Speakers

Bryan Habana

Former Springbok Rugby Captain

All Time Leading Springboks Try Scorer

Unathi Mtya

Chief Technology Officer

Grindrod Bank

Brian Armstrong

Chair of Digital Business

Wits Business School

Seaparo Phala

CIO

Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa

Modibedi Oliphant

Group Chief Information & Digital Officer

Prostar Paints South Africa

Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde

Head of Brand and Reputation, Africa

Google

Mandla Magagula

Blockchain Consultant

Rand Merchant Bank

Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda

Head of Government Relations and Public Policy

Google

Herman Singh

CEO

Future Advisory

Gavin Kandier

Chief Information Officer

Constantia Insurance Company

Marcus Swanepoel

Co Founder and CEO

LUNO

Wessel Oosthuizen

Senior Manager: Data & Analytics

Deloitte

Asif Valley

National Technology Officer

Microsoft

Terryanne Chebet

Founder of Scarlet Digital, Senior Business Anchor & Associate Editor

Citizen TV Kenya

Malcolm Ché

Creative Technologist

Eden Immersive

Henry Denner

Information Technology Security Officer

Gautrain Management Agency

Emma Dicks

Co-Founder

CodeSpace

Paula Gilbert

Editor

Connecting Africa

Peter Greenwall

Creative Director

INNOVATION101

Alex Granger

Think Shifter, Author, Co-Founder and Chief Purpose Officer

Twice Blue

Paul Hazelton

CIO: FNB Connect and Service Provider

FNB South Africa

Adrian Ho

Principal Analyst

Ovum

Timo Jokiaho

Head of EMEA Telco Technology Office, Principal Technologist

Red Hat

Evan Kirchheimer

Research Director

Ovum

Irene Kiwia

Founder and CEO

Twaa

Simon Kwete

Founder

STEM Dynamics

Celeste Le Grange

Founder

Elevate

Nixon M. Gecheo

Governance and ICT4D expert, Universal Service Advisory Council

Communications Authority of Kenya

Ryan Macquet

Founder

Africa Electronic Sport Association

Doby Malubane

Director: CX Strategy Africa

Oracle

Tebogo Nakampe

Co-Founder & CEO

ABI

Joseph Ndaba

4IR Commissioner, Republic of South Africa, Founder and CEO

Mahikeng Innovation Hub

Avinesh Pillay

Head of Cloud Partners Sub-Sahara Africa

Google

Jonah Pransky

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Revenue Management

Amdocs

James Preston

Managing Editor

SA Crypto

Sean Raymond

Darktrace

Simon Robinson

Founder & CEO

Inspire Africa Group

Dror Shenkar, Senior Solution Architect, Intel Shenkar

Senior Solution Architect

Intel

Monica Singer

Creator of Opportunities

ConsenSys

Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams

Deputy Minister of Telecommunications & Postal Services

Republic of South Africa

Frédéric Debord, CEO, Orange Cameroon Debord

CEO

Orange Cameroon

Waheed Adam

Founder

Prime Group

Adeshina Adewumi

Co-Founder & CEO

One Kiosk Africa

Brenda Apio Oca

Global IT Business Relationship Manager, Agricultural Supply Chain

Cargill

Janine Basel

Founder and CEO

Akro Capital

Derrick Ashong

CEO

Amp.it

Oumar Basse

Co-Founder

Nano airtech

Piyush Bharti

Data & AI Product Manager

Microsoft

Stephane Duproz

Chief Executive Officer

Africa Data Centres

Zachariah George

Partner and Co-Managing Director

Startupbootcamp Cape Town

Herman Hendriks

Digital Value Chain Lead

Exxaro Resources

Warren Hero

CDO

Webber Wentzel

Ian Merrington

CEO

Cape Town Innovation and Technology Initiative

Omeshnee Naidoo

Director of Information Systems

City of Cape Town

Lunga Newman

Enterprise Security Architect

Old Mutual

Fola Olatunji-David

Head of Startup Success for Launchpad Africa

Google

Tim Parle

Chief Director: Digital Economy

Western Cape Provincial Government

Ben Roberts

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO)

Liquid Telecom

Blessings Ramoba

Board Member, President and CEO

Mining Forum of South Africa

Paul Scanlan

CTO, Carrier Business Group

Huawei Technologies

Rudi Strydom

Head of IT Operations, Technology and Architecture

Imperial Logistics

David van Dijk

Head of Secretariat

African Business Angel Network (ABAN)

Christine van Niekerk

e-Commerce & Loyalty Director

Unilever

Alan Winde

Premier

Western Cape

James Vos

Mayoral Committee Member, Economic Opportunities and Asset Management

City of Cape Town

Pieter Boon

CEO

Cape Town AI

Carol Bouwer

Founder and CEO

CB Productions

Lawrence Boya

Head of the Smart City

City of Johannesburg

Dietrich Brunner

Global Sales Manager

Bosch

John Campbell

Innovator, entrepreneur, creative mind, explorer.

