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The World’s Leading Blockchain Experts Are Coming To South Africa

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionise and transform existing business processes and is capable of making the world more transparent, connected, efficient and democratic. The African continent has massive challenges with transactions and doing business. These can be improved using blockchain technology to provide simpler, more efficient and cost-effective ways of working, reducing fraud, increasing

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Keynote Speaker for Johannesburg confirmed

We are excited to announce that Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of the Hyperledger Project is one of the Keynote Speakers at the Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg, 28 Feb – 1 Mar 2019. Brian was recently named one of the top 10 influential voices in the blockchain world, in a New York Times commentary titled “The

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Announcing Bitcoin Events’ 5th annual Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2019

Bitcoin Events, the 1st events company to host world-class bitcoin and blockchain conferences in Africa, is gearing up for the Blockchain Africa Conference 2019 taking place in Johannesburg and Cape Town in February-March 2019.  Since 2015, these conferences have attracted innovators, entrepreneurs, experts, thought leaders and some of the biggest names in the blockchain and

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What the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018 sponsors are doing with blockchain technology

Bitcoin Events’ 4th annual Blockchain Africa Conference is made possible by its sponsors who are all working with blockchain technology. Our Diamond Sponsors and Partners are Microsoft South Africa and IBM. These companies are bringing blockchain technology to companies and governments with their innovative solutions. Microsoft has developed Microsoft Azure, a blockchain as a service platform.

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Key speakers at the Blockchain Africa Conference 2018

Bitcoin Events’ 4th annual Blockchain Africa Conference has attracted some of the biggest names in disruptive technology from around the world. Here are a few of the key speakers at this year’s conference. Andrew Keys (USA) – Co-founder of ConsenSys Capital and former Head of Global Business Development at ConsenSys Andrew’s interest in Ethereum blockchain

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Ripple CTO Stefan Thomas to head Blockchain Africa Conference 2018

BY CLINTON MATOS ON 12TH JANUARY  A big event on the South African cryptocurrency scene is the Blockchain Africa Conference, and it returns in March with Ripple’s CTO as the keynote speaker. Stefan Thomas, Chief Technology Officers at Ripple, will be speaking in the 9AM slot with the topic of “Blockchain – Connecting the World or

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CEO/Co-founder of Bankymoon & Centbee to MC 4th annual Blockchain Africa Conference

Lorien Gamaroff, a well-known thought leader and speaker in the South African blockchain community, will be the Master of Ceremonies at the 4th annual Blockchain Africa Conference. The conference is hosted by Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd and takes place in Johannesburg on 8-9 March 2018. As South Africa’s foremost blockchain expert, Lorien has been invited

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Bitcoin Events announces fourth annual Blockchain Africa Conference: 8 – 9 March 2018 in Johannesburg

Bitcoin Events is proud to announce that the fourth annual Blockchain Africa Conference will be held on the 8 & 9 March 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd hosted the inaugural Bitcoin Africa Conference in 2015 in Cape Town and the second annual Bitcoin & Blockchain Africa Conference in 2016 in Johannesburg.

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SAP – pioneers of new technology offerings using blockchain – comes on board as an official sponsor of the Blockchain Africa Conference 2017

Bitcoin Events Pty Ltd is proud to announce that SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software, is an official sponsor of the Blockchain Africa Conference being held in Johannesburg on 1-3 March 2017. SAP is doing some exciting work with various blockchain technologies, including Ethereum and the Bitcoin blockchain. SAP’s Hana Cloud Platform allows

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Andreas Antonopolous

Well-known bitcoin expert Andreas M. Antonopoulos confirmed as keynote speaker for the Blockchain Africa Conference 2017

Bitcoin Events, hosts of the Blockchain Africa Conference in Johannesburg from 1-3 March 2017, is very excited to announce that Andreas M. Antonopoulos will be the keynote speaker at the conference. Andreas is one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. He has started a number of bitcoin businesses and launched several community

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