Tanya is the Business Manager of Adhara, a global provider of liquidity management and international payment solutions for decentralised financial networks. Her previous roles have included working as the Country Manager of Binance and as the Managing Executive of Fractal Solutions at Strate (Pty) Ltd, where she was tasked with leading a team to research,
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Anne is a legal and regulatory expert with vast experience in the financial industry. She has provided strategic legal and regulatory expertise in the insurance, payments, banking and securities industries in South Africa and Kenya. At BankservAfrica, Anne has been instrumental in providing strategic governance, legal and regulatory advice in the payments environment, including the
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Gideon Rossouw is an Executive specializing in Web3 Enablement at Nedbank, where he leads initiatives to integrate cutting-edge blockchain technology into banking services. Prior to his current role, Gideon spent nearly 13 years at Standard Bank Group, where he served as the Business Enablement Lead, driving key projects and optimizing business processes. His extensive experience
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Matt is a passionate advocate for financial inclusion and innovation, dedicated to expanding Tether’s presence across the African continent. He is committed to fostering collaborations, driving growth, and empowering communities in Africa through stablecoin adoption.
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Evelyn Abreu is a communications professional and business development specialist with over 9 years of experience. Passionate about B2B sales, she speaks on topics such as innovation and blockchain technology. Currently, as a Sales Manager at ChainUp, she is at the forefront of driving blockchain technology toward mass adoption in the LATAM and African markets.
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Badi Sudhakaran is a dynamic and visionary entrepreneur with a remarkable journey spanning over two decades in the technology and finance sectors. He is the Co-Founder of VALR.com, a crypto exchange that has positioned itself as the largest in South Africa in terms of trade volume. Badi’s multifaceted expertise, spanning blockchain technology, software engineering, product
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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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Rikki Barnes has been with FirstRand for 12 years, predominantly in Foreign Exchange and Commercial Banking. He has recently taken on assumed a lead role in the group’s Crypto & DLT Centre of Expertise. Rikki holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Honours) in Actuarial Science and Finance, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Financial
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Ayn du Bazane is a Senior Fintech Analyst at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) focussed on crypto assets. She is the Chair of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group’s (IFWG) Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group (CAR WG), a regulatory structure that monitors and analyses the crypto asset ecosystem to inform and make recommendations to financial
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Wale Onawunmi is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Zone, where he leads the charge in product architecture, research and development, technology strategy, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and cognitive computing. His expertise in these areas is a cornerstone of Zone’s cutting-edge solutions, driving innovation in the payments and blockchain industry. A graduate of Computer Science
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