Finovate Africa 2018 | KNect365 (An Informa Business) | 27 November 2018 | The Westin Cape Town, Convention Square, Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

Finovate's newest event will support the network of financial institutions, telecoms and fintechs building a new infrastructure. See the newest technologies demoed live on stage and hear insights from market leaders and disruptors.

2018 Speakers

Aneesa Ameer
Vice President, Strategic Change, Absa

Benedict Anyalenkeya
CIO, Accion Microfinance Bank

William Artingstall
Treasury and Trade Solutions Head, Citi

Lois Aryee
Project Manager, ideas42

Adedana Ashebir
Regional Manager, Africa, Village Capital

Shina Atilola
Group Head, Strategy & Innovation, Sterling Bank

April Baloyi
Head of Business and Commercial Lending Products, Standard Bank

Johan Bosini
Partner, Cape Town, Quona

Clive Butkow
CEO, Kalon Venture Partners

Tawanda Chatikobo
Head. Digital Channels and Product, Nedbank Retail and Business Banking

Wambui Chege
Team Leader, Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity

Obins Choudhary
Vice President, Artificial Intelligence, Barclays Africa

Jaco Coetzee
CIO, FNB Fiduciary, FNB South Africa

Anne Conley
Capability Lead for Chatbots, Intelligent Automation Program, Standard Bank

Robyn Cooke
Head of eCommerce, TFG

Manasee Desai
Vice President, ideas42

Marième Diop
VC Investor in African Tech, Orange Ventures

Timo Dreger
Strategy & IR Manager, mybucks

Matthew Ferreira
Research Analyst, Cenfri

Isak Grobler
Head of Technology: Robotic Process Automation, Strategic Automation, Operations, Absa

Francois Groepe
Deputy Governor, South African Reserve Bank

Martin Grunewald
Executive Head Payments Business, BankservAfrica

Rufaida Ismail
Head of Payments, Investec

Aalia Kara
Head: Advanced Analytics, Absa

Chris Lister-James
Founder, Vantage Capital

John Madden
Chief Operating Officer, Vitality Group

Mandla Magagula
Blockchain Consultant, Rand Merchant Bank

Declan Magero
Founding Partner, Afrinet Capital

Dr Lance Mambondiani
CEO, Steward Bank

Philip Marais
CEO, LaunchLab

Saret Marais
Head of Digital Engagement & Enablement, Absa

Simon Marland
Executive Head of Business Intelligence Solutions, Nedbank

Dr. Nyankomo Marwa
Senior Lecturer in Econometrics and Development Finance, University of Stellenbosch Business School

Khomotso Molabe
CIO for Personal and Business Banking in South Africa, Standard Bank

John Molanda
Product Innovation Head, Corporate and Investment Banking Cash Management, Absa

Ridwaan Moolla
Head of Digital Enablement and Strategy - Wealth, Investment Management and Insurance (WIMI), Absa

Caroline Mozhendi
Head Agribusiness (mAgri & Rural Sector), Econet Wireless Zimbabwe

Chipo Mushwana
Head of Emerging Payments, Nedbank

Paul Musoke
Director - Financial Instituions, FSD Africa

Siobhain O'Mahony
Head of Analytics, Investec

Ejikeme Obiano
Head, Innovation and Solutions, Heritage Bank

Kolawole Oladejo
Head, Service Innovation & Measurement, First City Monument Bank

Oyetunde Oyekunle
Head of Digital & Personal Banking, United Bank for Africa

Kelly Parkhurst
Lead: New Digital, Absa Capital

Soo Patterson
Product Owner - Absa ChatBanking Bots and Channels, Absa

Challenge Phiri
Consultant, FISDZim

Wendy Pienaar
Group Card and Emerging Payments / Head of Emerging Payments, Standard Bank

Ian Putter
Head: Unified Finance Development, Innovation and CA Training, Standard Bank

Sahar Salama
CEO and Founder, TPAY Mobile

Rostan Schwab
Africa Head Fintech Investments, IFC

Yudhvir Seetharam
Head of Analytics, Insights and Research, FNB South Africa

Darren Segal
Head of Moonshots, Standard Bank

Noha Shaker
Head Of Digital Ventures & Strategic Alliance, Digital Banking & GTS, Commercial International Bank Egypt

Herman Singh
Group Chief Digital Officer, MTN

Chris Skinner
Fintech Author and Blogger

Justin Stanford
Partner, 4dI Capital

Paul Steenkamp
Founder, Creative Leadership Collective

Magnus Taljaard
Head of Digital Platforms and Experience Design, Standard Bank

Paul Templeton
Lead Enterprise Architect: Enabling Systems, Standard Bank

Cheryl Trapani
Head - Business Solutions Engineering, Standard Bank

Dr Konstantinos Tsanis
Chief Transformation Officer, Wema Bank

Stuart van der Veen
Head: Disruption and Innovation, Nedbank

Joe van Niekerk
CIO and COO, Discovery Vitality

Keet van Zyl
Co-Founder & Partner, Knife Capital

Tobie van Zyl
CEO & Founder, Bettr Finance

Ruan Wannenburg
Head of Technology: Africa, Rand Merchant Bank

Nomonde White
Joint Head of Infrastructure Services, Africa Technology, Absa

Chris Williamson
Managing Executive: M-Pesa, Voda

2018 Sponsor & Exhibitor

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Fund Rural Prosperity

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• ALTRON
• BANSERV AFRICA

EXHIBITOR:
• modata