08:00 - 11:50
Act 1 - The borderless African is already here
Opens with registration, breakfast and exhibition opens and closes with p3 - selling the borderless stack.
7 sessions
Africans are trading and travelling more than ever; the payment infrastructure underneath hasn't kept up; TBE convenes the people fixing that. No jargon walls.
Who would be in the Room
Founders
Operators
Investors
Policymakers
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Startup funding represented
$0
Deployable capital
0
Countries represented
Content Tracks
The programme moves across six connected tracks. Each one is designed to help participants understand where the market is heading, what it takes to build for it and where the most valuable opportunities for partnership are emerging.
The Borderless
African Consumer
How Africans are changing the way they travel, shop, learn, work, earn and access global services, and what those behaviours mean for the businesses serving them.
Payments & Financial
Infrastructure
How money moves across borders, including payment rails, settlement, liquidity, foreign exchange, remittances, stablecoins and reliable transaction infrastructure.
Banking a More
Connected Africa
The role of banks in correspondent relationships, licences, treasury, settlement, partnerships and access to regulated financial infrastructure.
Commerce, Travel
& Hospitality
How merchants, marketplaces, airlines, hotels, travel platforms and hospitality businesses are serving customers across borders.
Policy, Trust
& Regulation
How policymakers, regulators, compliance teams and operators respond to fraud, cybercrime, consumer protection and regulatory fragmentation.
Building the
Borderless Economy
Cross-industry partnership sessions for banks, fintechs, regulators, merchants, travel companies, infrastructure providers and technology platforms.
One day. One stage.
One connected vision.
The Borderless Experience begins before the main conference. The main programme on 21 August will move through four connected acts, from the borderless African consumer to the infrastructure, institutions and next payments stack shaping what comes next.
Main stage agenda
Four acts across 20 sessions
11:55 - 14:10
Act 2 - The fintech response
Opens with p4 - moving money and goods: the logistics of operating across borders and closes with lunch, exhibition and vip lounge.
5 sessions
14:10 - 16:20
Act 3 - The institutions and the rules
Opens with fireside with akeem and kemi and closes with p9 - borderless payments, boundless risk.
4 sessions
16:25 - 17:45
Act 4 - What comes next
Opens with p10 - teaching the financial stack new tricks and closes with closing: the threads, the thanks.
4 sessions
Executive Pass
₦110K
Gives you the full Borderless experience, with deeper access, hospitality and curated participation.
- Full-day conference access
- Access to all sessions
- Lunch included
- Enhanced networking opportunities
- Access to the official post-event report
- Priority / curated attendee experience
Be part of the room
Join the people building, regulating and operating Africa's borderless economy.
Attendance is limited to 500 guests
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Meet us in Lagos
The Borderless Experience takes place in one of Africa's most consequential centres for technology, finance, commerce, travel and culture. Main conference: Friday, 21 August 2026 at Landmark Event Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
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The Borderless Experience takes place in one of Africa's most consequential centres for technology, finance, commerce, travel and culture. Main conference: Friday, 21 August 2026 at Landmark Event Centre, Lagos, Nigeria
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What is The Borderless Experience?
The Borderless Experience is a focused gathering examining the infrastructure, partnerships and regulation behind Africa's increasingly connected economy.
When is the main event?
The main conference takes place on Friday, 21 August 2026, at Landmark Event Centre in Lagos.
Are there activities before the conference?
Yes. The Borderless Hangout will take place one week before the main event, followed by a welcome mixer for speakers, partners and delegates on 20 August.
Who should attend?
The event is designed for leaders and practitioners working across payments, banking, fintech, regulation, compliance, commerce, travel, hospitality and related infrastructure.
Is this a general technology conference?
No. The programme is focused specifically on how money, goods, people and services move across borders, and the systems, institutions and partnerships required to make that movement work.
What does my ticket include?
Your ticket provides access to the main conference programme and the closing networking mixer. Access arrangements for the Borderless Hangout and welcome mixer will be communicated separately.
Can I speak at the event?
Speaker participation is curated around the programme themes and the practical experience each speaker can bring to the room.
How can my organisation become a partner?
Organisations can partner through content, research, participant experiences, product showcases and other bespoke opportunities.