Redsands Labs

Karl Carter

CEO

Snake Nation

David Coleman

Growth Lead

VC4A

Graeme Cumming

Head - CV Product Development

MultiChoice

Sana Dabeer

Head of eSIM Delivery

Truphone

Devika Daga

AI Practitioner and Humane Technologist

MOSIP

Jignesh Dave

Chief Commercial Officer

NextCellular

Gert de Beer

Chief Business Development Officer,

Transnet SOC

Gregoire de Padirac

Investment Manager

Orange Digital Ventures

Benoit Denis Denis

Senior Economist, Digital Infrastructure Division, Projects Directorate

European Investment Bank

Siby Diabira

Senior Investment Officer

Proparco

Steve Du Preez

Manufacturing & Resources Industry Executive

Microsoft

Ronald Du Toit

Data Scientist

Allan Gray

Sarah Dusek

Co-Founder

Engyma

Apollo Eric

Founder

aeternity Hub Africa

Stephan Eyeson

CEO & Co-Founder

Survey54

Alexander Fraser

Managing Director

GI Partners

Tim Genders

Project Isizwe

Chris Govender

CEO

Rentoza

Luc H. Fabry

Trade and Investment Commissioner

Flanders Investment and Trade Agency

Shakespeare Hadebe

Executive Manager: GCIT PMO

Transnet

Frank Hester OBE

Founder and CEO

TPP

Ndifreke Ikokpu

Co-Founder

House Africa

Autram Jacobs

IT Portfolio Manager

Pioneer Foods

Sameer Jooma

Director of Innovation & Analytics, Solutions Africa

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Zandile Kabini

Founder & Executive Chairperson

Association of Women in ICT

John Kamara

Director

Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

Martin Karanja

Senior Market Engagement Manager

GSMA

Kevin Kent

Data Center Operations

Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center

Sebekedi Motlhabane Koloi

Head of SDG Initiatives

Startupbootcamp

Jurgen Kuhnel

Co Founder and CEO

Xago

Shinya Kukita

Chief Engineer

NEC Corporation

Adam Lane

Deputy CEO, Public Affairs

Huawei Kenya, Huawei Technologies

JP Lee

VP

KT

Ian Lessem

CEO

HAVAIC

Ofer Lior

Business Development Manager, EMEA, Data Center Management

Intel

Irene Lu

Senior Consultant

Qualtechs Consulting China

Hope Magaya

ICT Services Manager

Zimparks

Onica Makwakwa

Head of Africa

A4AI Web Foundation

Peter Malebye

Head of IoT

Vodacom

Phathizwe Malinga

Managing Director

Sqwidnet

Mphumzi Mange

Business Advisor: Stellenbosch

Seda

Gavin Marshall

Co- founder

Koodoo

Henry Mascot

Founder & CEO

Curacel

Christopher Mbanefo

Founder and CEO

YASAVA Solutions SA

Justin McCarthy

CEO

UBUcore

Baratang Miya

Founder and CEO

GirlHype

Lebogang Miya

CEO

Mari

Dudu Mkhwanazi

Chief Executive Officer

Project Isizwe

Matsi Modise

Founder & Managing Director

Furaha Solutions

Lebo Mokgabudi

Advisory Board Member

Village Capital

Jesse Moore

CEO

M-KOPA

Llew Morkel

Founder and CTO

DreamBlock

Lethabo Motsoaledi

Co-founder and CTO

Voyc.ai

Francis Mumbi

Innovation Lead

Stanbic Bank

Danai Musandu

Investment Associate

Goodwell Investments

Dickson Mushabe

Co-Founder

Cinnamon Clubs

Tekwane Mwendwa

CEO

Asimilia

Lynton Naicker

Founder

Snapslip

Theven Naicker

Head of IT

Scania

Kashira Naidoo

Head of Corporate VC Fund

Nedbank

Joseph Ndaba

4IR Commissioner, Republic of South Africa, Founder and CEO

Mahikeng Innovation Hub

Nneile Nkholise

Founder & Business Lead

3DIMO

Mark Oliver

Head of Consulting, EMEA

Ovum

Yassine Oussaifi

Director

AfricInvest Group

Irfan Pardesi

Senior Partner

ACM Gold

Hetal Patel

Head of Venture Growth

Mercy Corps Ventures

Heidi Patmore

Consultant

Stellaris

James Preston

Managing Editor

SA Crypto

Nafeesa Punjani

Senior Market Engagement Manager

GSMA

Vuyisa Qabaka

Partner

HYBR Group

Michela Ritondo

International Tax Expert

Federal Service Public Finance, Belgium

Ralph Rossouw

Managing Director and West Africa Head

Vedanta Resources (Fujairah Gold)

Sanjay Sainani

SVP & CTO, Global Data Center Business

Huawei

Nanjira Sambuli

Senior Manager

The Web Foundation

Mikael Samuelsson

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business

University of Cape Town

Paulo Scholle

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

DataBotics

Sonwabise Sebata

Deputy Chair

South African Women in ICT Forum

Ramatoulaye Shagaya

CEO Orange Finance

Orange

Monica Singer

Consensys

Preston Soobramoney

Head of Cybersecurity

Liberty Group

Gail Styger

Executive Trustee

The Wot-If? Trust

Hannah Subayi

Associate Principal

South Suez Capital

Michal Szymanski

CEO

Mauritius Africa Fintech Hub

Eero Tarjanne

General Manager: Ecosystem Development

MTN

Ndeye Thiaw

Managing Partner

Brightmore Capital

Markus Thill

President, Africa Region

Bosch

Arto Tiitinen

CEO and Founder

Tramigo

Siyabonga Tiwana

Co-Founder

Skywalk Innovations

Sibongiseni Tunzelana Thotsejane

Digital Innovator

FlavaLite Innovations

Anelisa Tuswa

Business Journalist

ETV

Tinyiko Valoyi

Venture Partner

Chanzo Capital

Fabian van der Merwe

Azure Blockchain Service Lead

Microsoft South Africa

Alina Vinogradova

Programmes and Partnerships Lead

VC4A

Mark Walker

Associate Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC Middle East, Africa & Turkey

IDC

Jenny Ward

CEO

Neighbiz

Clint Wheelock

Chief Research Officer

Informa Tech

Tony Willis

General Manager: Enterprise Architecture

Transnet SOC Ltd

Shiela Yabo

Programme Manager

Solution Space

Ray Youssef

CEO and Co Founder

Paxful

Guy Zibi

Founder and Managing Director

Xalam Analytics