Blockchain Africa Conference 2023 | AfriConEU | 15 March 2023 | The Galleria - Conference & Events Venue, 10 Eastern Service Rd, Eastgate, Sandton, 2090, South Africa

This conference, which has attracted over 9000 attendees from 160 countries since its first edition in 2015, is a premier event that showcases the latest in blockchain and cryptocurrency innovation and disruption.

Attendees can expect to hear from world-class international and local speakers, with 1000+ global attendees, and to gain valuable insights, engage in debates and panel discussions on how blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are transforming how business is done globally and particularly on the African continent.

The conference will explore the big ideas, market disruptors, top industry trends and technologies that are shaping the future marketplace. The conference will focus on global trends with a specific focus on Africa and how market players can capitalize on the opportunities and respond to the challenges that arise from blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.

2023 Speakers

MASTER OF CEREMONIES:

Fifi Peters
Award Winning Financial Journalist | Anchor at CNBC Africa | Host of SAfm Market Update with Moneyweb

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Rene Reinsberg
Co-Founder of Celo and President at Celo Foundation

Junde Yu
Head of Global Sales, Cobo

Briana Marbury
Executive Director of the Interledger Foundation

SPEAKERS:

Seamus Rocca
CEO of Xapo Private Bank

John Kamara
Founder of Adanian Labs and Afyarekod and Chairman of The African Blockchain Centre

Akeem Lawal
Divisional Chief Executive Officer at Interswitch Group

Andrew Whitworth
Policy Director, EMEA at Ripple

Julien Bouteloup
Founder of Stake Capital Group (Stake DAO, BlackPool Finance, rekt.news) and Curve Core Team Member

Yosuke Yoshida
Co-CEO of EMURGO MEA

Kevin Imani
CEO at Sankore 2.0 / NEAR Kenya

Ayn Du Bazane
Senior Fintech Analyst at the South African Reserve Bank and Chairperson of the Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group’s (IFWG) Crypto Asset Regulatory (CAR) Working Group

Robert Brine
Director, Cyber & Intelligence Solutions at Mastercard - Southern, Mastercard

Gerhard Van Deventer
Senior Fintech Analyst at The South African Reserve Bank

Maria Eisner Pelch
Senior Manager, ESG and Sustainability Lead at Concordium

Marius Reitz
General Manager for Africa at Luno

Cristian Voaides
CEO and Founder of Welthee

Maya Caddle
Chief of Staff at Nestcoin

Felix Macharia
CEO and Co-founder of Kotani Pay

Sunath Kolazhi
Vice President MEA at Settlemint

Mandy Naidoo
Chief Compliance Officer at Yellow Card

Brooks Entwistle
Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Ripple

Prof. Angela Itzikowitz
Executive in En Safrica’s Banking and Finance Department

Ernest Mbenkum
Founder and CEO of Interstellar Inc. and Founder of the Bantu Blockchain Foundation

Dr. Christopher Cleverly
President at Tingo International Holdings

Mark Chirnside
CEO and Co-Founder at Xago

Dr. Ntuthuko Bhengu
Founder and Executive Chairman, Alchemy Health Technologies (pty) Ltd

Hannes Wessels
Country Head of South Africa at Binance

Cedric Ming
Senior Consultant, Legal, Regulatory & Compliance at EY , EY Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Bettina Schneider
Professor of Cybersecurity and Blockchain at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Ran Neu Ner
Co-founder and CEO at Onchain Capital and Founder at Crypto Banter

Alex Pryor
Head of Digital Innovation at EOH

Tunji Odumuboni
Executive Director - Africa at EMTECH

Rajiv Babooram
Lead Professional at the Economic Development Board - Mauritius

Joshua Chi-Yan Yau
Head of Africa at Bybit

Chirayu Gandhi
Associate Partner at Mc Kinsey & Company, Johannesburg

Gugu Newman Nyathi
Founder at Ribbon Protocol

Jonathan Ovadia
Co-founder and CEO at OVEX

Carel De Jager
Research Group Leader at CSIR for DLT/Blockchain

Dr. Caroline Maslo
Senior Medical Advisor at Netcare Limited

Ahren Posthumus
CEO and Co-Founder of Momint

Matthew Higginson
Partner at McKinsey & Company, Boston

2023 Sponsors

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Cobo
• Xapo Bank

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Mastercard

OPENING NIGHT VIP DINNER SPONSOR:
• Xapo Bank

LIVE-STREAM SPONSOR:
• TDB

VIP LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• Concordium

COCKTAIL AND NETWORKING EVENT SPONSOR:
• CSIR

ENERGY DRINK SPONSOR:
• Serum