Felix Macharia, CEO and co-founder at Kotani Pay, an on/offramp blockchain orchestration infrastructure. Felix has worked in a variety of roles in the African blockchain space since 2016 including as a researcher for the institute of Blockchain Studies, co-trustee of the African Digital Asset Framework (ADAF), and co-founder of proof of stake node validator EOS
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Marius is the General Manager for Africa at Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company with its head office in London. He joined Luno in 2016 and helped the company grow to a diverse team of 300 people across three continents. Marius wholeheartedly shares his company’s philosophy of upgrading the world to a better financial system.
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Stafford Masie provides insights and views on technology-related matters and industry developments. A regular guest on TV and Radio, he is also much-in-demand as a keynote presenter. This sees him presenting at conferences and in-house strategy sessions as a technology futurist. An inventor in the payment device space, he launched – through his company ThumbzUp – the Payment Pebble™ and the Payment Blade handset. Apart from having enjoyed a
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Mr Naicker is an accomplished fintech professional with vast experience and qualification within the Cryptoasset and Blockchain technology space. He has an innate passion for learning, with a multi-faceted knowledge of the tech, finance and investment industry. Throughout his career he has accumulated a number of blockchain and crypto certifications and accolades under his belt,
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Yael Tamar is the Co-CEO and Co-founder of SolidBlock, a new fundraising vehicle, offering a compliant global platform for the issuance and trade of digital securities backed by real estate and other assets. Yael is a financial strategist, speaker, advisor, and mentor with over a decade of experience. Yael is a regional co-chair at FIBREE, the Foundation for
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Adeshina is the CEO and Co-founder for One Kiosk Africa; an online retail platform leveraging technology to connect small and medium scale retailers, supermarkets and farmers to customers. One Kiosk leverages its channels to bridge the access to market gap as well as access to finance gaps associated to small retail businesses in Nigeria and
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Paxful’s Africa Community Coordinator, Modibe Matsepane, holds a BSc Degree in Geology and Environmental Management from the University of Johannesburg. Matsepane’s journey with Paxful started when the firm hired him as a consultant to organise a bitcon finance education event at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He further assisted the firm with the
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Nathaniel Luz is an award winning libertarian, lead for Dash Nigeria and one of Africa’s foremost blockchain and digital currency experts. Nathaniel Luz is the author of Digital is the Cash book, an easy guide to understanding the past, present and future of money. The book, available in English, French, Spanish and German is available
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Sophia Shluger is the Managing Director for Amber Group in the UK, responsible for institutional expansion both in the UK and across EMEA. A financial services executive and global business development professional, she has 10+ years of track record and deal-making experience from Goldman Sachs, XP, Santander Investment Securities and American Express, among others. Before
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Herco is a Senior Fintech Specialist in the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Fintech Unit, having previously worked as a Senior Economist in the SARB’s International Economic Relations and Policy Department, where he focused on international financial regulatory issues. Herco is also the current Chairperson of the South African Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group’s (IFWG) Crypto
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