The Regional Stock Exchange (BRVM) of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) launched Tuesday, October 3 in Abidjan a contest to select young talents, natural persons or startups established in the UEMOA region, innovative projects bearers or of research topics of interest in finance.
“The projects must aim for the realization of a technological solution in response to a current or future problem in the financial sector,” said the BRVM in a statement. The BRVM has set up a laboratory for digital and financial technologies and wants to support the sub-regional financial system in innovation and anticipation of future disruptions.
The regional stock exchange hopes to see the creation of new technical, organizational and managerial models for financial institutions and new and innovative financial products and services in this laboratory to contribute to the development of a dynamic and innovative regional financial system.
