Crypto Fest 2022 – Crypto Fest

Sebastian Stent

Seb Stent is Product Marketing Manager for Web3 at Opera. Opera has embraced Web3 since 2018, with Opera Non-Custodial Wallets now present in all Opera’s Desktop and Mobile browsers, Opera Crypto Browser – The fastest, easiest, safest way to explore Web3, and on/offchain Predictive NFT Analytics platform DegenKnows; Keeping you informed in world of speculation.

Michael Deon

Michael has recently been featured in Fast Company’s Top 20 under 30 Feature, as well as African Independent Top 40 under 40. Augmentors (a startup he Co-founded) has also been featured in Brainstorm Magazine as one of the most innovative tech startups. In 2015, Michael co-founded Augmentors an Augmented Reality NFT game, and In 2016,

Sibusiso Leope AKA DJ Sbu

DJ Sbu’s introduction to the cryptocurrency world started June 2021 during the Covid 19 Lockdowns. During a recording of his Hustlers Corner Podcast he hosted Crypto Expert Grey Jabesi. After the Hustlers Corner Podcast interview with Grey, Sbu was so impressed with Grey’s knowledge of the crypto world that they decided to collaborate and start

Mandla Magagula

As a curious and motivated self-learner, I gained an interest in computing at a relatively young age and started my career at the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). From those early days my career progressed quickly, eventually passing through the halls of some of the Big 4 banks in SA as well as some technology

Wesley Diphoko

Wesley Diphoko has been working at the intersection of technology, media and communications across organisations. In the late 90’s Wesley worked for the University of the Western Cape as its head of online communications. He later joined South Africa’s leading media company to develop its innovation lab that was instrumental in the media companies transitioning

Llew Claasen

Llew is a go-to-market strategist with almost two decades of senior management experience in cryptoassets (since 2012), digital product management and digital marketing. He co-founded Clicks2customers (rebranded to www.nmpidigital.com) with Vinny Lingham, now a global digital marketing agency with annual billings in excess of $100 million and Synthasite (rebranded to www.yola.com). Llew is also the former Executive

Daniel Kimber

Daniel has deep experience in the nuances of legal, regulatory and tax structuring related to the creation of investment vehicles. He has overseen projects coordinating the procurement, valuation, transport and safe custody of physical assets for investment purposes, and has established structural, audit and compliance measures to facilitate financial participation in leading edge technological developments.

Yaliwe Soko

Yaliwe Soko is the Chairwoman of the United Africa Blockchain Association, Founder Essence Crypto Consultants as well as United Africa Women in Blockchain and Ethereum Foundation Devcon Alumni. As a blockchain and crypto early adopter, Yaliwe has established her presence in the male-dominated sector by becoming the South African Ecosystem Lead at cLabs working on

Dirk van Loggerenberg

Dirk is the the CEO of FutureFin, a Crypto Asset Management platform, a Director of a venture capital company and a CA (SA) and a Finance Specialist.

Ernest Mbenkum

Ernest is a Cameroonian/Canadian entrepreneur, inventor, investor, and computer scientist who has spent over 20 years of his career in the technology and innovation space. He has launched successful tech companies in North America, Europe, and Africa over the last two decades. He was an early adopter for blockchain technology in 2009, starting with the