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 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 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 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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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 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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Cedric Ming, MLaw, CAMS, is a Senior Consultant in the Legal, Regulatory & Compliance / Digital Law team at Ernst & Young (“EY”) in Switzerland. He is a seasoned business, legal, regulatory & compliance advisor focusing on Financial Markets Law, with a particular focus on IT (Blockchain, Metaverse, NFTs, Web3, RegTech and AI), as well
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At Parity, Siddharth is responsible for driving the adoption of Polkadot, Kusama and Substrate among enterprises. Prior, he has over a decade of leadership experience across high-tech industries in large corporations, growth-stage startups, and founding/executive leadership in early-stage startups. He holds a master’s from UC Berkeley and an MBA from INSEAD.
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Ruby’s interest lies in the intersection of innovative technology and frontier markets. She’s the Fund Partner at GreenHouse Capital Africa and also leading the diversity-focused acceleration program, GreenHouse Lab. GreenHouse Capital supports exceptional African entrepreneurs in building and scaling the next wave of pan-African technology companies by providing venture investment, strategic advice, business development services
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