Addis Ababa: The 2024 East Africa Finance Summit will be held in Addis Ababa under the theme 'Exploring New Frontiers: Shaping the Future of Financial Landscape and Unlocking Opportunities for Collaboration in East Africa' starting from tomorrow. The two day annual summit will bring together various players in the financial sector in East Africa. The Addis Ababa University and i-Capital Africa Institute have jointly organized the summit in collaboration with various organizations, it was learned. The summit will explore developing investment opportunities as well as potential areas of collaboration for players in the sector. i-Capital Africa Institute Manager and Chairman of the coordinators committee, Gemechu Waktola said hosting the 7th East African Financial summit in Ethiopia would provide opportunity to create regional integration among financial institutions in the region and share experiences. The summit is pivotal to exchange views on critical challenges and opportunities related to finance, he a dded. The ongoing reform underway in Ethiopia's finance sector, including the formation of Capital Market, will be discussed at the summit, the chairman stated. The forum will also present a unique opportunity to profile Ethiopia as a premium investment destination for financial sector players in East Africa and create a platform to network and forge strategic partnerships for participants. Gemechu further pointed out that the summit will explore and integrate regional opportunities through cross border trade and investments, harmonize financial regulations, and address inclusion challenges to forge regional collaboration in the changing global economic landscape. Through this summit, stakeholders are expected to greatly benefit from high level discussions on opportunities in the Ethiopian market and opportunities to offer solutions in inclusion gaps, money integration, regional payment, and setting up of capital markets regionally. Source: Ethiopian News Agency