{"id":464079,"date":"2026-09-03T15:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/sb_speaker\/saeeda-jaffar\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:35:29","slug":"saeeda-jaffar","status":"publish","type":"sb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/fr\/sb_speaker\/saeeda-jaffar\/","title":{"rendered":"Saeeda JAFFAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Saeeda Jaffar est Directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale Moyen-Orient et Afrique chez Circle, o\u00f9 elle pilote le d\u00e9veloppement de l&#8217;infrastructure de monnaie num\u00e9rique dans la r\u00e9gion afin de favoriser des paiements internationaux et des services financiers plus rapides et plus efficaces. 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