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Strategic Objectives

The Hub will develop into an internationally recognised centre of excellence and an authoritative source on fintech-related solution generation for academics, students, individuals, organisations, businesses, and governments.

  • Establish a South African-based Hub for critical thinking and analysis about fintech (and other) related issues and problems,

  • Create a vibrant and multi and transdisciplinary home for collegial and collaborative explorations across schools and faculties at Wits to generate cutting-edge knowledge that will contribute to real-world problem-solving

  • Build strategic partnerships with think tanks, organizations, and universities on the African continent to undertake collaborative projects, and provide a base for visiting scholars researching and teaching in relevant areas,

  • Interface with organizations and networks that operate in fintech in South Africa and globally, interactions and intersections in the development of approaches, frameworks, and materials,

  • Develop capacity through postgraduate programmes and fellowships that will equip students with requisite and relevant theoretical and practical understandings and

  • Offer courses, seminars, and other consulting services to the academic, public, and private sectors in Africa.

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