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 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 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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Felix Macharia, CEO and co-founder at Kotani Pay, an on/offramp blockchain orchestration infrastructure. Felix has worked in a variety of roles in the African blockchain space since 2016 including as a researcher for the institute of Blockchain Studies, co-trustee of the African Digital Asset Framework (ADAF), and co-founder of proof of stake node validator EOS
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Marius is the General Manager for Africa at Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company with its head office in London. He joined Luno in 2016 and helped the company grow to a diverse team of 300 people across three continents. Marius wholeheartedly shares his company’s philosophy of upgrading the world to a better financial system.
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Yosuke Yoshida is the former CEO of EMURGO Japan, where EMURGO Group was first established and started its entire business. Yoshida brings nearly 20 years of professional experience in M&A and business development and project management as the manager of Japan’s largest investment and cross-border trading company in the power sector. He has led multiple
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Kevin is the Founder and CEO of Sankore 2.0, which operates in Kenya as NEAR Regional Hub, dedicated to blockchain innovation, education and talent development throughout the African continent. He is also the Director of Open Forest Protocol Hub (Kenya), which uses blockchain to monitor forest projects end-to-end and offers carbon financing to organisations that
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Robert Brine is the Director, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions at Mastercard. Based in Johannesburg, Rob is responsible for driving Mastercard’s AI, Cyber, Fraud, Identity and Security solutions in Southern Africa. Mr Brine is also responsible for Mastercard enterprise safety, security and network solutions including fraud management and prevention strategies; security, identity, scoring and decision systems;
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Professor Angela Itzikowitz is an Executive in ENSafrica’s Banking and Finance department. She specialises in banking and financial market regulation, including finance and regulatory reform, card and related electronic payment instruments, derivatives, loan agreements, collective investment schemes, insurance, money laundering and debt origination and securitisation. She has done a significant amount of work in South
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Gerhard is a Senior Fintech Analyst in the South African Reserve Bank’s Fintech Unit, focused on financial market innovation, including being the product owner for Project Khokha. He was also the product owner for the establishment of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub, and co-leads the IFWG’s Regulatory Sandbox. He holds degrees in
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