Ian currently holds the title of Head Blockchain COE in the Innovation team at Standard Bank. He collaborates and partners with specialists and organisations locally and internationally as well as Standard Bank teams to determine how this emerging technology can be leveraged best for enhanced efficiency and controls including focusing on new business models focusing
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Kristina Lucrezia is the Editor-in-Chief of Cointelegraph. M.A. in political science and classical philology she is a passionate communicator promoting innovations, translating them into simple languages and helping visionaries to be heard.
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Kalin Metodiev, CFA is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of leading digital assets institution Nexo. His professional focus has always been directed towards investor wealth maximization and company growth, allowing him to take on the responsibility of managing the Sales, Trading, and Corporate Finance departments at Nexo. Kalin boasts 20+ years of experience in investment
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Chris Light is a seasoned executive, serial entrepreneur, technologist, and Program Manager with 25 years of experience. He has a global reach and a global result set. He has undertaken Information Communication and Technology (ICT) activities worldwide. He is well known in the International Development community. He has worked with major donors with a particular
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Cyrine is an Investment Associate at Global Ventures, where she joined in early 2021. Prior to this, Cyrine has left her full time position at Deloitte as a strategy consultant to join the VC industry with Lateral Capital, an African focused fund where she supported on deal sourcing and screening as well as portfolio management.
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Arushi Goel is a specialist for data policy and blockchain at World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution India. She works on strategic and governance issues relating to data sharing through data exchanges, blockchain and digital assets, in collaboration with government and industry stakeholders. She is also leading a workstream on regulation of
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Elisha (GhCryptoGuy) has been preaching the good news of cryptocurrencies in Africa since 2016. He is a former business development manager at Binance and currently a Social Media Specialist at the crypto media giant, Cointelegraph.
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Kamran Shahin is the Vice President of Product Development – Blockchain and Digital Currencies for the EEMEA region at Mastercard. In his role, Kamran is responsible for defining and driving the regional blockchain and digital currency strategy and key initiatives. Prior to this role at Mastercard, Kamran worked for 10 years at IBM as a
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At Parity, Siddharth is responsible for driving the adoption of Polkadot, Kusama and Substrate among enterprises. Prior, he has over a decade of leadership experience across high-tech industries in large corporations, growth-stage startups, and founding/executive leadership in early-stage startups. He holds a master’s from UC Berkeley and an MBA from INSEAD.
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Ruby’s interest lies in the intersection of innovative technology and frontier markets. She’s the Fund Partner at GreenHouse Capital Africa and also leading the diversity-focused acceleration program, GreenHouse Lab. GreenHouse Capital supports exceptional African entrepreneurs in building and scaling the next wave of pan-African technology companies by providing venture investment, strategic advice, business development services
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