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
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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
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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
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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 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
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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.
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Alice is a technology entrepreneur, champion of emerging technologies, blockchain and digital assets adoption in Africa. She is a resourceful and innovative technical solutions and business development leader offering greater than a decade’s experience in blockchain, Web 3.0 technologies, fixed and wireless broadband, project operations, product management and new technology roll-outs. She is currently the
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Ayn du Bazane is a Senior Fintech Analyst at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) focussed on crypto assets. She is the Chair of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group’s (IFWG) Crypto Assets Regulatory Working Group (CAR WG), a regulatory structure that monitors and analyses the crypto asset ecosystem to inform and make recommendations to financial
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