Themed “Stimulating Blockchain Adoption in Nigeria”, the summit was powered by BSV Blockchain, a distributed data ledger for enterprise-grade applications and services, and supported by National Information Technology Authority (NITDA).

Blockchain Developers Summit (BDS) is an international blockchain event aiming to help startups build solutions that can help address local needs by bringing together developers, startups, government, blockchain enthusiasts, industry and academia, offering exposure to BSV Blockchain resources and networks, and leading to the activation of the BSV Blockchain ecosystem in Africa.

The BDS 2022 Edition welcomed a record number of 1,500 participants, making it the largest Blockchain gathering in Africa. BDS 2022 was hosted over 15 sessions – networking sessions and panel sessions with industry experts – to discuss Blockchain and its adoption in Africa.

BDS aimed to educate, impact and develop attendees with proper knowledge of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, teaching them to leverage blockchain technology in everyday life.

The two-day event was held at Baze University, Abuja. As an official partner of Domineum Blockchain Solutions, the Industry plus Academia partnership officially launched the Blockchain-AI Lab at the summit. This is the first of its kind in Africa, poised to build and unlock potential by exploring the powerful capabilities BSV Blockchain offers, thereby accelerating blockchain adoption.

Speaking for the vision and motive behind the summit, Local Organising Committee Chairman and Domineum co-founder Mr Mohammed Ibrahim Jega said, “Blockchain is a technology that houses Cryptocurrency and many various ideas. It is important to demystify it, enable young people to take a proper grasp and expose themselves to this game-changing technology and take advantage of the numerous opportunities it presents.”

Domineum Blockchain COO Mr Chima Achu, who gave the welcome address on behalf of the Domineum team, said, “The goal of the summit is to unravel the mysteries behind Blockchain, debunk the myths and reinstate the facts clearly. As well as to provide exposure to youths to the many opportunities in the space.”

Summit speakers were industry leaders and experts including:

• Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi – Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA)
• Professor Umar Garba Danbatta – Executive Vice Chairman, NCC
• Vincent O. Olatunji – Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, NDPB
• Mr Yau Isa Garba – National Director, National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR)
• Hadiza Saidu – General Manager, Pacer Ventures
• Dr Usman Gambo Abdullahi – Director, IT Infrastructure Solutions, NITDA
• Muhammad Yahaya Tambura – DG, Zamfara Information Technology Development Agency (ZITDA)

Industry speakers (panelists) featured:

Adedeji Owonibi – Co-Founder, Convexity Hub
Abubakar Umar – President and CEO, Excelian Technologies Ltd
Chimezie Chuta – Founder, Blockchain Nigeria User Group
Oyewole Joledo – Senior Manager, Partnerships, Paxful
Ajuma Ataguba – Managing Director, Founder Institute Abuja
Nnamdi Uba – Co-founder, HouseAfrica
Michal Scislowski – CEO, Soundoshi
Lorien Gamaroff – Co-founder & CEO, Centbee
Dr Maximilian Sinan Korkmaz – CEO, My2Cents

Day 1:

The activities primarily centered on the local tech ecosystem and how blockchain is becoming integrated. Speakers who took to the stage spoke about blockchain’s role in the future of Nigeria and why the ordinary Nigerian should be excited about the direction the country is taking.

Keynote speaker Kashifu Inuwa, Director-General, NITDA reiterated the Agency’s stance on emerging technologies and laid out Nigeria’s Blockchain Adoption Strategies.

The day also featured a pitch session in which three startups – TechBross, Green Life Energy, and Eduvacity -pitched to the attendees, explaining how their ideas could solve critical challenges facing the West African nation and beyond.

Day 2

The day saw the BSV Blockchain team officially launch the BSV ecosystem in Africa and announced the BSV Academy in Nigeria.

Three of the BSV ecosystem’s innovators and startup founders took the stage for a panel discussion.

Moderated by Domineum’s Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, they discussed how their startups are solving various challenges, leveraging BSV’s massive scaling.

Day 2 also saw three more startups making their pitches. By the end of it, TechBross emerged as the winner, attracting the interest of Satoshi Block Dojo, the Bitcoin industry’s leading startup incubator.

Blockchain Developers Summit was an ample opportunity to connect with like minds and boost one’s professional network. BDS is a pacesetter, leading the drive to the adoption of blockchain in Nigeria, and looking forward to seeing more young scholars doing great things in the blockchain and crypto space.

Watch highlights and the full summit video Here.

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Through the keenly contested elections that took place digitally on Nov 30, 2022, the members of FinTechNGR have elected the third set of Governing Council (GovCo) Members of the Association from diverse sectors to spearhead the affairs of the Association for the next two years.

Mohammed Ibrahim Jega was part of the  twenty-one (21) new members of the GovCo  sworn-in by the BOT of the Association on December 13, 2022.

At the inauguration of the new GovCo, Dr Segun Aina, Chairman of the BOT admonished the new GovCo members to build on success of past GovCos to position Nigeria as the Fintech destination for innovation and investment in Africa.

The new GovCo brings onboard several decades of combined experience in payment, lending, banking, legal, investment, education, insurance, consulting, IT/Digital and banking.

Mohammed Ibrahim Jega is an accomplished highly-organized Project Manager and  Business Developer with an 18+ years of experience.

