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NGX Boss to Chair Business Journal Fintech Roundtable 2025

Nume Ekeghe

Group Chairman, Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) Dr. Umaru Kwairanga, is slated to Chair the 2nd Business Journal Fintech & Financial Inclusion Roundtable 2025.

The convener of the discuss in a statement noted that the theme of the Roundtable is Fintech & Financial Inclusion: The Opportunities & Challenges for Nigeria and is scheduled for Friday, August 29, 2025 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Business Journal Media Group, Prince Cookey, said the choice of Umaru Kwairanga to chair the event is a reflection of his immense and commendable journey in the Nigerian economic system over the years.

He stated: “Dr. Umaru Kwairanga is a noted player in the Nigerian economy and financial services sector. Over the years, he has carved a positive niche in driving the narrative in national policy formulation, implementation and review. He remains a worthy point of reference and role model to current and future players in the Nigerian economy.”
Umaru Kwairanga is a notable player in the Nigerian corporate world, a thorough-bred professional and a prominent community leader in Gombe State and the North East region. 
He has served at the highest levels of the banking, pension, investment, manufacturing and commercial sectors of Nigeria’s economy. He is the current Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Nigeria’ oldest stock exchange and also Chairman of Tangerine General Insurance Limited.
The NGX Chairman is also a Director on the Boards of First Bank Senegal Limited, Tangerine Apt Pensions Limited and the Group Managing Director of Finmal Finance Services Limited. 

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