ECOM Africa 2023 | ECOM Africa | 17 April 2023 | Cape Town International Convention Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Join 2,500+ of Africa’s brightest minds in retail, fintech, cybersecurity, fulfilment and logistics, and marketing.

The event consists of hyper-focused keynotes, panels, and live Q&A sessions to give you practical insights and expert guidance to help take your business to the next level.

The conference will explore the future of commerce with a global community of experts and practitioners. You’ll walk away with insights on the direction of future technologies, best practices, and change management in the digital era. Most business leaders are aware of the large changes that are impacting most industries. It is critical that business leaders are aware of the challenges they must deal with in order to maintain and grow profit margins. Resilience has become a buzzword since the pandemic, but resilience is not enough, business leaders need to create anti-fragile organisations that not only survive but thrive in a time of accelerated change. Digital transformation requires agility, agility being the ability of an organisation to renew itself, adapt, change quickly, and succeed in a rapidly changing, ambiguous, turbulent environment. Experts will explore retail and e-commerce, fintech and payments, cybersecurity, fulfilment and logistics, and the future of marketing to give business leaders and practitioners practical insights and expert guidance for doing business in the digital era.

2023 speakers:

Jonathan Flender
Managing Director, Digital Retail, Majid al Futtaim

Kirill Petropavlov
SVP-Digital Assets Management, Cryto & Equities, DBS

Wongama Millie
Group eCommerce & Digital Marketing Lead, PCG

Daniel Adaramola
Chief Information Security Officer CISO, SunTrust Bank

Mpilo Nxaba
Group Digital Marketing Manager, Clicks Group

Vincent Viviers
Co-CEO/Head of Ecommerce, Pink 'n Pay

Alice Anangi
Member and Founder, Crypsense

Arun Varughese
Head of Tech, media and telecom, RMB

Mlindi Mashologu
Deputy Director General, ICt Information Society and Capacity Development

Vinny Lingham
Co-Founder and CEO, Waitroom

Khanyisa Noganta
Principal Data Scientist - International Markets Big Data and Al, vodacom

Johann Van Tonder
CEO, Awa

Ashish Goel
Head of Marketing, Zoho

George Meinie
CEO, AutoTrader

Kasagan Moodley
Country Manager, Africa Region, worldpay

Diana Bett
CEO, Purpink

Dumi Mahlangu
Founder, Chepa

Natalis Simpson
Supply Chain Fulfillment Manager, Ackermans

Michael Ros
Co-founder, bidroom

Kathy Nicolaou-Manias
Digital Innovations Expert and Technical Advisor

Andrew Bourne
Regional Manager, Southern Africa, Zoho

Nadia Aniff
Head of Brand, Cape Town Tourism

Darren Franks
CEO

Tanuj Shekhar
VP - Group Head of Logistics, Jumia

Andy Higgins
Managing Director, bobgroup

Ajish Pillai
Commercial Director, MEA, India & Pakistan, Insider

Grant Hughes
Principal Security Architect, Engen

Sasha Thompson
Ecommerce Content Manager, Under Armour

Caitlin Nash
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Loudhaller and The Global Innovation Group

Sayish Naidu
Group E-Commerce Manager

Sumit Shekhar
Head of Ecommerce, Konga

Tatiana Ndlovu
Group Head Ecommerce, OldMutual

Shahil Maharaj
Managing Director, CEO and Co-founder, Planet54.com

Faseeg Osman
Cybersecurity Executive

Paul Grobler
Ecommerce Manager, Samsonite

Jenna Bloch
Director - Marketing, loot.co.za

Lebo Gunguluza
Executive Chairman, Gem

Rian Van Jaarsveld
Director Sales and Operations, Live Online Retail

Niamh NicLiam
Director: Growth & Partnerships, Incubeta

Ryan Hotz CA (SA)
Supply Chain Management Consultant, re:Trade

Sidney Mzwakhe Ngwenya
Executive, Estee Lauder Companies

David Hobbs
Customer Operations Specialist and Leader, onedayonly

Chelsea Owens
Business Unit Director, Incubeta

Lelen Udayan
Head of Customer Experience, Mukuru

Philippe Resnik
Director - Group Head Planning and Performance, Jumia

Thamsanqa (TK) Khanye
CISM CISSP CEH ITIL COBIT - IT Risk, Cybersecurity and Compliance Manager, Astron

Desmond Brown
GM - Business Development, TouchBase

Ncumisa Hlapo
Business Data Intelligence, medscheme

Lloyd Naidoo
Head of Innovation and Integration

Dave Omoregie
VP Technology Operations and Supply Chain, konga

Wendy Knowler
Consumer Journalist, Consumer Insights Specialist, CapeTalk

Ntlantla Skweyiya
National Ecommerce Key Account Manager, Himalaya

Dalene Deale
Executive Head, Secure Citizen

Andre du Plooy
Acting Managing Executive, Retail & CPG, BCX

Mark Brits
Executive Director

Manie van Schalkwyk
CEO, SAFPS

Ashley Boggon
Ecommerce Lead - Africa, Coty

Dr. Martha Boeckenfeld
Metaverse Evangelista, Dean & Partner, Metaverse Academy

Desmond Kurz
CEO and Founder, Des Vader Consulting

Agnes (Prosper) Skatulla
Head of Marketing, Carrol Boyes

Kerry Clark
Founder and CEO

Raminta Kersulyte
Founder and Strategist, WFMA

Nick Dreyer
CEO, Veldskoen

Marko Stavrou
CEO, SC

Lauren Hartzenberg
Managing Editor - Retail, Bizcommunity

Qiqa Mpengesi
Ecommerce Manager, Decathlon

2023 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• worldpay from FIS
• Huawei

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Zoho

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Paypal
• Awa
•FNB

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Sky Net
• LOR (Live Online Retail)
• BCX
• Mdh Digital
• Growth from Knowledge
• Lease Tracker
• Insider
• TouchBasePro
• Netcore
• FarEye
• Reputation House
• Bidvest mobility