Can Al Safely Automate Cross-Border Supplier Payments?
Reducing Friction in Cross-Border Trade 🇳🇬🇨🇳
Join finance leaders, treasury professionals, and technology partners for a practical, no-hype conversation on what it actually takes to move goods and money between Africa and China and how AI agents are changing the game.
Primebase is building the agentic network for global trade. AI agents that orchestrate payments, FX, logistics, freight and trade compliance documents — so businesses can trade beyond borders with confidence. We're making cross-border trade programmable and financeable.
This webinar brings together a Nigerian CFO, a Head of Foreign Treasury Operations and a stablecoin liquidity provider to unpack the real bottlenecks in cross-border trade — Form M validation, LC discrepancies, FX sourcing, document reconciliation.
Hosted by Ife Osakuade, Founder & CEO of Primebase. He has spent over 15 years in financial services across Nigeria and the UK. He is building Primebase to make cross-border trade programmable and financeable.
This session is designed for finance teams who want to understand what's changing, what's possible and what to do next.
What to Expect
🎙️ A Nigerian CFO's Perspective on Importing from China
Azuatalam Osuigwe, CFO of SLOT Systems — one of Nigeria's largest technology retailers — Azuatalam will share the CFO perspective on controls, auditability, governance, and the human oversight required before finance teams can safely adopt AI-enabled automation.
🌍 The practical foreign-treasury and trade-finance realities behind Nigeria’s cross-border supplier transactions.
Gbenga Ogunmakin, Head of Foreign Treasury Operations at Ardova Plc will unpack the practical realities of FX, Form M, letters of credit, confirming-bank requirements, trade documents, supplier payment confirmation and bank charges in Nigeria’s cross-border trade environment.
💧 The Liquidity Layer: How Stablecoins Are Transforming Settlement
Isaac Umejiaku, Head of Africa Sales at Checker, breaks down how stablecoin settlement bypasses the correspondent banking lottery and how liquidity providers are making Nigeria–China payments faster, cheaper and more transparent. Isaac has deep expertise in cross-border payments, liquidity and FX optimisation. Checker recently raised $8M to build stablecoin-powered financial services across Africa.
❓ Open Q&A with All Speakers
Bring your questions. This is a working session for finance professionals who want practical answers.
Who Should Attend
CFOs and Finance Directors managing Nigeria–China supplier payments.
Treasury professionals responsible for FX, LCs, and trade finance.
Finance Operations Managers handling invoices, POs, and reconciliation.
Nigerian SME founders importing from China.
Trade finance professionals at banks, DFIs, and fintechs
ERP and finance systems leaders evaluating automation and AI.
Anyone building or investing in Nigeria–China trade infrastructure
Event Details
📅 Thursday, 15 October 2026
🕒 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM WAT (West Africa Time)
📍 Online Webinar — Link sent upon registration
🎟️ Free to attend. Registration required.
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