Snapnet Teams Up With AWS To Champion Data Sovereignty At Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026
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Eventhive, Africa’s leading B2B2C event servicing company with a strong portfolio across key sectors and six major cities, is pleased to announce Snapnet| AWS as a platinum sponsor of the fifth edition of Nigeria Fintech Forum 2026.
Nigeria Fintech Forum is 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, in 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.
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.”
Speaking on Snapnet’s joint Platinum sponsorship with AWS, Chuma Ukeagu, CEO of Snapnet, said “The future of financial services will be built on secure, resilient, and compliant cloud infrastructure. Together with AWS, we are proud to support the Nigeria Fintech Forum by bringing practical perspectives on data residency, cloud sovereignty, and the strategies financial institutions need to accelerate innovation while meeting Nigeria’s evolving regulatory requirements.”
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.
