Richard de Sousa

AltCoinTrader was developed by experienced computer programmer Richard de Sousa in 2014. As an early adopter of Bitcoin, De Sousa says he wanted to bring cryptocurrency to the local South African community as buying cryptocurrencies from any exchange overseas was difficult and cumbersome, and so he decided to build his own platform in order to

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David Gitonga

David is the Director and Founder at BitcoinKE. He is a blockchain and crypto media consultant and journalist focused on Africa and passionate about the blockchain revolution taking place on the African continent.

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Tony Obiajuru

Tony Obiajuru is Nigeria’s foremost blockchain/cryptocurrency Event Host and Media Practitioner with a background in Broadcast Journalism. He started his career in the events and media industry in 2017 and today, is highly recognized for a demonstrated success in news gathering, broadcasting, excellent interview skills and hosting events. Tony works with Africa’s leading blockchain and

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Pretty Kubyane

My management consulting focus across nearly a decade ushered me into an industry disruption through the co-founding of Coronet Blockchain – an emerging technology solution geared to shift how hair exchanges hands across Africa’s ZAR 100 billion per year sector. A responsibility that sees me reshaping the future of this sector. I also possess a

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Ivars Zukovskis

A highly professional and experienced compliance leader in C-level capacity, a public speaker and thought leader. With masters in finance and MBA from Swiss Business School, Ivars has led companies through various challenges, from license applications, to building compliance programs from scratch, to crisis management and regulatory business improvement handling, to transitioning from MiFID I

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Dave Uhryniak

Dave Uhryniak is the Blockchain Strategy Director at TRON, a leading blockchain platform throughout the Asia Pacific, that is rapidly increasing presence and exposure in North America. Joining TRON in January 2022, Dave will be a visible part of the team driving that effort and will identify key opportunities within the broad blockchain ecosystem, and

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John Velissarios

John is the Global Managing Director, Blockchain Technology Lead at Accenture, based in London. He is part of Accenture’s specialist security capability with over 19 years of consulting experience across multiple business and industry sectors. John has worked in many geographies around the world bringing an international perspective to his delivery teams and clients. John is

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Bishnen Kumalo

Bishnen Kumalo has over twenty years of experience in the field of Transactional Banking, new Digital Technologies, Programme Delivery and Execution, Operational and Financial Management. Her working experience spans the African continent and Europe in various industries including Government and Corporate institutions. Most recently in her role as the Head of Mobile Money and Strategic

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Michael Awori

Michael Awori is a seasoned banker with over 20 years of experience in investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged finance as well as development finance. Throughout his career, he has advised and executed over US$ 20 billion of capital markets and M&A transactions, in Africa, and globally. As TDB’s Deputy CEO, Michael works closely with

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Dr. Praphul Chandra

With over 2 decades of experience in the software industry, Dr. Praphul worked with Hewlett Packard for 10 years and held various positions such as Senior Research Scientist, Research Manager and Principal Research Scientist. He also worked as a Software Engineer at Tachion Networks, USA, as a Design Engineer at Texas Instruments, USA and as

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