1.0The African Financial Summit Platformhttps://www.afis.africa/en/Alexandre MARTINhttps://www.afis.africa/en/author/a-martinjeuneafrique-com/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Szf6LX2RXW"><a href="https://www.afis.africa/en/sb_session/side-event-4/">MASTERCLASS | Unleashing African Fintech Champions: Using data-first methods to unlock the fintech opportunity across Africa</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.afis.africa/en/sb_session/side-event-4/embed/#?secret=Szf6LX2RXW" width="600" height="338" title="“MASTERCLASS | Unleashing African Fintech Champions: Using data-first methods to unlock the fintech opportunity across Africa” — The African Financial Summit Platform" data-secret="Szf6LX2RXW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.afis.africa/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Africa’s next fintech leap won’t come from code alone — it will come from data. Across the continent, digital innovators like Tala are rewriting the rules of financial access, using alternative data to predict risk, unlock credit, and empower millions previously excluded from the system. This masterclass will reveal how data-first strategies are reshaping Africa’s […]