2025 Programme

Dr. Joseph Breeden Chief Executive Officer, Deep Future Analytics

Kim Dancey Director Regulatory Affairs, Yoco

Lyle Horsley Head of Fintech, South African Reserve Bank

Michael Jefferson Head of Financial Services Public Policy Africa, Middle East and UK, AWS, Amazon Web Services

Nolwazi Hlophe Senior Fintech Specialist, Financial Sector Conduct Authority

Lamia Kamal-Chaoui Director, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities

Keegan Ziady Investment Director, Financial Services Platforms & Partnerships, British International Investment

Kelvin Teo Co-founder, Funding Societies

(duplicate to merge) Mukul Agrawal Vice President, Nucleus Software Exports Limited

Nick Riley Investment Director, Lendable

John Gachora Group Managing Director, NCBA Group

Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zanga African Metrics

Nkosikhona Mbatha Acting Chief Executive Officer, Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency

Veronica Nyhan Jones Global Head, Climate Capacity and Inclusion Accelerator, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Amolo Ngweno Chief Executive Officer, BFA Global

Aria Widyanto Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer, Amartha

Jesang Kiptorus Regional Digital Payments Specialist, Africa, Better Than Cash Alliance (United Nations Development Program)

Lesego Mashigo Head of Financial Inclusion, Finmark Trust

Siddhartha Raja Senior Digital Specialist, The World Bank Group

Thanduxolo Mlanjana Senior Economist, National Treasury

Theo Mabaso Country Lead, South Africa, African Management Institute

Tswai Abduljami Director, The Agile Science Khalifate (Hammanskraal)

Phumzile Chifunyise National Planning Commissioner, South African Presidency

Yanga Tantsi DDG ICMED, Department of Small Business Development

Rebecca Harrison Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, African Management Institute

Vittorio Di Bello Director, Financial Institutions Group, LAC/EUR, International Finance Corporation

Loyiso Tyira Chairperson, Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

Chilufya Mutale-Mwila Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Eshandi

Annah Masoga Head of Policy and Regulation, National Payment System Department, South African Reserve Bank

Francesca Aliverti Head of Africa & Middle East, Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)

Jedidah Ndebele Chief Executive Officer, COMESA Clearing House

Dr. Jonathan Pinifolo Chief Operating Officer, COMESA Clearing House

Justus Ortlepp Head of Product, Tazama

Kenn Lisudza Chief Product Officer, Integrated Payment Services Ltd (IPSL)

Magaji Hussaini Ishaq Registrar General/CEO, Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria

Maureen Mba Head, MANSA Digital Initiative, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Tweneboah Kodua Boakye Chief Executive Officer, Ghana Association of Savings and Loans Companies (GHASALC)

Charlotte Keenan Managing Director, Goldman Sachs