Elizabeth Rossiello Founder and CEO of AZA Finance

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John Kamara Founder of Adanian Labs and Afyarekod and Chairman of the African Blockchain Centre

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Dr. Edward Obasi (Keynote Speaker) COO at DafriGroup PLC

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Charles Hoskinson (Keynote Speaker) Founder and CEO of IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong)

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Norbert Amankwaa Adomako Chief of Communications at Metis

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Lane Kasselman Chief Business Officer at Blockchain.com

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Misha Lederman (Keynote Speaker) Director of Communications at Klever

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Jeff Mei Director of Global Strategy at Huobi Group

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Samy Karim Ecosystem Development at BNB Chain

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Elendu Uche CEO of AppZone Switch

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Emmanuel Babalola Director at Binance Africa

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Anil Hansjee General Partner at Fabric Ventures

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Sophia Shluger Managing Director at Amber Group UK

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Herco Steyn Senior Fintech Specialist at South African Reserve Bank

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Dave Uhryniak Director of Blockchain Strategy at TRON

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Bishnen Kumalo Executive Head of Modernisation South Africa, BankservAfrica

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Michael Awori Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer: Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB)

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Ciaran Adrian Ryan Editor at Moneyweb Crypto

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Dr. Praphul Chandra Founder at Koinearth

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Chinedu Obidiegwu Business Development Lead at Luno Nigeria

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Gideon Greaves Managing Director for Africa at CV VC

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Anzill Adams Founder and CEO of DataLedger

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Chris Maurice CEO and Co-Founder of Yellow Card

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Jackson Vaughan Managing Partner at Konvoy

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Dalene Deale Executive Head at Secure Citizen

Lohan Spies Founder and CEO of DIDx and Chair of Sovrin Steward Council

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Cordel Robbin-Coker Co-Founder and CEO of Carry1st

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Wiehann Olivier Partner and Digital Assets Lead at Mazars South Africa

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Carmelle Cadet Founder and CEO of EMTECH

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Mark Brits Senior General Manager at The Banking Association South Africa

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Jay Shapiro Founder and CEO of Usiku Games

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Terry Kelly Founder and Director at The Digital Databank

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Sean Mouton Chief Technology Manager Head of R&D at Absa

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Nathan Williams Founder and CEO of Minespider

Gerhard Dinhof Senior Architect and Blockchain Country Lead for IBM South Africa

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James Zhang Founder of Jambo

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Piers Ridyard CEO at RDX Works

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Tessy Mosindi Co-Founder & COO of Kingdom of Kush and Founder of Educating Africa

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Dimitrios Kavvathas Chief Strategy Officer at Amber Group

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Viv Diwakar Director of Technology, Strategy at The HBAR Foundation

Anushka Soma-Patel Product Manager for Atala PRISM Ecosystem at Input Output (IOHK)

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Yele Bademosi Co-Founder and CEO at Nestcoin

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Sabrina Tachdjian Head of Fintech and Payments at the HBAR Foundation

Ian Putter Head Blockchain COE, Innovation as a Service at Standard Bank

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Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr Editor-in-Chief at Cointelegraph

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Vincent Li Founding Partner of Adaverse and Co-Founder of NODO

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Kalin Metodiev Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Nexo

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Ashlin Perumall Partner at Baker McKenzie

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Christopher Light Founder and CEO of E-Livestock Global

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Cyrine Ben Fadhel Investment Associate at Global Ventures

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Arushi Goel Data Policy and Blockchain at World Economic Forum

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Elisha Akyaw Social Media Specialist at Cointelegraph

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Kamran Shahin Vice President of Product Development – Blockchain and Digital Currencies for the EEMEA region at Mastercard

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Siddharth Singhal Director of Enterprise at Parity Technologies

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Ruby Nimkar Fund Partner at GreenHouse Capital Africa

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Ernest Mbenkum (Keynote Speaker) Founder and CEO of Interstellar Inc. and Founder of the Bantu Blockchain Foundation

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Rory Bowen Chief Of Staff at Tingo International Holdings