The Africa Fintech Summit(AFTS)has announced a new strategic partnership with the MENA Fintech Association to collaborate on AFTSCairo with a focus of supporting trans-continental financial technology. 
Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS) is the premier global initiative dedicated to the African Fintech Ecosystem. It is traditionally hosted in Washington, D.C. each April and in a different African City each November. Its most recent African host includes Lagos and Addis Ababa.
MENA Fintech Association (MFTA) is a not-for-profit group founded in 2018 to represent the growing numbers of Fintech firms in the Middle East and North Africa Region.
This announcement was released in a statement signed by the Lead Organiser, Africa Fintech Summit, Andrew W. Barden today Tuesday, 5th October.
Mr. Barden in the statement announced that AFTS is excited about the collaboration on AFTSCairo which is slated to commence on November 16th up until November 17th, 2021. 
He added that he is excited that this collaboration between AFTS and MENA Fintech Association would be taking place in Egypt, as this would show the capacities of Fintech as a core value center to the world. He continued by saying that Financial technology (Fintech) is phenomenal as it cements relationships between regions, countries and people.
This year’s AFTS is organised in partnership with Washington, D.C. strategic advisory group, Dedalus Global and Pan-African investment advisory firm, Ibex Frontier.
Speaking about the mission of AFTSCairo, he added that it had always been keen on fostering better relationships while bridging the gap often separating the fintech industry in Sub-Saharan Africa from the
North African ecosystem.
Mr. Barden further added that the collaboration would enable AFTSCairo better expand its mission by connecting the two ecosystems at the same time welding a deeper connection between Africa and the Middle east while using Egypt as a channel.
Still speaking about the AFTSCairo, Africa Fintech Summit Lead Organizer and Director of Insights at Dedalus Global, Andrew Barden, further added, “We are very happy to be working together with the MENA Fintech Association to achieve a more unified and equitable financial technology industry across both the Middle East and Africa.
This partnership will assist in strengthening the connections between Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa while taking that one step further to include the Middle East.”
In the same vein, the Chairman of the MENA Fintech Association, Nameer Khan in his contribution added, “As an inclusive association that fosters an open dialogue for the MENA region, we are thrilled to learn the renowned Africa Fintech Summit is now taking place in Cairo, Egypt, and we see this summit as an additional nexus of the region’s phenomenal Fintech exposure and still a largely untapped goldmine for the global Fintech world. We are excited to be partnering with the Africa Fintech Summit to provide value to both our members and the entire global Fintech ecosystem.”
The statement also revealed that tickets for the participation of the event were currently on sale, now up until the 4th of October for both in-person and virtual participation and attendance at Africa Fintech Summit Cairo 2021. It further read that participants could save 25% on the purchase of their tickets by purchasing using the promo code ‘MFTA25’.