As the Head of Strategic Partnerships at Sumsub, Tom is driving revenue growth and strategic alliances across global markets and Africa’s financial ecosystem. He is a seasoned business development and partnerships leader, and an expert in fintech and digital Identity. Tom has a proven track record in partner development and compliance innovation. He is leading
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Bontle Mogane works at the intersection of fintech, digital banking, and technology transformation, leading the delivery of large-scale financial services platforms and digital lending solutions across Africa. With more than 15 years of experience spanning banking, financial services, and telecommunications, she has built a career driving complex technology programmes that enable innovation, operational excellence, and
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Francis Ogbuka is the Head of Africa at Utila, an enterprise-grade digital assets infrastructure platform. In this capacity, he leads the company’s market entry and growth strategy across the continent, empowering institutional clients, fintechs, and banks to securely manage digital assets and stablecoin operations. A seasoned digital assets and payments executive with over 14 years
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Professor Shaun Parsons is a professor in the College of Accounting at UCT, where he is the head of the Tax section and teaches postgraduate Taxation. He is also the co-ordinator of the College’s Scholarship portfolio. Professor Parsons holds a PhD in Taxation and an MCom (Taxation), as well as postgraduate diplomas in Accounting and
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Muhammad Nana is the Senior Vice President, Digital Partnerships for the Eastern Europe Middle East, and Africa region. In this role, he is responsible for formulating and executing Mastercard’s strategic intent with Digital Partners across 82 markets and managing a team who holds key relationships with these partners across the region. These Digital Partners includes
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Robyn Lawson is a senior product and operations leader spearheading the development of digital asset products within Absa Bank. She holds Chartered Accountant designations in both South Africa and New Zealand and has over 15 years of experience across finance, internal audit, operations, and data analytics. With professional roots in finance, risk, and business enablement,
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Grace Anyetei is a customer-focused business leader, speaker, and storyteller with global experience spanning Remittance, Card Issuance, Payments Processing, and Blockchain. Her leadership is driven by a deep commitment to understanding customer needs and designing strategies that enhance the customer experience while driving sustainable business growth. She has a proven track record in past organisations
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Nkahiseng Ralepeli is the Director of Strategic Operations at BlockTower, where he focuses on strategy, operating model design, go-to-market & expansion, partnerships and execution across digital financial services, stablecoins and next-generation payment infrastructure. Broadly, his ambit includes Digital Assets and Agentic Commerce. Prior to his current role, he was the VP of Product for Digital
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Connie works at the intersection of digital assets, fintech, and strategy, building and leading businesses, products, and platforms within modern financial markets. She is passionate about navigating complex, regulated environments where technology, capital, and incentives converge, creating systems that unlock better outcomes for issuers, investors, and the broader market. Her experience spans strategy, product development,
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Tertius is an Associate Director in the Corporate Tax Consulting division based in Cape Town. He has over a decade of experience in tax, where he has developed a particular focus on international taxation and complex corporate tax matters. During his career, Tertius has advised a broad range of local and multinational clients on cross-border
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