Ciaran Adrian Ryan

Ciaran has written for most financial publications in SA. He spent time as an editor in California before returning to SA, and has been involved in several business start-ups, including a gold mining venture in Ghana. He is a long-standing writer for Moneyweb and is proud to have witnessed the phenomenal growth of Moneyweb Crypto

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Badi Sudhakaran

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

Prof. Angela Itzikowitz

Professor Angela Itzikowitz is an Executive in ENSafrica’s Banking and Finance department. She specialises in banking and financial market regulation, including finance and regulatory reform, card and related electronic payment instruments, derivatives, loan agreements, collective investment schemes, insurance, money laundering and debt origination and securitisation. She has done a significant amount of work in South

Gerhard van Deventer

Gerhard is a Senior Fintech Analyst in the South African Reserve Bank’s Fintech Unit, focused on financial market innovation, including being the product owner for Project Khokha. He was also the product owner for the establishment of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG) Innovation Hub, and co-leads the IFWG’s Regulatory Sandbox. He holds degrees in

Maria Eisner Pelch

Maria Pelch is a Senior Manager at Concordium, a public science-backed blockchain designed to balance privacy with accountability through its novel ID framework. At Concordium, Maria is leading the work on ESG and sustainability focusing on building transparent, trusted Carbon Markets and creating a new paradigm for verified ESG reporting for corporates. Additionally, Maria is

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Ian Putter

Ian currently holds the title of Head Blockchain COE in the Innovation team at Standard Bank. He collaborates and partners with specialists and organisations locally and internationally as well as Standard Bank teams to determine how this emerging technology can be leveraged best for enhanced efficiency and controls including focusing on new business models focusing

Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr

Kristina Lucrezia is the Editor-in-Chief of Cointelegraph. M.A. in political science and classical philology she is a passionate communicator promoting innovations, translating them into simple languages and helping visionaries to be heard.