Fifi Peters (Master of Ceremonies)

Fifi Peters is an Award-Winning Financial Journalist and Broadcaster. She is a Senior Anchor at CNBC Africa and Host of the SAfm Market Update, with Moneyweb. Fifi has worked in some of the most reputable financial newsrooms in South Africa including the Business Day and Financial Mail. An economist at heart, Fifi obtained her BA

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Briana Marbury (Keynote Speaker)

Briana Marbury is the CEO at Interledger Foundation (ILF), a nonprofit organization committed to expanding digital financial inclusion to vulnerable populations. To drive the mission forward, ILF invests in organizations, communities, and entrepreneurs working towards the shared goal of enabling interoperable and frictionless payments around the globe. At the Interledger Foundation, we believe that digital

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Rene Reinsberg (Keynote Speaker)

Rene Reinsberg is a Co-founder of Celo and currently President of the Celo Foundation. Celo’s layer-1 blockchain is at the center of an ecosystem of technologies, organizations and individuals that all share a common mission of building a regenerative financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone. Previously, he Co-founded Locu (aquired by

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John Lombela (MC)

John is the Founder and CEO at Axalio, Founder of Cryptovecs Capital and Innovecs Consulting and a serial entrepreneur, investor, business coach and mentor. He has developed several businesses in the field of Information & Communication Technology, FinTech, Blockchain & Cryptoassets, as well as syndicated funds in the space of alternative investment. He holds a

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Mariana Gospodinova (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)

Mariana Gospodinova is the General Manager of European Operations for Crypto.com, where she leads the market strategy, operations, business development and partnerships, and product commercialisation for the company across the continent. Previously, Mariana was COO of Binance Europe, where she oversaw operations and looked after the successful launch of the crypto to fiat exchange and

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Seamus Rocca

Seamus Rocca serves as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Xapo. He has more than 23 years of experience working in the financial service sector, as a chartered accountant in international companies in six countries in positions ranging from audit, product control, valuation, finance, to divisional CFO and senior group treasury roles. He has a

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Andrew Whitworth

Andrew is a public policy specialist with extensive international experience in financial services, payments and fintech policy and regulation. He is currently Ripple’s Policy Director for EMEA, where he leads Ripple’s engagement with policy-makers in the UK, EU, Middle East and Africa. Before Ripple, Andrew led the policy work of a UK-headquartered fintech payments start-up

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John Kamara

John Kamara is a Tech Entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience working in new market acquisitions across various technology verticals in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. John is one of Africa’s leading experts on how businesses can leverage key technology trends, transform organizations and drive competitive advantage for impact in industries including finance, agriculture, health,

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