At the Nigeria Innovation Summit (NIS 2025) held at Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Lagos, SiBAN took the stage as a proud partner and active contributor. During one of the key sessions with the topic “Innovative Financing & Regulations in a Digital Era,” SiBAN’s President shared insights on how innovation, finance, and regulation can work together to strengthen Nigeria’s digital economy.

As an official partner of NIS, SiBAN’s presence reinforced its commitment to guiding how regulation, capital, and innovation can converge to build an inclusive, resilient digital economy in Nigeria. On day one of the summit, SiBAN’s President, Obinna Iwuno, delivered a compelling address under this theme, offering both strategic insight and policy direction to the tech, finance, and policy communities.

SiBAN’s Role; From Advocate to Co-Designer

Mr. Iwuno’s presentation underscored that Nigeria’s evolution in digital finance cannot succeed under piecemeal financing models or one-size-fits-all regulatory regimes. He argued that innovative financing mechanisms such as tokenization, blended public-private capital, and crypto-native instruments must be supported by adaptive, co-designed regulation. These parallel tracks, he emphasized, must move together rather than diverge.

Throughout his remarks, Mr. Iwuno positioned SiBAN as more than an advocacy voice; as a collaborator and co-designer in shaping Nigeria’s regulatory and financing future. He observed that regulation without insight from operators is wasteful, and innovation without guardrails is risky.

By stepping into NIS as a partner, SiBAN ensured that its members and the broader blockchain community would have front-row access to these high-level conversations. This dual role policy interlocutor and ecosystem enabler exemplifies SiBAN’s evolving identity: not just an industry voice, but an institution working at the intersection of markets, regulation, and capital.

Takeaways & Forward Motion

From the session’s discourse, several key themes emerged that will shape SiBAN’s strategy going forward:

• Regulation and finance must co-evolve. Financing models like token issuance, digital securities, yield protocols, and decentralized instruments demand regulatory regimes that accommodate, rather than suppress, innovation.
• Stakeholder co-creation is no longer optional. Regulators must partner with operators and innovators to design frameworks that are grounded in real business challenges, not theoretical constructs.
• Adaptive regimes are the future. Dynamic licensing, regulatory sandboxes, and iterative oversight can help Nigeria avoid being locked into obsolete rules.
• Visibility for members matters. By participating in NIS as a partner, SiBAN ensures its members are not sidelined in industry conversations but actively shaping them.

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SiBAN remains deeply committed to advancing innovative financing and thoughtful regulation across Nigeria’s blockchain, fintech, and digital assets sectors. We believe that when capital, technology, and public policy align, Africa can build a digital economy that is inclusive, resilient, and globally competitive.

If you are a founder, investor, regulator, or innovator eager to be part of shaping this future, we invite you to engage with SiBAN. Reach out to us at membership@siban.org  follow our updates and join our free telegram group