Digital execution strategy
Turning national, board or corporate digital priorities into governance models, delivery roadmaps, operating structures and accountable execution.
Board advisory. Fintech policy. Digital execution.
Digital execution advisor for Africa's public, private and regulated sectors.
Ethel D. Cofie works with boards, governments, regulators and financial institutions to turn digital ambition into institutions, policy, products and execution that can hold.
Founder and CEO
EDEL Technology Consulting
Board director
Insurance, public digital infrastructure, civic technology and innovation
Convener
Future of Finance Dialogues Africa
Advisor
Digital transformation and fintech policy across African markets
What Ethel does
Advisory built for institutions that cannot afford digital theatre.
For boards, regulators, public institutions and market leaders who need practical digital strategy, sharper governance and execution discipline.
Fintech and regulated-sector advisory
Helping banks, insurers, fintechs and public institutions understand open banking, virtual assets, digital trust, data governance and market risk.
Board and investment committee insight
Supporting boards and investment committees with technology risk, innovation governance, transformation oversight and Africa market intelligence.
In the room
Where the work happens.
Boardrooms, policy tables, media moments and high-level convenings across Africa's digital finance and innovation ecosystem.
Convening power
Bringing finance, technology and policy leaders into one room.
Institutional advisory
Briefing leaders where policy, oversight and execution meet.
Public voice
Translating digital finance and innovation for wider audiences.
Global endorsements
Recognised by leaders and institutions across global technology, policy and enterprise.
Selected remarks and recognition from the public record and recent Future of Finance convenings.
Ethel Cofie is a blessing to her generation.
Michelle Obama
Former First Lady, United States
Thank you to Ethel and her team for convening such a consequential conversation in the Future of Finance Dialogues.
Governor of the Bank of Ghana
Future of Finance Dialogues Africa
Even without all the elements in place, entrepreneurs around the world continue to defy the odds, take risks, and inspire us with their perseverance. They are entrepreneurs like Ethel Cofie.
Penny Pritzker
Former U.S. Secretary of CommerceMedia & Recognition
BBC
CNN
FT
WIRED UK
Future of Finance Dialogues Africa
A high-trust market intelligence platform for Africa's financial future.
Future of Finance Dialogues Africa convenes regulators, central banks, fintech leaders, banks, insurers, policymakers and infrastructure actors to examine the choices shaping Africa's financial systems.
- Executive briefings and synthesis reports for decision-makers.
- Invite-only rooms where innovation and financial stability can meet earlier.
- Market intelligence on open banking, virtual assets, digital trust, AI, payments and regulatory architecture.
Point of view
Africa's digital future will not be won by slogans. It will be won by institutions that can build, govern and execute.Explore speaking and moderation
Thinking and public voice
Clear writing for leaders making difficult digital decisions.
Essays, briefings and commentary for boards, regulators, founders, operators and women leaders shaping Africa's digital economy.
Foundational rails are now economic strategy.
Identity, data, interoperability and trust systems determine how digital markets scale. Read the essay
Stablecoins need an intersection between innovation and stability.
The strategic question is how African institutions engage new rails without losing control of financial systems. Read the essay
Technology risk is now board business.
Boards need sharper oversight of AI, data, cybersecurity, vendor risk, digital transformation and innovation portfolios. Read the essay
Leadership is not only representation. It is authority.
The next women-in-tech conversation must include boards, capital, policy, infrastructure and institutional power. Read the essay
Featured podcast
Listen on FT
Financial Times: Africa should not copy and paste Silicon Valley.
A public conversation on African technology ecosystems, local context and why digital ambition needs models built for the markets they serve.
Contact
For digital decisions that need judgement, governance and execution.
For board advisory, institutional strategy, executive briefings, keynote speaking, policy-market dialogues, Future of Finance partnerships and regulated-sector digital transformation.