23rd Edition - CFO Leadership Summit: Africa

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Digital F uture of Finance: Understanding the need to Digitize finance functions and its impact on organizational scalability & business excellence

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

Impact of Automation on Financial Processes ● Tackling the fear of automation - How tech savvy does the CFO have to be for the automation of the finance process. ● Potential of RPA to disrupt the traditional Accounting Model ● Reduction of errors by using AI to automate finance functions.

12:15 PM - 12:30 AM

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM

Data and analytics for proactive decision making to CFOs ● ERP to bridge gap between home grown legacy systems and modernization.​ ● Leveraging enterprise’s finance data and translating it into actionable insights to drive strategic decisions. ● Reliance on analytics to understand the past and predict the future for informed decision-making ● Using business intelligence (BI) as a strategic tool to expand influence throughout the company

01:15 PM - 01:30 PM

01:30 PM - 01:45 PM

01:45 PM - 02:05 PM

Blockchain to enhance Africa's progress towards a Single Digital Economy ● Use cases of blockchain in Finance and Accounting ● Can Blockchain track expenditures in a collaborative and transparent way ● How can CFOs capitalize on the potential of Blockchain

02:05 PM - 02:20 PM

02:20 PM - 02:50 PM

Blockchain to enhance Africa's progress towards a Single Digital Economy ● Use cases of blockchain in Finance and Accounting ● Can Blockchain track expenditures in a collaborative and transparent way ● How can CFOs capitalize on the potential of Blockchain

02:50 PM - 03:05 PM

How is Cloud technology transforming the finance process? ● Impact of Industry 4.O on companies moving to Cloud accounting. ● Cloud Accounting to play a vital role in business agility in Africa post pandemic ● Positive impact of SaaS on costs and efficiency. ● Impact of Cloud accounting on costs, efficiency and business agility.

03:50 PM - 04:00 PM