Guest of Honor
Farzana Badat
Deputy Commissioner
Financial Sector Conduct
Authority (FSCA)
Conference Chair
Chipo Mushwana
Executive, Emerging Innovation & Founder - Women in Payments Africa
Nedbank Group
Special Guest & Champion Innovator
Dr. Tjaart Van Der Walt
Co-Founder & Director
Tyme Group
2025 Speakers
Michael Michie
CEO and Co-Founder
Nia za Akili Zetu Foundation
Robert Ochieng
CEO & Co-Founder
Abojani Investment
Hartnell Ndungi
Chief Data Officer
Absa Bank Kenya
Sumayya Hassan
CEO
Takaful Insurance of Africa
Asha Kamenge
Head of Product Innovation
Gulf African Bank
Nyambura Ndung'u
Acting Head - Customer Experience
SBM Bank
Cyrus Kamau
Deputy Director & Chief Analyst, Infrastructure and ICT
National Commission for Science, Technolgy & Innovation (NACOSTI)
Joshua Odongo
Chief Executive Officer / Founder
Tusenti Limited
Angela Mwirigi
Director Digital Financial Services
KCB Bank Group
Olu Meyanbe
Regional Head, Strategic Business Analytics, Africa & Middle East
Standard Chartered Bank
Awelani Rahulani
Head of Department - Fintech
Financial Sector Conduct
Authority (FSCA)
Didintle Nonyane, CFP
Group Account Executive
Lifecheq
Nolwazi Hlophe
Senior Specialist - Fintech
Financial Sector Conduct
Authority (FSCA)
Owureku Asare
Head, Digital Solutions, Group Commercial Banking
Ecobank Transnational
Incorporated
Dustin Strydom
Vice President Commercial
Smile ID
Ntombizethu Dhlodhlo
Head of Digital Strategy
Discovery Limited
Akhona C. Bashe
Lead: Strategic Partnerships and New Capability Development
Liberty Group South Africa
Matthew Crow
Manager - Expansion Services
Tether
Alejandro Ballon
Head of Sales, Africa
Incode
Dr. Nceba Hene
Head: Rewards and Loyalty
African Bank
Lerato Lamola
Partner
Webber Wentzel
Carmelle M. Cadet
Founder and CEO
EMTECH
Thato Kgalamono
Head User Experience
Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)
Sherwin David
Head: Talent
Alexforbes
Danielle du Toit
COO
Fintech Association of South Africa (FINASA)
Calvin Huang
Head: Solution Architecture
Huawei Cloud South Africa
Tshediso Khuzwayo
Head of Service Operations
Old Mutual South Africa
Charné Sahabedin
BU Head Human Capital
FNB South Africa
Roy Alves
Sales Director - Africa
J2 Software
Jill Lagos Shemin
Head of Policy
EMTECH
Keith Sabilika
Senior Specialist: Financial Technology, South Africa
FSCA
Lorien Gamaroff
Co-Founder/CEO
Centbee
Brian Mahlangu
VP of Product: Mobile (CIB)
Absa Group
Lance Abramson
Partner
Spoor & Fisher
