Prior to Quidax, had worked across several business sectors including; real estate, investment banking, fashion and logistics. For Buchi, starting Quidax was in response to a negative experience when he first attempted to buy Bitcoin. As CEO of Quidax, Buchi is driven by an innate passion to make it easy for individuals and businesses in
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Roselyne is an economist, youth mentor and blockchain strategy consultant. She is the Director of Growth and User Acquisitions at Pesabase and Chief Marketing Officer at Kesholabs Blockchain Centre, a Startup Studio in Kenya, Africa. She is a keynote speaker and thought leader in Africa’s budding blockchain ecosystem, having spoken in international conferences &media platforms
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Marc Taverner is the Executive Director of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (inatba.org), the pre-eminent nonprofit organization supporting the growth of DLT & blockchain technologies. INATBA does this by engaging public and private audiences to address and reduce frictions that inhibit market growth. As executive director, Marc works with INATBA’s members to host
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Farzam is the CEO and Co-Founder of VALR.com, a platform that bridges the gap between our traditional financial system and the new world of cryptocurrencies. He was previously the Blockchain Lead at Rand Merchant Bank and the FirstRand Group, and was the inaugural Chairperson of the South African Financial Blockchain Consortium. He previously worked at
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Richard Ells balances nearly three decades of successful entrepreneurship that include still running Sitewizard.com and Retortal.com and now leads one of the world’s fastest-growing cryptocurrency projects that has its very own global freelance platform that does not charge freelancers any fees or commissions and does not require them to have a bank account.
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Ehis is Conflux Network Africa Regional Marketing and Business Lead. He has a Master’s Degree in International Economics and Business from Nankai University, China. He is passionate about blockchain technology and its impact in Africa. Over a year ago, Conflux network set base in Africa and has partnered with a couple of reputable African startups
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Tone has worked on Wall Street for almost 10 years starting as a Risk Analyst at Bear Stearns and later becoming a VP at JP Morgan Chase in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. His expertise is in Economic Trends, Trading and Risk Analysis. Ever since getting involved in the Crypto Currency ecosystem in
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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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