| LAGOS, Nigeria, 29 June 2026 /African Media Agency (AMA): The 2026 RegTech Africa Conference and Expo (RACE 2026) culminated on a high, as it brought together regulators, investors, technology innovators, policymakers, financial institutions, and startup founders across the continent at the prestigious State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. The three-day conference serves as an opportunity to help re-affirm its position as Africa’s premier platform for advancing regulatory technology, digital financial services, and ecosystem-wide innovation, where regulation, innovation, and capital to foster productive dialogue. Among the major highlights was the highly anticipated RegTech Africa Startup World Cup Abuja Regional Challenge, posing as a centrepiece event of the expo. A strategic partnership between RegTech Africa and Pegasus Tech Ventures — one of the world’s most recognised startup pitch competitions — the Abuja Regional Challenge brought together 15 carefully selected startups drawn from hundreds of applications received across Africa. The finalists, across sectors such as fintech, regulatory technology, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and GovTech, pitched their solutions before a distinguished panel of judges, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Entries were evaluated on innovation, scalability, revenue potential, business sustainability, societal impact, and quality of presentation. Chief Executive Officer, RegTech Africa, Cyril Okoroigwe commented, “At RegTech Africa, our mission has always been more than convening conversations — it is about building an active, enabling infrastructure for the African startup ecosystem. Through platforms like the Startup World Cup Regional Challenge, we are deliberately creating pathways for Africa’s most promising innovators to gain global visibility, access to capital, and the strategic partnerships they need to scale. RACE 2026 demonstrated clearly that when regulators, investors, and entrepreneurs share the same room, the outcomes are transformative not just for individual companies, but for the continent’s broader financial and regulatory landscape.” Following a rigorous selection, the panel crowned Mehtic Technology — developers of the BankPlus Core Banking Infrastructure platform — as the winner of the 2026 Abuja Regional Challenge. The company will now advance to represent the region at the Startup World Cup Global Finals in Silicon Valley, United States, where startups from across the world will compete for a USD 1 million investment prize and strategic global partnerships. “RACE 2026 exceeded every expectation we had for it. From the quality of conversations in the conference halls to the electric energy of the Startup World Cup Pitch Day, what unfolded at the Presidential Villa over those three days was a genuine statement about where Africa stands in the global RegTech and fintech conversation. The partnership between RegTech Africa and the Startup World Cup produced something special — a competition that not only celebrated the ingenuity of African founders but gave that ingenuity a genuine global stage. I am immensely proud of how this edition came together, and deeply encouraged by what it signals for the future of the African innovation ecosystem,” added Startup World Cup Ambassador Belinda Nkechi Idinmachi. RegTech Africa is a leading organisation dedicated to driving innovation, compliance, and transformative growth in the regulatory technology (RegTech) landscape across the African continent. |
RegTech Africa, Startup World Cup foster productive dialogue to advance innovation in region
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