Angola

Angola Reimagine Banking Forum

InterContinental Luanda Miramar,
Avenida Nehru Nº 2,
Município Do Sambizanga,
Luanda, Lunda Norte, Angola

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Reimagine Banking: Adapt. Evolve. Thrive.

Angola’s banking sector is accelerating digital transformation, driving financial inclusion and modernizing treasury operations. On March 3rd in Luanda, join Finastra Universal Banking, Finastra Treasury & Capital Markets, and Innovation Makers to explore innovation across retail, digital, and treasury banking, empowering banks to build agile, future-ready infrastructures and thrive in a dynamic market. 

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Agenda is subject to change

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Welcome Coffee & Executive Networking

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Opening remarks

Welcome to Reimagine Banking

9:45 AM - 10:05 AM

Keynote

Digital Transformation in a Gen AI World

An executive look at global banking transformation and the real impact of Gen AI.Separating hype from practical value, learn how emerging technologies are reshapingstrategy, operating models, and competitiveness for banks today and tomorrow.

Digital Transformation in a Gen AI World

  • Siobhan Byron, Executive Vice President, Universal Banking, Finastra
10:05 AM - 10:25 AM

Market overview

Angola’s Banking Landscape: Challenges & Opportunities

 

Tackle the key regulatory, efficiency, and modernization pressures shaping Angola’sbanking sector, and highlight the strategic priorities bank leaders must address to remaincompetitive.

10:25 AM - 10:55 AM

Banking Today (Panel Discussion)

Winning in a Hyper-Competitive World

Examine how Angolan banks can strengthen efficiency, compliance, paymentsconnectivity, and customer experience, while exploring treasury trends, the evolving roleof the treasurer, and priorities for competing effectively in today’s hyper-competitiveenvironment.

  • Duarte Matos, Country Manager, Angola, Finastra Universal Banking (Moderator)
10:55 AM - 11:25 AM

Banking Tomorrow (Panel Discussion)

Cloud, Data Sovereignty and Regulation in Angola

Explore how Angola’s financial institutions can navigate a dynamically evolvinglandscape, including cloud adoption, data sovereignty requirements, and evolvingregulatory expectations, while identifying practical approaches to ensuring complianceand secure modernization in the country’s digital banking landscape.

  • Duarte Matos, Country Manager, Angola, Finastra Universal Banking (Moderator)
  • Belmiro Meirinho, Lead Technical Solutions Consultant, Finastra Treasury and Capital Markets
11:25 AM - 11:40 AM

Coffee break & Networking

11:40 AM - 12:05 PM

Modern Treasury & Capital Markets in Angola

Risk, Liquidity and Profitability with our Treasury Platform

Learn how modern Treasury and Capital Markets capabilities can strengthen riskmanagement, liquidity, and profitability for Angolan banks, and to demonstrate practicalways treasury teams can navigate volatility and integrate future-ready treasury solutions.

  • Jigar Dedhia, Director, Solution Consulting, MAAP, Treasury & CapitalMarkets, Finastra
12:05 PM - 12:30 PM

From Core Banking to Banking Ecosystems

The Essential Elements

How modular, scalable core banking architecture, enabled through the Essence CountryModel, can help banks evolve from traditional core systems to flexible, ecosystemdrivenplatforms that accelerate innovation and power growth.

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

Core Banking Migration Strategy

Enabling modern banking through scalable, future‑ready core architecture

Clear, lowrisk pathways for migrating to modern, scalable platforms. A practical view onensuring operational continuity, regulatory alignment, and seamless integration acrosspayments, cards, reporting, treasury, digital channels, and other key banking solutions.

12:45 PM - 1:05 PM

Essence as a Service

A new path to modern core banking

Examine a corebanking-as-a-service model that lowers modernization costs, shortenstime-to-market, and offers scalable capabilities designed to support growth, particularly forsmaller financial institutions.

1:05 PM - 1:20 PM

Special Address

A visionary and localized perspective on the future of banking in Angola

Forward‑looking perspective on the evolution of Angola’s banking sector, highlighting thestrategic vision shaping the industry, the balance between regulatory expectations andinnovation, and the pathways toward a more resilient and sustainably growing financialsystem.

  • More speaker to come.
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Thriving in the future of banking

Outlining the forward path for continued collaboration, engagement, and impact acrossAngola’s banking sector.

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Networking & Lunch

Speakers

Speakers

Rudy Kawmi

Rudy Kawmi

Vice President for Middle East, Africa & Asia-Pacific, Universal Banking
Finastra
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Why you should attend

Join senior banking leaders and industry experts in Luanda for focused, high-value discussions on the future of banking in Angola.

  • Reimagine Banking in Angola: Understand how banks are accelerating digital transformation to strengthen financial inclusion, resilience, and competitiveness.
  • Executive-level insights: Hear from global and regional leaders on navigating regulatory complexity, modernization priorities, and evolving customer expectations.
  • Innovation across retail, digital & treasury banking: Explore practical approaches to modern core banking, cloud adoption, and future-ready treasury and capital markets.
  • Real-world perspectives: Learn from transformation programs already deliveringimpact across African markets.
  • Peer exchange: Engage with C-suite and senior banking leaders to share challenges,insights, and best practices.
  • Actionable takeaways: Walk away with strategies and frameworks you can applyimmediately to your transformation roadmap.

Join Angola's top banking minds for a day of transformation, insight, and connection.

Register today