Mondato Summit 2015, which was held between 2nd & 3rd 2015 – at Summer Place in Johannesburg, South Africa – had a packed line-up of great speakers and intriguing panel discussions. C-level executives and thought leaders from right across the mobile finance and commerce spectrum to discuss key issues in the industry in Africa, helping to bring some clarity to a rapidly developing and exciting, but chaotic and confusing, space.
Some of the execs in attendance included:
– Uzoma Dozie – CEO & Group Managing Director, Diamond Bank
– Mamadou Toure – Managing Director, General Electric Africa / Chairman & Founder, Africa 2.0
– Maria Pienaar – Chief Information Officer, Cell C
– Ebi Atawodi – General Manager – Nigeria, Uber
– Crayg Hitzeroth – Head of Content Strategy, Ad Dynamo, representing Twitter Africa
– Abe Wakama – Managing Director, IT News Africa
Executives attending the event shared their top takeaways:
1. “We do not see the OTTs as being out to eat our lunch but rather as our distribution partners.” – Maria Pienaar, CellC
2. “PINs and passwords are unpopular among the poor and illiterate.” – Michel Hanouch, CGAP
3. “Unbanked is not the same thing as poor.” – Johan Bosini, afb
4. “The poor can’t afford cheap products.” – Jonathon Green, Fenix International
5. “Over 50% of South Africans want to pay for ecommerce with Cash on Delivery.” – Grant Brown, Zando
6. “Mobile money is transactional inclusion, which is not the same as financial inclusion.” – Agrippa Mugwagwa, FBC Bank
7. “The internet and mobile technologies are making African youth the drivers of social transformation and wealth creation.” – Prof. Monde Makiwane
8. “We expected the mobile world to look very delineated and simple.” – Yolande Van Wyk-Steyn, FNB
9. “I still haven’t met anyone with a MasterCard ID card in Nigeria.” – Uzoma Dozie
10. “Facebook wants to show people what they like.” – Ebele Okobi, Facebook
An image gallery from the event can be found below:
Darryl Linington
