Agenda
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TIME
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ACTIVITIES - DAY ONE
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SPEAKERS
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08:00AM - 09:00AM
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Breakfast, Networking and Exhibition
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09:00AM - 09:20AM
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Opening Keynote: Unlocking Africa’s Digital Future: The Role of Stablecoins in Driving Financial Inclusion
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Larry Cooke, Africa Head of Legal, Binance
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09:20AM - 09:40AM
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Keynote: Modernizing Global Money Infrastructure and Powering Africa’s Digital Economy
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Shahebaz Khan
Senior Vice President, Head of Commercial and Money
Movement Solutions, CEMEA, VISA
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09:40AM - 10:00AM
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Leading the Digital Finance Revolution in Africa -A Kenyan Regulator’s Perspective.
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Hon. Kimani Kuria- Chairperson,
Committee on Finance and National Planning Committee,
Kenya National Assembly
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10:00AM - 11:00AM
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Panel: Stablecoins at Work – Real Use Cases in Fintechs, African Business and SMEs.
Moderator: Paschal Okeke- Head of Growth & Commercial Strategy, CrissCross |
Felix Macharia- CEO, Kotani Pay
Morgan Williams- Co-Founder, Blockradar Lasbery Chioma Oludimu: Vice President of Global Operations and Managing Director of Yellow Card Nigeria Sandra Yao- Group Head: Cross Border Remittance & BaaS(Fintech), Ecobank Group |
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11:00AM - 11:30AM
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Coffee & Exhibition Networking
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11:30AM - 12:10PM
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Navigating the Stablecoin Space: Opportunities and Risks for Traditional Financial Institutions.
Moderator: Kearabilwe Nonyana, VIP Client Manager, PRIMEXBT |
Nkahiseng Ralepeli - VP of Products: Digital Assets- Tokenization & Stablecoins, Absa Group
Wiehann Olivier- Partner at Forvis Mazars | Head of FinTech and Digital Assets | Head of Private Equity Isaac Wabuge- Head of Sales and Business Development, YoguPay |
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12:10PM - 12:30PM
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The Role of Regulators in Providing Foundations for Industry-Led Stablecoin Infrastructure: Lessons from Project Khokha
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Sean Emery- CEO Rainfin & Chairman of the Tokenisation Forum- Fintech Association of South Africa (FINASA)
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12:30PM - 13:10
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Panel: The Rise and Implementation of Local Stablecoins in Africa
Moderator: Tony Olendo. CEO VIFI
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Simon Dingle - Co-Founder, ZARP Stablecoin
Ogedegbe Uyoyo - Managing Director, CNGN David Nandwa - CEO Honeycoin |
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13:10 - 14:20
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Lunch
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14:20 - 15:00
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Tracking Illicit Flows: AML, Fraud, and Wallet Forensics in Africa’s Stablecoin Ecosystem
Moderator: Robert Muoka, Senior Partner TMM Advocates |
Thalia Pillay - CEO, Orca Fraud
Brett Mostert - Specialist, Technology Advisory, Strategy, Optimisation & Enablement, Group Anti Financial Crime, Standard Bank Group Edwin Sikini, C.E.O Blockchain Technologies Carel de Jager- Founder, CEO at Sixpence |
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Building the Stablecoin Ecosystem in Africa: Perspectives from Developers, Accelerators, and Startups.
Moderator: Denzel Selokela Community Manager at Africa’s Blockchain Club |
Alex Hilton- Business Development Manager, Linum Labs
Nyari Samushonga- CEO, WeThinkCode Jarryd Kennedy Head of Investments, Africa at CV VC Victoria Jory- Strategic Engagement Lead, Alliance for Innovative Regulation |
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Scaling Everyday Stablecoin Use Across Africa with Telegram: Fonbnk x Tether × TON Playbook
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Duncan Muchangi - Global Head of Business Development at Fonbnk
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TIME
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ACTIVITIES - DAY TWO
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SPEAKERS
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08:00AM - 09:00AM
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Regulators Roundtable Breakfast (Invite-Only): Forging a Pan-African Regulatory Framework for Stablecoins
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09:00AM - 09:20AM
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Keynote: The Next Era of Money Movement : Where Visa Direct Meets Stablecoins.