He is also a Serial Tech Entrepreneur, Startup Advisor/Mentor, Fintech Expert, Blockchain Advocate,

The Newly elected Members of the FinTechNGR Governing Council are:

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Mr Jega will lead the company’s growth and business development efforts across the continent he next blooming phase.

Mohammed brings to the [AI] management team over 18 years of experience as a leading Business Developer working with clients in both private companies and Government organizations.

In this role, he will oversee, advise and assist [AI] to access appropriate opportunities in the artificial intelligence space as the company continues its growth efforts to become market leader across Africa.

[AI] Analytics Intelligence with an already active presence in Africa through its office and operations in Nigeria, has a mission to make data analytics and artificial intelligence accessible to all.

The company believes the growth of data, data analysis and artificial intelligence are significantly changing how organizations, cities and government agencies will be run going into the future and are providing services and products to help clients implement future proof Digital Transformation strategy.

Speaking on the appointment, David Edoja, Founder and CEO of [AI] Analytics Intelligence said:

“As a business we are delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Jega as Growth Strategist for Africa. He brings to the company a wealth of experience in growth planning and business development with a broad network of contacts in the private and public sectors.

Mr Jega will help us develop our market in Nigeria and African countries. He will be responsible for streamlining the operational excellence in African markets.”

Commenting on his appointment, Jega affirmed that:

“I am excited to join the company and play an important role in the growth of [AI] Analytics Intelligence. I’ve seen how passionate they are about building a valuable brand and innovative solutions.

“I believe [AI] is well positioned to become the leading artificial intelligence company in Africa. I am particularly excited about the mission to train millions of Africans in artificial intelligence and look forward to working with the [AI] Academy team in achieving this mission. It’s going to be an interesting challenge but an exciting opportunity for growth. I look forward to the growth of artificial intelligence across Africa with [AI] leading the charge”

Mr Jega is one of the 30 Nominee of Abuja based African Digital Voices inducted into African Digital Voices Network.

He sits on the board of several tech companies such as Chairman Board AgriTECH Hub, Impact Hub, FSI, Hartfield Group, Young Innovators Nigeria, Nigeria Association of Computing Students (NACOS), Kickcity, Ambassador Cyber Security Challenge Nigeria (CYSEC-NG), Regional Ambassador Codefest International.

Mr Jega has received several awards both locally and internationally and won Africa’s Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 by the Tech Times African Influencer Award; Future Awards Africa nominee for Service to Young People; and recognized as the most influential young Nigerian in 2017 by Avance Media and awarded Royal African Young Leadership Forum Award 2021 by Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi the Ooni of Ife.

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The theme of the summit is tagged “Stimulating Blockchain Adoption in Nigeria’’.

The summit is powered by BSV and in partnership with Domineum Blockchain Solutions.

Mohammed Ibrahim Jega, Co-Founder of Domineum Blockchain Solutions, said, “Our team has worked intensively to launch a massive blockchain event poised at helping startups build solutions that can help address local needs by bringing together developers, startups, and, blockchain enthusiasts.

This will help activate the BSV ecosystem in Nigeria which leads to exposing developers and startups to BSV Blockchain resources and networks. The summit is targeted at bringing the government, industry, and academia together to explore the powerful capabilities that the BSV Blockchain offers and help position Domineum Blockchain as an implementing partner to the BSV Blockchain thereby accelerating blockchain adoption.”

The summit will focus on the massive scaling of the African blockchain ecosystem with its opportunities and use cases in Africa, the second most populated continent in the world with about 1.3 billion people.

It will also showcase the capabilities and wide range of applications that are possible on how BSV Blockchain can change the world and help Africa believe there is another way to achieve great things by creating valuable, insightful, and engaging summits that educate and inform.

As blockchain technology matures, we are seeing fewer blockchain experiments and more development of robust enterprise-ready solutions that are transforming many digital businesses; for example, cross-border blockchain-based payments which are faster, cheaper, and more secure; and in supply chain management, where blockchain technology improves tracking, greatly reduce transaction settlement time and automates payments using smart contracts.

Africa is adopting blockchain and cryptocurrency technology faster than its global counterparts – adoption has surged to more than 90% over the last year, and countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and Tanzania are ranked in the top 20 of the 2021 Global Crypto Adoption Index.

This has made Nigeria a perfect fit for the adoption of blockchain technology to solve major challenges in Africa.

The summit will provide an avenue for big ecosystem announcements, new product launches, core tech updates, keynote speeches, panels, pitching sessions, and fireside chats from global industry leaders. The top speakers are Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi (DG NITDA), Prof. Tahir Mamman, VC of Baze University, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta – Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Vincent O. Olatunji – National Commissioner/CEO of NDPB, Yau Isa Garba – National Director, National Centre

for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), Ray Sharma – Managing partner of Pacer Ventures, Osmin Callis – MD Block Venture Studios, Satoshi Block Dojo, Lorien Gamaroff -Co-founder and CEO, Centbee, Michal Scislowski – CEO, Soundoshi, Bartolomeo Olivares – Co-founder, Gate2Chain, Dr. Catherine Lephoto – Executive Sales Director, VX Technologies, Dr. Maximilian Sinan Korkmaz – Managing Director, Stabilwerk Bau and P2P Software.

Participation:

Registration for the summit commences on the 1st of June 2022 and will end on the 20th of July, 2022.

Register through the link here.

Event partners include: Baze University, NITDA, Startup Arewa, Founders Institute, Startup Grind, Servelead Global, Domineum, and Vogue Pay.

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