Blockchain Africa Conference 2020 | Blockchain Africa | 11 March 2020 | Investec Johannesburg, 100 Grayston Dr, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

The African continent has massive challenges with transactions and doing business that, with the help of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, can be transformed into simpler and more efficient ways of working. The conference will explore how this technology can simplify and streamline systems and processes across various industries to reduce time, costs and fraud, become highly secure and transparent, and remove human error and inefficiencies.

Join us at Africa’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency conference and learn how companies and individuals alike are using this technology, what some of the most interesting use cases and applications are and what regulations are being considered and implemented across various jurisdictions.

Focus of the Conference:
• Enterprise Development
• Use Cases
• Regulation
• Interoperability and Scalability
• Social Good

2020 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Charles Hoskinson
Founder And CEO Of IOHK (Input Output Hong Kong), Founder Of Cardano And Director Of The Bitcoin Project

Tone Vays
Content Creator, Derivatives Trader And Consultant

Chris Becker
Blockchain Lead At Investec Private Banking

Akhona Damane
Office Of Digital Advantage At CSIR

SPEAKERS:

Linda Wang
Head Of International Expansion At ShapeShift

Gary De Beer
Application Development Specialist At BankservAfrica

Suvi Rinkinen
CEO At The Telos Foundation

Georges Foaleng
Founder Of Foaleng And Sonwa And Senior Risk Analyst At The Central Bank Of Cameroon

Matthieu Bouchaud
Digital Assets Lead At ConsenSys

Mervyn George
Innovation Strategy Lead For Africa At SAP

David Poupardin
Strategic Business Development Lead AM And Capital Markets At ConsenSys

Carmelle Cadet
Founder And CEO Of EMTECH

Fabien Tabarly
CEO Of NIGMA

Prof. Sope Williams-Elegbe
Deputy Director, African Procurement Law Unit At Stellenbosch University

Bronwyn Williams
Futurist, Economist And Trend Analyst

Jacquelene Friedenthal
Science And Technology Counselor At The Embassy Of Switzerland In Pretoria

Mpho Dagada
Member Of The Presidential Commission On The Fourth Industrial Revolution(4IR)

Loretta Joseph
Fintech And Regulatory Consultant To Financial Services Commission Mauritius, Blockchain Advisor At OECD, Fintech Advisor In Bermuda

Anrich Daseman
Senior Fintech Specialist At The South African Reserve Bank (SARB)

Paresh Daya
Co-Founder Of Blink And BECSA

Michelle Chivunga Nsanzumuco
Founder/CEO /Investor-Global Policy House ( Investments/Digital Economy/Blockchain Solutions) Senior Advisor Government Of Bermuda/African

Stephen Young
Co-Founder And Chief Product Officer At Coindirect And Clockwork.Money

Dr. Ntuthuko Bhengu
Founder And Executive Chairman, Alchemy Health Technologies (Pty) Ltd

Tanya Knowles (Master of Ceremonies)
Business Manager At Adhara, Faculty SingularityU SA, Chairperson SA Financial Blockchain Consortium And SA Ambassador For The Global Blockchain Business Council

Michael Glaros
Principal Program Manager, Azure Blockchain At Microsoft

Simon Dingle
CEO Of Inves Capital, South Africa Radio Presenter

Monica Singer
Creator Of Opportunities At ConsenSys

2020 Sponsors, Partner and Exhibitors

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Investec Private Banking
• Binance

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Finastra
• Algorand

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Telos Foundation

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Alt Coin Trader
• Input | Output
• Minebest

EVENT APP SPONSOR:
• Zilla

PREMIER MEDIA PARTNER:
• Cliff Central

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• Affiliate Bay
• Amedia
• AMB Crypto
• Big Blockchain Industry Group
• Bitcoin Africa
• Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Token
• Blockchain
• BlockNews
• The Brainstorm
• BNC
• Business Blockhchain HQ
• Cex.io
• CNE
• Coinsflare
• Coin Market Plus
• Cointellegraph
• Crypto Events
• Data Floq
• Hypertext
• ITWeb
• Payments & Cards Network
• Qbit Times
• SA Crypto
• Updates The Crypto