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Ivan Ponomarov- VP - Head of VISA DIRECT, CEMEA
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09:20AM - 09:40AM
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Keynote: Cross-Border Stablecoin Payment Flows for Financial Institutions: Solving Interoperability, Compliance, Privacy, and Reversibility Challenges
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Anton Titov- Founder & CEO, RemiDE.xyz
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09:40AM - 10:00AM
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Leading the Digital Finance Revolution in Africa -A Kenyan Regulator’s Perspective.
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Hon. Kimani Kuria- Chairperson, Committee on Finance and National Planning Committee, Kenya National Assembly
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10:00AM - 10:30AM
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Fireside Chat: Taxation in the Age of Crypto – Understanding CARF, CRS & Digital Asset Obligations
Moderator: Meshack K Masibo, Fintech Lawyer |
Andrew Wes- Product Head for Corporate Income Tax, South Africa Revenue Services
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10:30AM - 11:10AM
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Positioning Stablecoin Regulation in Africa: Lessons from the GENIUS Act and VASP Bills
S. A Kakai- Legal Chef, Steakhouse Financial Director, Virtual Assets Chamber |
Larry Cooke- Head of Legal, Binance
Conrad Kraft- Managing Director at the Digital Euro Association (DEA) Lauren Cassells- Emerging Markets Program Lead, Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR) Breitner Nyantika- Head of Africa, Policy, Digital Currencies Governance Group. |
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11:10AM - 11:30AM
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Coffee & Exhibition Networking
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11:30PM - 12:10PM
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Stablecoins in Context: National Perspectives on stablecoins from African Policymakers
Moderator: Dr. Peter Onyango, CEO, Investcent & Founder of BTX Capital Limited |
Dr. Johann (Joe) van der Lith- Regulatory Specialist, Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA)
Dr. Seyram Pearl Kumah- Head of the Virtual Assets Regulation, Bank of Ghana Breitner Nyantika- Head of Africa, Policy, Digital Currencies Governance Group. |
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12:10PM - 12:50
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Panel: Stablecoin Adoption in Africa: Insights from Exchanges.
Moderator: Duncan Muchangi- Global Head - Business Development, Fonbnk |
Blake Player-Chief Commercial Officer- VALR
Saruni Maina, Regional Operations Lead - Africa, Binance Wilson Ogheneovo, Africa Region Manager, Bybit Tarris Arnold- Business Development Manager, South Africa, Luno |
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12:50PM - 14:00
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Lunch, Networking and Exhibition
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14:00 - 14:40
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Stablecoin Adoption in Francophone Africa: An overview of stablecoin adoption in Francophone Africa, covering market maturity, adoption metrics, real-world use cases, key risks and opportunities, and the region’s regulatory evolution.
Moderator: Eng.David Lumala, CTO InfyniSec |
Bogdan Dinu - Head of Product Innovation Central and Easter Europe, Middle East and Africa, VISA
Marius Okouin, COO & Co-Founder, Izichange |
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14:40 - 15:00
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Bringing African Capital Markets Onchain
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Tony Olendo, CEO Virtual Finance (ViFi)
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15:00 - 15:10
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AfriLance – a Web3-enabled micro-tasking marketplace connecting African freelancers to global opportunities.
WorkFlow – a no-code blockchain platform simplifying smart contract deployment and cross-chain applications. |
Nazire Mathe
Masibonge Shabalala |
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15:10 - 16:00
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Panel Session: Preparing for Africa’s Digital Currency Future.
Moderator: Dr. David Love, Researcher, South Africa–Swiss Chair on Blockchain Technology, the University of Johannesburg |
Anushka Soma-Patel – Principal Consultant, Lily Consulting
Julian Kanjere – Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Lohan Spies- Founder and CEO of DIDx Prof. Nnamdi Nwulu (UJ)- Researcher Professor, University of Johannesburg. |