THE PARTNER PROPOSITION
Help define how your category is taught across the continent.
One organisation per category. Once it is taken, the category closes for the life of the programme. This is not sponsorship. It is a founding seat at the table where Africa's fintech is explained, debated, and shaped.
The headline commitment · Founding Category Partner
An exclusive position for the organisation that helps define how its category is taught, debated, and shaped, for the lifetime of the programme.
The scarcity is the point. One Founding Category Partner per category. Ten categories, ten partners, and then the founding deck is closed.
What it includes:
Category exclusivity.
Your category, yours, for the life of the programme.
Faculty seats.
Your senior people in the room as guest faculty.
A branded session.
A session that carries your name and your expertise.
Cohort access.
Direct relationships with the leaders moving through every tier.
Editorial co-position.
A voice in Safari Briefings and the programme's published thinking.
The convener's table.
A seat at the Navigator dinner, among the continent's senior room.
The network · ten categories, one continent
The network is built pan-African from day one. Specific named organisations within each category are confirmed during programme planning, in collaboration with the Programme Director.
- 01FinTelcosTiers 1 · 2 · 3
- 02Payment InfrastructureTiers 1 · 2 · 3
- 03Payment Service ProvidersTiers 1 · 2
- 04Banking-as-a-Service PlatformsTiers 2 · 3
- 05Agency Banking NetworksTiers 1 · 2
- 06Credit InfrastructureTiers 2 · 3
- 07Regulators and Central BanksTiers 1 · 2 · 3
- 08FinTech VC and InvestorsTiers 2 · 3
- 09InsurTech and WealthTechTiers 3
- 10RegTech and ComplianceTiers 2 · 3
Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, and the emerging challengers.
Four ways to partner
Partnership at four altitudes, from category leadership to a single scholarship seat. Every organisation has a way in.
- 01 · Lead
Founding Category Partner.
One per category: exclusivity, faculty seats, a branded session, cohort access, editorial co-position, and the Navigator dinner.
Continental category leadersYear-round, multi-cohortBespoke - 02
Faculty Host.
Host a curated company visit, and provide one senior executive as guest faculty per cohort.
Established operatorsPer-cohortIn-kind plus fee - 03
Venue Partner.
Nairobi classroom space, the Sweetwaters retreat, or destination support across the journey.
Hospitality and venuesHosting roleBlock-rate - 04
Cohort Sponsor.
Fund scholarship seats for regulators, women founders, or emerging-market participants.
DFIs, foundations, ESG-funded brandsNamed scholarship seatsPer-seat
Why decide now · the window
The earliest partners shape the curriculum, the cohort criteria, and the editorial position. By Cohort 02, the conversation is already set. A founding deck of ten partners is closing this calendar year.
The 2026 to 2027 path:
- Now, Q3 2026Founding partner outreach
- Q4 2026Founding partners confirmed
- Q1 2027Explorer Cohort 01
- H2 2027Practitioner and Navigator launch
Once a category's Founding Partner is named, that seat is closed for the lifetime of the programme. The conversation has started.
Let's talk.
Reach out for a 30-minute introductory conversation and a partnership memo tailored to your category. We will come to the call having thought about where you fit.
Ali Hussein Kassim, Programme Director · hello@thefintechsafari.com · +254 713 601 113