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Now in its eighth edition, the Nigeria Fintech Week 2025, organised by Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR), will bring together players from spaces beyond tech. This was announced by the President of the association, Dr Stanley Jacob, at a press conference today.
Dr Jacob, who doubles as CEO, Zest Payments Limited, said the 2025 edition of the event, which began in 2017, is setting the bar of such events, “so they know a lot is changing and the ecosystem is growing fast.”
He says the association “sees every player as having an instrument,” and these instruments have to play together to ensure a symphony. This aligns with the theme of this year’s event: ‘The Fintech Ecosystem Symphony: Orchestrating Nigeria’s Digital Future‘.
Nigeria Fintech Week 2025 Committee members and partners at a press conference on July 23, 2025
The president added that the association has a PAE agenda. This translates to participation, to bring in more diverse players in the ecosystem. This also includes a platform to support young innovators; expansion, highlighting that Fintech NGR is everywhere beyond Lagos, Nigeria and gets to the diaspora.
“The goal is to ensure that any Nigerian, wherever you are, anywhere in the world,” is part of it. The association has grown to 600 members and adds value to all stakeholders while expanding membership as far and as much as possible.
On the idea behind expanding participation beyond fintech or the tech ecosystem, Dr Jacob explained that the digitalisation of spaces will be led by the players in those spaces.
“They know the pain, they feel the pain, and they can tell you better. So, we are opening it all up.”
Nigeria Fintech Week: reaching the unentered regions
The President also announced that this year’s edition will happen concurrently across cities in Nigeria, including Lagos, Abuja and other cities, “to embrace the globalisation” that has become a daily phrase.
This was corroborated by Jameelah Sharrieff-Ayedun, Vice President of FinTechNGR and chair of the 2025 Nigerian Fintech Week Planning Committee, who promises an unforgettable experience for players and stakeholders across all fields, including oil and gas, hospitality, FMCGs, airline, entertainment, etc.
Jameelah believes Nigeria Fintech Week is a great way to “implement the work and visually see what’s happening; that’s why it is a symphony.”
The vice president says the association aims to broaden the reach and participation to extend to the North, South-South and the South-East of Nigeria. “Every Nigerian, no matter where you are in the world, you have a reason to tap into the Nigeria Fintech Week,” Jameelah says.
She also mentions an important point: democratising the usage of new technologies and listening to the voices of the users is indispensable; that is why expansion is pertinent.
Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF) Limited MD/CEO, Uche Uzoebo, also at the press conference, aligns with the PAE agenda and insists that everyone should be involved, including young Nigerians, SMEs, schools, food companies, etc.
“This year will be a turning point,” Uche notes. “We are going to have a lot of collaboration, so by the time we come back in 2026, there will be testimonials.”
Nigeria Fintech Week 2024
Seun Folorunsho, Director of Advocacy and Programs, FinTechNGR, gave a leap into the agenda for the 2025 Nigeria Fintech Week, saying that three things guide the development of the agenda:
- Spark relevant conversations
- Spark exciting experiences
- Ensure valuable action within the fintech ecosystem
“We also want to show the diversity of fintech and how our ecosystem touches the lives of Nigerians,” Seun says. “There is something in it for everyone.”
On her part, one of the partners of the Nigeria Fintech Week, the CEO, Ọpọlọ Global Innovation, Iseoma Udeozo says that no matter what ideas anyone may have including blockchain, fintech, tokenisation of assets, startups, young people building solutions, agent banking, access to credit, artificial intelligence, “all this does not make sense without the resources to support, to grow and scale.”
So, Udeozo projects valuable outcomes, including investor matching, “we want to be sure that there is impact.”
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