Chris Becker is an economist turned digital banker. His role at TymeBank, South Africa’s first Cloud-based bank, affords him deep insight into cutting-edge digital banking and payments governance. Chris has also participated in several ground-breaking initiatives employing blockchain in modern banking and payment services. Notably, he led the development of a custody system for digital
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Paul is an independent consultant with well over 20 years of experience in advising financial services businesses on strategy and innovation. He has worked with the largest corporations and the smallest startups. In recent years, his focus has been on the disruption driven by blockchains and digital assets, and the impact they will have on
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Nevellan Moodley is a Partner and Head of Financial Services Advisory at BDO South Africa. He leads a national team across credit, regulatory compliance, internal audit, data and analytics, financial risk management, technology audit, technology risk, AI, crypto, and broader digitisation. As BDO South Africa’s Fintech Lead, he supports banks and insurers in partnering with
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Alex Pryor is a seasoned technology executive with over 20 years of experience in the industry. She is Head of Digital Innovation at EOH – one of Africa’s largest IT companies – where she focuses on identifying and implementing emerging technologies that drive business growth and value. In addition Alex is a thought leader and
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Karabo is a strategic and results-driven Leader with a proven track record of building and scaling comprehensive compliance functions in high-growth fintech environments and the banking sector. Successfully established and led a compliance department in a high growth Crypto Start-up from the ground up, embedding regulatory best practices and risk-conscious culture across the organization. A
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Elizabeth Rossiello is the CEO and founder of global payments and FX fintech AZA Finance (previously known as BitPesa). Founded in Nairobi in 2013, AZA Finance empowers companies to move money, exchange currencies, make payments and settle easily across all major African and G20 currencies. AZA Finance was also the first ever to trade digital
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Ernest Mbenkum is a prominent figure in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, recognized for his contributions as an entrepreneur, innovator, and thought leader. He is the founder and CEO of the Bantu Blockchain Foundation (Bantu), an organization dedicated to creating a sustainable and inclusive blockchain infrastructure for emerging markets, particularly in Africa. Ernest is also
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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 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
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