Nicholas Allen is Co-Founder and CEO of Arrel Technology, an Africa-first fintech where he leads the development of institutional infrastructure for digital assets, payments, and market connectivity. An electronic engineer (BSc summa cum laude, MSc) by training, Nicholas has spent over 20 years working at the intersection of engineering, financial systems, and emerging technology. Before
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James Preston is Marketing Director at Supra L1, and founder of GlobalCrypto.tv and Kernel.news. A crypto native since 2014, he founded SA Crypto, Africa’s first blockchain news site, and has led MarComms for Polkadot and Zeitgeist after leaving a lengthy career in radio at East Coast Radio.
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Trevor Goott is Yellow Card’s Head of Growth for the SADC region and a seasoned finance and payments executive with over 20 years building and scaling payment companies across Africa’s most complex, high-growth markets. A Chartered Accountant, he most recently led growth across Africa for dLocal, the Nasdaq-listed cross-border payments platform. At Yellow Card, Trevor
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As Chief Commercial Officer BlockTower, Aleks Andjelopolj, brings 20 years of experience in Financial Services, focusing on investment platforms, financial infrastructure, cryptocurrency product development, and emerging capital markets. BlockTower issues regulated stablecoins and the embedded wallet infrastructure that turns partner platforms into payment businesses. It is a licensed CASP and Cat I FSP (FAIS), with
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Larry has been instrumental in guiding Binance through Africa’s evolving digital assets landscape. With his extensive legal expertise, and complementary strategic, policy, regulatory and commercial (public and private) skillsets within the Traditional Finance and Fintech arenas, he ensures that Binance’s operations align with regional and global compliance standards, focusing on fostering responsible innovation through balanced
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Tanya Knowles is the Digital Cash and Securities Lead at ioBuilders. She was previously the Business Manager of Adhara, a global provider of liquidity management and international payment solutions for decentralised financial networks. Her previous roles have included Managing Executive of Fractal Solutions at Strate (Pty) Ltd, the South African CSD where she was tasked
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Priyanka Khanduja is a co-founder of dbi.inc, where she builds at the intersection of Web3, product and AI education. Through dbi.inc she runs Vibe Hive, a workshop programme that helps everyone from families to founders to corporate teams use AI with confidence. With 15+ years of experience across sectors, Priyanka thrives where brand storytelling, strategic
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Stephen Boakye is a Partner/Director at PwC South Africa and co-leads the firm’s Corporate Tax Consulting practice. With more than 16 years of experience in tax advisory and compliance, he specialises in helping financial institutions navigate complex tax matters across banking, insurance, asset management, and broader financial markets. Stephen is widely recognised for his expertise
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Mohil Subban is a Senior Manager and Emerging Technology Lead at PwC South Africa, where he leads the firm’s Centre of Excellence for Emerging Technology. With over 16 years of combined consulting and industry experience, Mohil helps organisations unlock business value through emerging technologies, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, automation, and innovation-led strategy. Mohil is recognised
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Dishen Govender is Head of Africa at Bitpanda Enterprise, where he leads institutional partnerships across the African financial services ecosystem, helping banks and fintechs explore and adopt enterprise grade digital asset infrastructure. With more than a decade of experience spanning digital assets, financial services, technology and emerging markets, Dishen has worked across strategy, operations, technology
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