BLOCKCHAIN AFRICA CONFERENCE 2026
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Programme 2026
Programme
08:00am - 09:00am GMT+2
Entrance Foyer
Registration
09:10am - 09:30am GMT+2
Plenary Room
From MiCA to Africa: Lessons from Scaling Digital Asset Infrastructure Across European Banks
By Dishen Govender
09:30am - 09:50am GMT+2
Plenary Room
The COFI Bill and South Africa’s Digital Asset Future: What Banks, Fintechs, and Crypto Businesses Need to Know About Building a Regulatory Framework for Innovation
By Lerato Lamola
09:50am - 10:10am GMT+2
Plenary Room
Keynote Address: The End of SWIFT? How Africa Could Leapfrog Into a New Financial System
By Ryan Kirkley
10:10am - 10:45am GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Leopoldt Jansen van Vuuren
Panel: From Adoption to Trust: Building a Safe and Scalable Digital Asset Ecosystem in Africa
By Tom SchoonFrancis OgbukaNkahiseng RalepeliLeopoldt Jansen van VuurenBadi Sudhakaran
11:00am - 11:15am GMT+2
Networking Area
Networking Break
11:15am - 11:35am GMT+2
Plenary Room
Digital Cash Beyond CBDCs and Stablecoins: What Tokenised Deposits Can Offer the Market
By Tanya Knowles
11:35am - 12:05pm GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Mohil Subban
Panel: The Future of Money: How Banks, Stablecoins and Digital Assets are Reshaping Global Payments
By Mohil SubbanMuhammad NanaRobyn LawsonSimon MarlandHari Chaitanya
12:05pm - 12:25pm GMT+2
Plenary Room
Keynote Address: Before We Tokenise, Let's Interoperate What Payments Innovation Teaches Us About Africa's Next Money Layer
By Chantal Maritz
12:30pm - 13:00pm GMT+2
Lunch Area
Lunch
13:00pm - 13:35pm GMT+2
Plenary Room
Fireside Chat: Monetising the Surplus: Bitcoin Mining as Grid Infrastructure for South Africa
By Stafford MasieCarel de Jager
13:35pm - 13:55pm GMT+2
Plenary Room
The case for institutionally backed emerging market stable coins
By Aleks Andjelopolj
13:55pm - 14:15pm GMT+2
Plenary Room
Session
14:15pm - 14:35pm GMT+2
Plenary Room
And, Not Or: Building an African Digital-Asset Strategy That Compounds
By Nicholas Allen
14:35pm - 15:05pm GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Kearabilwe Nonyana
Panel: The Next Commodity Boom: How Tokenisation is Connecting African Markets to Global Capital
By Connie BloemKearabilwe NonyanaSean EmeryCandice Dawkshas
15:05pm - 15:20pm GMT+2
Networking Area
Networking Break
15:20pm - 15:50pm GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Leopoldt Jansen van Vuuren
Panel: Stablecoins in South Africa: From Concept to Implementation and Regulation
By Leopoldt Jansen van VuurenWiehann OlivierCarel de JagerSean Emery
15:50pm - 16:20pm GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Priyanka Khanduja
Fireside Chat: Stablecoins vs Mobile Money: Competition or Convergence?
By Trevor GoottPriyanka KhandujaGrace Anyetei
16:20pm - 16:50pm GMT+2
Plenary Room, Moderator: Stephen Boakye
Panel: Crypto, Tax & Cross-Border Capital: Are South Africa's Tax Rules Ready for the Digital Economy?
By Stephen BoakyeProfessor Shaun ParsonsTertius TroostWiehann Olivier