AFTS Heads to Addis for Its Latest Roadshow Ahead of AFTSACCRA25, Powered by Visa

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 08 August 2025: As part of the lead-up to the 14th edition of AFTSACCRA25, the Africa Fintech Summit is pleased to announce that AFTS' East Africa roadshow & mixer is making its next stop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the 14th of August, 2025 in partnership with Visa, a global leader in digital payments. This roadshow and intimate mixer is designed to highlight and amplify the innovative Digital Identity leadership unlocking financial inclusion, showcase the opportunities for foreign banks in the financial industry space with the recent policy space shift, engage Addis’ emerging fintech and innovation ecosystem, featuring key voices from the AFTS, Visa & Ethiopian fintech and financial industry thought leaders. 

Under the theme of  “From Invisible to Included: The Fintech Access Tour – East Africa, Addis’ roadshow will have a discussion thread entitled “Unbanked No More – A Digital Identity & Financial Inclusion Success Story out of Africa” highlighting Ethiopia’s digital identity drive paving way to financial inclusion of millions of its citizens, what this means for the financial industry and the lessons thereof for Africa.

“It is with great delight that we welcome our long-time partner Visa for our latest roadshow in Addis, as we highlight Visa’s crucial role in expanding last-mile and inclusive financial dignity to millions in Ethiopia through the Fayda Pass Wallet that embeds a digital wallet into the digital IDs in Ethiopia. For long, we have been saying financial inclusion in Africa will only be made possible with verifiable physical and digital identities to accelerate seamless KYC and onboarding and we are very happy to see an innovative solution that can be replicated across the continent and bring financial inclusion to millions. We thank Visa for powering the roadshow and the stellar work they spearhead in financial inclusion across Africa” said Zekarias Amsalu Dubale, FCCA, Co-Founder & MD of AFTS. 

Commenting on the partnership with the Africa Fintech Summit for the roadshow in Addis, Yared Endale, Cluster Head for Eastern Africa and Ethiopia Country Manager at Visa noted, “We are happy to support Africa Fintech Summit for this roadshow here in Ethiopia and share our wealth of expertise and work in financial inclusion customized for each market we operate in. Through Fayda Pass Wallet innovation, we are leveraging advanced biometric eKYC verification, and hence automatically paving the way for secure and seamless financial services that will benefit millions of Ethiopians. We look forward to the lively discussions and networking with fintech ecosystem stakeholders at the roadshow.”

The roadshow is in hybrid format with a limited in-person audience and unlimited virtual attendance, and registration is now open. Delegates can reserve their seats HERE (Addis Ababa Mixer 25 | AFTS ) by selecting their preference: in-person or virtual attendance. The Event location and further details will be announced to registered delegates in due course. 

Media contact:

AFTS

Charles Isidi 

Digital Engagement Strategist, AFTS 

charles@africafintechsummit.com 

About Africa Fintech Summit 

AFTS (https://africafintechsummit.com ) is the premier global initiative dedicated to the African fintech ecosystem. AFTS is traditionally hosted in Washington, D.C., each April during the World Bank/IFC annual meeting week and in a different African city each November. The summit is being held in a hybrid format, in person in the selected Venue and global live virtual delegates.  So far AFTS has brought its summits to Washington DC(2025), Nairobi, Kenya(2024), Washington DC(2024), Lusaka, Zambia ( 2023), Washington DC & Prosper T4TA Launch(April 2023), Cape Town, South Africa( 2022), Washington DC (2022), Cairo, Egypt (2021), Virtual(2020), Addis Abeba, Ethiopia(2019), Lagos, Nigeria (2018). The African leg of the 2025 Summit is scheduled for Accra, Ghana, on 8-10 October 2025.

Supported by an advisory board of thought leaders and fintech pioneers, AFTS is a unique space where innovative ideas are debated, investments mobilized, partnership deals signed, and collaborations formed across sectors and geographies. AFTS is organized in partnership between Washington, D.C. based firms, strategic advisory group, Dedalus Global, and Pan-African emerging technologies advisory firm, Ibex Frontier.  

About Visa

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere, and see access as foundational to the future of money movement. Learn more at www.Africa.visa.com