GIZ and Fintech Egypt to Launch Free Summer School Webinar Series

The series will cover cybersecurity, AI and machine learning, open banking, regtech, and blockchain.

Farah Ibrahim VIEW ALL ARTICLES BY Farah Ibrahim

Date
26/08/2021 15:02

The international development wing of the German government, GIZ, is partnering with tech ecosystem platform Fintech Egypt to co-launch the GIZ Finance Summer School, a series of interactive workshops designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of financiers to prepare them for the latest fintech trends.

The workshops will cover topics such as blockchain, open banking, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, cybersecurity and regulatory technology (regtech). Held from September 1-29 with sessions every Wednesday, the webinars will bring onboard blockchain expert Talal Tabbaa, open banking expert Mehdi Tazi, social investor Ahmed Hamouda, regtech specialist Omar Abdelwahed and cybersecurity expert Naveen Nasuveda.

The sessions will be held on September 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th at 6PM Cairo time via Zoom, and are entirely free to attend.

Sign up via https://bit.ly/2WpC5RD.

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