The Hub acts as a forum to facilitate important discussions between academics and entrepreneurs from the Hub with senior policy makers and leading industry experts.
The Hub organises at least one academic and policy conference every year, usually in conjunction with Algorand partner universities or with other leading universities. These conferences aim to bring together leading academics in our five research area work streams, as well as senior policy makers and industry participants.
The intergovernmental fintech working group (IFWG) is the premiere forum for fintech discussions on the intersection of industry and policy in South Africa. It brings together over 200 industry participants and government officials and so far has been sponsored by the South African Reserve Bank. Home to the South African Research Chair, the Financial Innovation Hub will host the annual IFWG meetings in Cape Town.
Furthermore, the Hub organises ad-hoc industry and policy workshops on specific topics such as practitioner workshops with industry experts which will provide a great environment to build networks.
1School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
2Centre for Business Mathematics and Informatics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2351, South Africa.
Sarah Mulombo Mulaji1, Irwin Brown2 and Sumarie Roodt3
Fabio de Masi
Research Fellow at the UCT Financial Innovation Hub
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