Julien Bouteloup

Blockchain OG. DeFi Builder. HW Eng. First Flash Loan of the history. Massive tech investor “The more your share, the more you get”. Julien holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the USA and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from France where he specialised in Artificial Intelligence, decentralised systems and security back in

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Mandy Naidoo

Mandy Naidoo, a dynamic and motivated professional with two decades of experience in Compliance – Financial Services AML/CFT, Financial Crime & Ethics Programs, has a proven global Compliance track record of success which includes working with the DOJ Monitor team on the MoneyGram Deferred Prosecution Agreement and upliftment of their Africa & Global AML/CFT &

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Brooks Entwistle

Brooks Entwistle is the SVP of Global Customer Success and Managing Director for APAC and MENA at Ripple. Prior to joining Ripple, he served as Chief Business Officer International for Uber, responsible for business development and the firm’s relationships across Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. Previously, he was the CEO of Everstone Capital, a

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Michelle Chivunga N

A digital transformation/ blockchain professional and investor with major access to an extensive network of global stakeholders in the digital economy and financing space. Michelle’s first engagement relating to the digital economy/blockchain was in 2009 and has since then been leading in evaluating the growth of the digital economy and potential of emerging technologies such

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Gwera Kiwana

Gwera is a fintech and web3 expert with a particular interest on where both areas intersect. She’s spent the last few years building and scaling fintechs. After spending time in the trenches with her own payments venture, she joined Monzo to scale their customer ops and internal product as the company grew from 100k to

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Mark Chirnside

Mark Chirnside is the CEO and Co-Founder of Xago. He is an extremely successful, experienced global executive and board-level expert, guiding companies to grow and mature their digital strategy and ultimately succeed in their digital-led transformation. Highly people-focused, technology and business astute, Mark has an outstanding track-record of owning and implementing digital strategy and innovation

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Duncan Muchangi

Duncan Muchangi is a distinguished venture capital investor with a vast experience in technology entrepreneurship and operations in Africa. He has over a decade of experience in the technology industry, specializing in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship in various sectors such as Fintech, E-commerce, AI/Digital Identity, and Web3.0. Duncan is currently dedicated to investing and assisting

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Sheila Warren

Graduate, Harvard College and Harvard Law. Began career as a Wall Street attorney before turning to philanthropy and non-profit tech over a decade ago. Has represented banks, philanthropists and progress non-profits. Designed and launched NGOsource, a service focused on international grant making. Most recently, Vice-President, Strategic Alliances and General Counsel, TechSoup, the global social enterprise

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Hannes Wessels

Hannes Wessels is the General Manager of Southern and Francophone Africa for Binance, the world’s foremost blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, currently spearheading business operations in these regions.  Prior to joining Binance, he held the position of Head of Global Banking, South Africa, at HSBC, where he led HSBC’s corporate and investment banking business

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