Crypto Fest 2023 – Page 2

Gideon Greaves

Gideon Greaves, Managing Director at CV VC & CV Labs Africa, is a dynamic entrepreneur and investor with a keen focus on blockchain startups. Guided by his extensive knowledge of Web3 and blockchain technologies, he has catalyzed growth, particularly in the burgeoning African tech market. He also serves as an advisor for the NODO Grants

Gideon Rossouw

Gideon Rossouw is an Executive specializing in Web3 Enablement at Nedbank, where he leads initiatives to integrate cutting-edge blockchain technology into banking services. Prior to his current role, Gideon spent nearly 13 years at Standard Bank Group, where he served as the Business Enablement Lead, driving key projects and optimizing business processes. His extensive experience

Norbert Amankwaa Adomako

Norbert is the Communications and Community lead at Metis and Founder of the KNUST Blockchain Hub, which is a student blockchain club in Africa providing free blockchain education to students in Ghana. Norbert is also a member of the Blockchain Education Network (BEN), which is also the largest and longest running network of students, professors

Badi Sudhakaran

Badi Sudhakaran is a dynamic and visionary entrepreneur with a remarkable journey spanning over two decades in the technology and finance sectors. He is the Co-Founder of VALR.com, a crypto exchange that has positioned itself as the largest in South Africa in terms of trade volume. Badi’s multifaceted expertise, spanning blockchain technology, software engineering, product

Rob Downes

Rob has over 20 years’ experience in financial services in Europe and Africa, working across large scale transformation programmes, retail, bancassurance and corporate banking, Rob now leads the development of the Digital Assets portfolio for Absa CIB.

Grey Jabesi

Grey Jabesi is an entrepreneur, blockchain enthusiast, cryptocurrency evangelist, analyst, and investor based in Africa.< Jabesi is also an event panel host, a producer of The Grey Ave Podcast, where he interviews prominent business personalities and influencers. He has a background in IT and visual communications and has worked with big corporates on popular commercial

Dominic Obojkovits

Dominic is the Chief Engineer at Dark Fusion, which is the first significant breakthrough in dApp and token development on the Bitcoin network.

Monica Singer

Monica was the first CEO of South Africa’s Central Securities Depository (CSD), Strate (Pty) Ltd which she set up in 1998 until she resigned in August 2017. Monica is the South Africa Lead and Senior Strategy for ConsenSys, being the biggest blockchain company in the world, since 2017. Monica works remotely from Cape Town. Monica

Mic Mann

Mic is a storyteller, futurist, entrepreneur and speaker on how exponential technologies can help to #futureproofAfrica. As the Co-Ceo of SingularityU South Africa Mic believes that the future will be abundant, as the convergence and potential of exponential technologies increase and their price gradually drops to zero. This will ultimately democratise numerous industries and improve

Zulekha Cara

Zulekha Cara is a dynamic and accomplished entrepreneur with a diverse background in various industries. Her career journey has seen her make significant contributions to the financial services, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and cryptocurrency sectors. She has been trading and mining cryptocurrencies since early 2016 and has been actively involved in both blockchain and cryptocurrency