In this session:

New customer segments, rapidly digitizing economies, and ambitious government-led modernization agendas are creating conditions where AI can fundamentally reshape financial services across the Middle East & Africa. The challenge now is how banks move beyond the structural headwinds they face to deploy AI at scale.

Join Divyesh Vithlani (First Abu Dhabi Bank), Jörg Fischer (Standard Bank Group), Miguel Rio-Tinto (Emirates NBD) and Alexandra Mousavizadeh (Evident) to unpack the results of the first Evident AI Index for Banks in the Middle East & Africa and explore what the region’s frontrunners are doing differently. 

This session is designed for senior executives, AI and transformation leaders and those shaping their organisation’s AI strategy. You’ll walk away with:

1. Insight into the regional nuances shaping adoption across the Middle East & Africa, and the use cases regional banks are prioritizing as a result
2. Lessons from the region’s most AI-first banks on how to move beyond structural headwinds and deploy AI at scale
3. An understanding of where the greatest opportunities and challenges lie for banks across the region looking to accelerate AI efforts

Meet the Speakers