracks, and multi-city programming.
• Access to innovation, investment and growth opportunities, including deal rooms, pitch activities, and ecosystem showcases.

By convening the ecosystem in Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Abuja under the “Legacy IN Motion” theme, NFW 2026 aims to help participants understand and influence how today’s momentum in Nigerian fintech turns into lasting institutions and infrastructure for African finance over the coming decade.[0]