Africa's mobile money ecosystem has transformed financial access across the continent, connecting millions of consumers, merchants and businesses through digital payment platforms.

At the same time, its rapid growth has created an attractive target for cybercriminals and fraud networks. From SIM swap attacks and account takeover to artificial intelligence-enabled social engineering and increasingly sophisticated financial scams, threat actors are exploiting the scale, speed and interconnected nature of mobile payments.

In this insightful discussion, the expert panel discuss:

• Regional trends and emerging hotspots for mobile money-related cybercrime across the continent;
• How Africa's mobile money ecosystem is reshaping the cybercrime economy and attracting new threat actors;
• What the next wave of threats could look like as AI, digital identity and financial services become increasingly interconnected.