Eventhive, Africa’s leading B2B2C event servicing company with a strong portfolio across key sectors and six major cities, is pleased to announce the fifth edition of Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026, a high-level gathering designed to convene the leaders shaping the future of Nigeria’s financial services ecosystem.
The event will take place on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing together regulators, bank executives, fintech founders, infrastructure providers, investors, policymakers, and technology leaders to examine the next phase of financial innovation in Nigeria.
Themed “Finance, Regulation, and the New Operating Reality,” the 2026 edition arrives at a defining moment for the industry. Nigeria’s fintech ecosystem is undergoing a major structural shift shaped by tighter regulation, increased compliance obligations, fintech acquisitions of microfinance banking licences, evolving digital asset oversight, and growing demand for resilient financial infrastructure.
Nigeria Fintech Forum is an annual high-caliber finance and technology-focused conference, exhibition, and networking platform that provides a veritable environment for discussions, collaboration, and deal-making between leading stakeholders across banking, fintech, payments, e-commerce, telecommunications, retail, and the broader digital economy. The event is part of the Africa Tech Series, a pan-African platform convening technology and innovation conversations across Lagos, Nairobi, Kigali, Johannesburg, and London.
The event features dedicated expo and showcase verticals spanning payments infrastructure, digital banking, lending and credit, fraud and cybersecurity, embedded finance, wealthtech, agent banking, cloud and data infrastructure, compliance technology, AI-powered financial services, and enterprise fintech solutions.
The 2026 edition will explore themes including the future of regulation and compliance, the convergence of fintech and banking, cross-border payments infrastructure, digital assets and crypto regulation, financial inclusion, fraud prevention, embedded finance, lending innovation, and the next generation of customer-centric financial products.
In addition to the main conference agenda, the event will also host a high-level Regulatory Roundtable Session, bringing together regulators, compliance leaders, fintech executives, banking stakeholders, and policy experts for deeper discussions around licensing, supervision, digital assets, risk management, and the future direction of Nigeria’s financial regulatory environment.
Commenting on the 2026 edition, Jamiu Ijaodola, CEO of Eventhive, said: “Nigeria’s fintech industry is entering a more mature and consequential phase where scale alone is no longer enough. The conversations at Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026 will focus on the deeper issues shaping the ecosystem today. Our goal is to create a platform where regulators, operators, investors, and technology leaders can engage honestly about the future of financial services in Nigeria and across Africa.”
Ahead of the event, some of the confirmed sponsors include Monica, Open Access Data Centres,Equinix, Busha, Layer3, London Stock Exchange, Parkpay, Payaza and Belema Fintech
The event is expected to attract more than 1,700 attendees from across Nigeria and international markets, reinforcing its role as one of the country’s leading convening platforms for partnerships, policy conversations, investment opportunities, and innovation across the financial services landscape.
For more information about Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026 or to explore sponsorship and partnership opportunities, please visit https://fintech.eventhive.ng/
About Nigeria Fintech Forum
Nigeria Fintech Forum is a premier annual gathering of stakeholders across finance, banking, payments, fintech, e-commerce, retail, telecommunications, and technology. The platform is designed to foster collaboration, drive industry conversations, and facilitate partnerships that shape the future of financial services in Nigeria and across Africa.
About Eventhive
Eventhive is a global event servicing company dedicated to advancing Africa’s business landscape through face-to-face gatherings that connect leaders with knowledge, ideas, and opportunities. With a diverse portfolio spanning oil & gas, banking, telecoms, aviation, manufacturing, power, transportation, real estate, construction, agri-business, and technology, Eventhive has hosted events in major cities including London, Lagos, Abuja, Johannesburg, Kigali, and Nairobi.
Last updated: June 22, 2026
