Rajiv Babooram

Rajiv has built a 12+ years’ successful career in the field of Financial Services, Business Development, Economic Development, Investment promotion, Economic Diplomacy, and International Marketing. Currently, Rajiv is working at the Economic Development Board of Mauritius and specialises in advising Fintech’s and Digital assets firms on Virtual Assets Licenses and fund structures. He also worked

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Joshua Chi-Yan Yau

Joshua is Head of Africa for Bybit, which aims to build Africa’s crypto infrastructure for the sophisicated traders, the newbies, the crypto investors, as well as the remittance and payment users, one stage at a time. He is currently driving one of the most focused and heaviest investments in Africa among crypto exchanges. Previously as

Chirayu Gandhi

Chirayu is an Associate Partner, Digital Business Builder and Fintech Leader for McKinsey in Africa. He specializes in building new digital businesses and innovative products in the banking sector. He has extensive experience and deep expertise in a wide range of digital banking topics (neo-banks, lending, payments, embedded finance, and crypto-banking). He serves and advises

Gugu Newman Nyathi

Gugu is the Founder of Ribbon Protocol, a Web3 health financing & information system platform.

Jonathan Ovadia

Jon is a serial entrepreneur and technology enthusiast that impressed at a very young age. At 16 Ovadia started a private hedge fund leveraging CFD’s with a focus on the fast growing technology consultancy firms. The same year Ovadia built LottoPool, an online lottery club allowing users to pool their funds in order to increase

Carel de Jager

Carel de Jager is a blockchain expert, engineer, and thought leader in cryptocurrency and financial innovation. As the Founder and CEO of SilverSixpence, a Pretoria-based blockchain engineering firm, he leads a team specializing in cutting-edge solutions for cryptocurrency trading, technical compliance, exchange solvency audits, and proof-of-reserves for major exchanges like Binance, Crypto.com, KuCoin, and Luno.

Ashlin Perumall

Ashlin Perumall is a partner at Baker McKenzie and leads the IPTech practice group in Johannesburg. He specializes in technology-focused transactions, including M&A and venture capital, and advises on the commercial aspects of intellectual property, such as licensing and commercialization. With over a decade of experience, Ashlin is a go-to advisor for companies in the

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Matthew Higginson

Matt is part of McKinsey’s leadership team for Financial Services and Risk Practices and is the partner lead for McKinsey Values in Boston. He leads our work in collections in North America and is a member of the firm’s global operating committee in collections. Matt’s experience covers financial-service clients in North America, Central America, the