Converge Africa 2024 | Vuka Group | 21 April 2024 | CTICC (Cape Town International Convention Centre), Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

A platform for professionals, businesses, and experts in the digital commerce industry to connect and build valuable networks.

This event is committed to promoting collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and partnerships among diverse industry segments.
• Retail and E-commerce
• Fintech and Payments
• Digital Security
• Logistics and Fulfilment
• Digital Marketing
• Customer Experience

This influential conference and exhibition serves as a meeting ground where professionals from e-commerce, fintech, payments, digital security, logistics, digital marketing and other related fields will converge, share insights, forge strategic alliances, and explore new business opportunities.

2024 Speakers

ADVISORY BOARDS:

Johann Van Tonder
CEO, AWA Digital

Lavina Ramkissoon
Advisor, African Union

Bright Gameli Mawudor
Cybersecurity Leader and Guru, Crystal Intelligence

Asha Patel
Founder and CEO , Ex- Google Sub-Saharan Africa Head B2B Marketing, Vistara Digital

Lesego Ramphomane
Head of Technology, ABSA Group

Darren Franks
Chief Executive Officer, Fintech Association of South Africa

Kath Sharfman
Advisory Board Member: Africa, CMO Council

SPEAKERS:

Paul Brown
Managing Director, Hirsch's Homestores

Jared Price
Social Media Manager, Hollywood Bets

Sascha Breuss
Co-founder, Ridge

Suren Naidoo
Group Chief Information Security Officer, The Foschini Group - TFG

Richard Eberlein
Head of Marketing, Homechoice

Ashley Singh
Chief Information Officer, Sanlam Corporate

Danielle Lawrence
Chief Operating Officer, Fintech Association of South Africa and titc.io

Amanda Lepar
Chief Commercial Officer, Zando.co.za

Freddy Mahhumane
Chief Executive Officer, KasiD Pty Ltd

Michael Griffin
CEO, ADDaBIT

Tatiana Ndlovu
Group Head Ecommerce and Digital Marketing, Old Mutual

Carel de Jager
DLT Research Group Leader, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Nils Körber
Managing Director, Ringier

Layla Ismailov Walton
Co-founder and Managing Director, WildCat

Carla Pullen
Customer Experience & Loyalty Manager, Cape Union Mart Group

Dmitriy Anderson
CIO & Head of E-commerce and Marketplace Strategy, Leroy Merlin

Sizwe Ndlovu
Chief Technology Officer, Pineapple

Jessy Severins
Group Advertising Operations Director, Jumia Group

Bunmi Cynthia Adeleye
Chief Strategy Officer, Retail Supermarkets Nigeria limited

Ajish Pillai
Commercial Director, Insider

Andrew Bourne
Regional Manager, Zoho

Wongama Millie
Group eCommerce & Digital Marketing Lead, The Prestige Cosmetics group

Afshon Wallace
CEO, AfriDelivery

Agnes Skatulla
Head of Marketing, Carrol Boyes Functional Art

Aprielle Oichoe
Board Member - Senior Advisor Africa, Center for Strategic Cyberspace & International Studies | President Women in Cyber Security Eastern Africa Affiliate, Women in Cybersecurity

Chris Scholtz
Ecommerce Manager, Under Armour

Engr. Harrison Nnaji
Group Chief Information Security Officer, FirstBank Nigeria & its Subsidiaries

Joanne Wilson
Chief Executive Officer, Dermalogica

Juan Seco
Chief Growth Officer and MD East Africa, Mukuru

Linah Maigurira
Head of Industry - Retail, Travel and Gaming, Google

Marco Lourenco
Head of Products, Takealot

Nick Dreyer
CoFounder, Veldskoen

Thomas Malada
Head of Products, Bidvest Bank Limited

Warrick Kernes
Chief Executive Officer and Board Member, The Insaka eCommerce Academy & The eCommerce Forum of Africa

David Hobbs
Customer Operations Specialist, OneDayOnly

Natalie Simpson
Supply Chain Fulfilment Manager, Ackermans

Alexis Rantloane
Senior E-commerce Manager + Channel lead, L'oreal Sub Saharan Africa

Dario Bianchi
Chief Digital Officer, MTN

Simon Hartley
Executive lead, delivery services - Group E-commerce, Massmart

Caroline Nelson
Country Manager, H&M South Africa

Diederick Stopforth
Sales and Marketing Exec, Skynet Worldwide Express

Deide Marais
CISO, Western Cape Government

Esther Munyi
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Sasfin

Tim Mitchell
Ex Deloitte, Digital Transformation & CX Leader | M&G Top 200 Young South Africans 2020

Tim Pillay
Executive: Group Technology Operations, Momentum Metropolitan Holdings Limited

Dr Jeanne Fredericks
Founder and CEO, The Change Club

Laurian Venter
Director, Onedayonly.co.za

Marjorie Saint Lot
Head of Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and Pakistan, Uber

Munyaradzi Nyikavaranda
Group Executive Head: Digital Analytics and Marketing Technology, Multichoice Group

Natasha Nefale
Business development specialist : API & Platforms, Chenosis

Nerissa Coetzee
General manager : Growth, M24 Logistics

Omeshnee Naidoo
Director : Consulting Business Services, Deloitte

Raynata Osman
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Vault Market

Valter Adão
Chief Executive officer and Digital Leader, Cadena Growth Partners

Chetan Chiba
Head of Technology, Chenosis

Grant Hughes
IT Manager & Cybersecurity & GRC, Engen

Dominic Wilhelm
Executive Director, The Global Trust Project

Katrin Gerdes
Marketing Manager, Forter

Ata Gokyldirim
Senior Consultant, Forter

Paul Raphaely
CEO, NOMU

Phenyo Gasebone
Group Manager - Gateways, Group Apps and Ayoba, MTN

Zak Haeri
Managing Director, GFK

Gosia Wajchert
Managing Director, Criteo Middle East and Africa

Garth Fraser
Market Manager, Tiger Brands CoE

Maon Seidel
Co-founder and CEO, The Ecommerce Counsel

2024 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Huawei

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Bidvest Mobility
• FarEye
• Freshworks
• Takealot com

GOLD SPONSORS:
• AWA
• Ecentric Payment Systems
• Forter
• Insider
• Netcore

SILVER SPONSORS:
• 365 Digital
• Akinon
• Chenosis
• CM.com
• GFK
• Infobip
• iOCO
• M24 Logistics
• Peach Payments
• Relex
• Sky Net
• Zoho