Gavin is the Founder of Hippytech – a consultancy for decentralised technology. He is a well-known speaker on cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in South Africa. Gavin has built his own bitcoin and blockchain crowd funding platform, called ShareBit. He has worked as the Head of Innovation at the mobile social network Mxit and as Product
Read More
Uche Chude-Okonkwo is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and has over eighty (80) publications in reputable journals and conferences. He serves as a technical program committee member for the prestigious IEEE GLOBECOM, and associate editors for Frontier in Communications and Networks and the SAIEE Africa
Read More
Founder/ Coordinator Blockchain Nigeria User Group, advisory Board Member at Kinesis Money, Caymans, and formally Regional Director for Africa at Paxful Inc. He is the protem Chairman Organization of Blockchain Technology User (OBTU), Africa Lead, Technology & Innovation at Blockspace Africa Technologies and CEO of both Techbuild Innovation Partners and Lagos Drupal Varsity. He is also
Read More
A digital transformation/ blockchain professional and investor with major access to an extensive network of global stakeholders in the digital economy and financing space. Michelle’s first engagement relating to the digital economy/blockchain was in 2009 and has since then been leading in evaluating the growth of the digital economy and potential of emerging technologies such
Read More
Graduate, Harvard College and Harvard Law. Began career as a Wall Street attorney before turning to philanthropy and non-profit tech over a decade ago. Has represented banks, philanthropists and progress non-profits. Designed and launched NGOsource, a service focused on international grant making. Most recently, Vice-President, Strategic Alliances and General Counsel, TechSoup, the global social enterprise
Read More