Michael Awori is a seasoned banker with over 20 years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance as well as development finance. Throughout his career, he has advised and executed over US$ 20 billion of capital markets and M&A transactions, in Africa, and globally. As TDB’s Deputy CEO, Michael works closely with
Read More
Denelle Dixon is the CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization using blockchain to unlock the world’s economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered. She leads the teams that help maintain Stellar’s codebase, support the communities around Stellar, and advocate on behalf of
Read More
Monica Singer is a Chartered Accountant (SA), Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Vice Chair of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). She is a Board Member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Board Member of the Accounting Blockchain Coalition which sets the audit accounting and tax guidelines for
Read More
He is a Fintech founder and previous Director of Product for a Pan-European Robo-advisor. Prior to that, he was a Global Macro Portfolio Manager, where he helped to start and build an investment business.
Read More
Mr Brandon Topham is the Divisional Executive for Enforcement at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority. He is an accomplished business executive with considerable local and international experience in corporate governance, finance and commercial law. He has served as a member of the South African Parliament, and served on the Trade & Industry, Finance, Auditor General
Read More
Kaj Burchardi is a Managing Director with BCG Platinion with more than 19 years of experience in IT consulting. He has worked with clients from various industries in Europe, US, and Middle East on IT architecture, Digital and Agile transformations. Kaj is leading the Blockchain practice of BCG/Platinion globally and supported clients in the strategy
Read More
Ajit currently leads institutional growth and strategy for Aave, the world’s leading decentralised liquidity protocol with over 5 billion in assets and borrowings. Using public blockchain technology, Aave creates significant opportunities for financial institutions to enhance market transparency, market efficiency, financial inclusion and systemic risk reduction. The last five years of his career have been
Read More
Yele Bademosi is CEO and Co-Founder of Nestcoin. Yele was previously the CEO and Co-Founder of Bundle, the Africa-focused social payments app for cash and crypto, aiming to drive crypto adoption in Africa and bringing more economic freedom and prosperity to all Africans. Yele is focused on developing the blockchain ecosystem in Africa, accelerating Africa’s
Read More
Ciaran has written for most financial publications in SA. He spent time as an editor in California before returning to SA, and has been involved in several business start-ups, including a gold mining venture in Ghana. He is a long-standing writer for Moneyweb and is proud to have witnessed the phenomenal growth of Moneyweb Crypto
Read More
LL.B., MBA, PhD. FinTech Advisor, Management & Strategy Consultant and Researcher (Digital Banking and Finance, Central Bank Digital Currencies, Blockchain, Crypto and M&A). Oriol works as a Management Consultant at AirHelp, Advisor for a Hong Kong-based FinTech company, ixFintech, Strategic Advisor at a Hong Kong-based WealthTech company, ETFCool, Strategic Advisor at ScallopX and FinTech Mentor
Read More