09/03/2016
Digital Knowledge Associates holds the first even BITCOIN CPE program in Nigeria.
Why Bitcoin
Digital currency (BITCOIN0 is offering a better and cheaper alternative to the traditional Global Remmittance companies and systems,
presently competing wIth them head on.
Bitcoin development was initially ignored by Banking, Technology and Security professionals who wrongly predicted its death on arrival. Recent developments have proved them wrong as bitcoin has consistently been gaining market share and value in the digital economy such that major global players in the Technology, Service, Retail and Banking industries could no longer afford to ignore them.
In september 2015, NASDAQ, Citi Ventures, VISA, Capital One Finance invested in the Bitcoin startup ‘The Chain’.
Today online merchants and payment organisations like Amazon, EBay UK, Paypal, Apple, Dell, Tesco, Save-The-Children etc are
all accepting Bitcoin for payments. Now you can download bitcoin app on your mobile phone, upload and convert your
savings into bitcoin and use for payment of products and services online.
Interestingly, physical Bitcoin has also come into existence.
In Nigeria, Regulators, business professionals and Technology Security Professionals can only ignore Bitcoin to their peril. Banks are implementing QR Codes for payments and this is the biggest use case in real world Bitcoin transfers. Nigerians with mobile phones and data
service can download Bitcoin wallet app on Android/iphone and accept or trade with Bitcoin with unending possibilities.
What are the opportunities and threats this poses for the Financial Regulator, Auditors, banks, fraud prevention experts and other Cybersecurity professionals.
This program (which is an advance programme in preparation of the Bitcoin African Conference Coming up in Nigeria later in the
year) is therefore aimed at bridging the knowledge gap for participants by providing them all they need to know
about Bitcoin, together with security and risk issues which they must learn to tackle.
What You Will Learn
1) What Bitcoin is – Origin and History
2) Bitcoin Vs Regular Currency
3) The Bitcoin Economy (Including Bitcoin $Millionaires)
4) Bitcoin Mining
5) How to Acquire, Spend and utilise Bitcoin
6) Security & Controls sorrounding Bitcoin
7) Bitcoin Exchanges and Regulators
8) Bitcoin Apps
9) Impact of Bitcoin in Banking business
10)Implication of Bitcoin for Regulators
11) Areas of Focus for Audit, Security & Control Professionals
12) Bitcoin Speculators and underground market
13) Live set up and transacting exercise in Bitcoin
Venue: Lagos Resource Centre, 9 Anifowose Street off Adeola Odeku Victoria Island Lagos
Date: Saturday, 23rd April 2016
Fee: =N=30,000 per participant
Early Bird Discount of 15% is available for payments before 30th March 2016
