Africa Forex Trading Expo Nairobi 2027

The Africa Forex Trading Expo (AFTE) is a trade show for the retail trading and fintech business in Africa, organised by Azelia Expo Ltd. It rotates between financial and innovation hubs on the continent. The Kenya edition is listed for 23 and 24 March 2027 at the Sarit Expo Centre in Nairobi. Before that, a Nigeria edition takes place on 11 and 12 November 2026 at the Balmoral Convention Centre in Lagos. The organiser's target audience covers most of the retail trading chain: forex traders, brokers, crypto exchanges, introducing brokers and affiliates, fintech companies and financial educators. AFTE describes its role as a continental meeting point for forex, crypto and digital trading, and as a link between new products, regulation and market growth. No 2027 programme has been published, so the first Kenya edition is the best guide to the format. It ran at the same venue on 10 and 11 March 2026, with a theme about smart money and where forex and digital trading in Africa are heading. Capital FM reported hundreds of traders, brokers, fintech firms, payment providers and educators on site. Opening-day sessions dealt with trading on mobile phones, the payment rails behind deposits and withdrawals, the macro drivers of exchange rates, and how stablecoins connect crypto with forex. Masterclasses covered copy trading, starting a forex business and AI in trading, while workshops looked at choosing a broker and getting professionally accredited. An exclusive executive session put regulators and institutional investors together on the oversight and governance of FX markets, and main sponsor Empire FX hosted a gala dinner. The second day was scheduled to cover risk management, women in fintech and forex, and the systems behind cross-border payments in Africa. Ticket prices, the 2027 agenda and the speaker list are not public yet. The official homepage links to a separate Kenya event page, where registration and pricing should appear closer to the date. For forex and crypto affiliates and introducing brokers with African traffic, the fit is fairly direct: IBs and affiliates are named in the audience next to the brokers and exchanges they work with. None of the reported 2026 sessions dealt specifically with traffic acquisition or affiliate marketing, so media buyers from unrelated verticals will find little aimed at them. Partners active in both markets get two chances within five months to meet brokers in person: Lagos in November, Nairobi in March.