OFFICIAL THREE-DAY PROGRAM

AFRICA BLOCKCHAIN FESTIVAL 2026

Capital, Code, and Continuity: Building Africa's Permanent Digital Economy

October 15, 16 and 17, 2026 | Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Capital

Day 1 — October 15, 2026

Where Money Meets Mission

Sarit Expo Centre, Arabuko Hall | Open to all registered attendees

Where money meets mission. Investors, founders, regulators, and the capital conversation that drives the continent forward.

08:45 Experience Cultural Opening Performance Main Stage — Arabuko Hall

09:00 2 parallel tracks

Ceremony Official Opening Ceremony Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Olubunmi Fabanwo Founder and Convener Hon. Monica Musenero Masanza Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Uganda Dr. Emomotimi Agama Director General, SEC Nigeria Daniel Mainda CEO, Nairobi International Financial Centre

09:30 Fireside Fireside Chat with Tim Draper Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Tim Draper Olubunmi Fabanwo Founder and Convener

10:00 Keynote Founder’s Address: Why ABF Matters Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Olubunmi Fabanwo Founder and Convener, Africa Blockchain Festival

10:10 Fireside The State of African Blockchain 2026 Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Amb. Prof. Bitange Ndemo Immediate Former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the EU Moderator Aly Z. Ramji Director, Mediapix

10:40 Keynote Inkryptus Keynote Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Pierre Pereira CEO, Inkryptus

11:10 Fireside Building Trusted Digital Asset Markets — Regulation, Innovation and Africa’s Next Growth Era Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Dr. Emomotimi Agama Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria Moderator Nicole Jamu Multimedia broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

11:40 Panel Institutional Capital Comes to Africa Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Michael Mutie Head of Exits and Portfolio Management, Launch Africa Ventures Fund I & II Kosen Kenta Principal, Antler Aksel Brooks Partner, Grand Stream Moderator Richie Santosdiaz Santos-Diaz LLC / The Fintech Times

12:30 Keynote VALR Keynote Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Peter Mwangi Country Manager, VALR

13:00 Fireside From Capital Markets to Tokenized Markets Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Dr. Stanley Jacob Group Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Meristem Securities Group Moderator Osaro Jackson Africa growth and market expansion executive, fintech and stablecoin payments

13:30 Fireside Continental Regulatory Harmonisation — One Market, Fifty-Four Rulebooks Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Amb. Frederic Gateretse-Ngoga Senior Advisor for International Partnerships, African Union Commission Moderator The Sheyilami Longe (TSL) Head of Legal, Passpoint

14:00 Panel Stablecoins in Practice: Solving Africa’s Cross-Border Payment and Liquidity Gaps Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Sitah Lang’o Head, East and West Africa, Swift Mercy Emmanuel Stablecoins and Blockchain Commercial Lead Florence Githinji Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Yellow Card Seun Lanlege CEO and Co-founder, Polytope Labs Moderator Nathaniel Ochuko Luz President, Africa Stablecoin Network

14:40 3 parallel tracks

Panel The Legal Infrastructure for a Tokenized Africa Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Baiba Broka Ad-Honorem Governing Council Member, UNIDROIT Nicole Purin Head of Legal, Trustyfy Dr. Loretta Joseph Senior Policy Advisor and Principal Consultant, Commonwealth Secretariat, Eastern Caribbean Robert Muoka CEO, Virtual Assets Association of Kenya Moderator Basil Gilbert Ogolla Co-Executive Director, Virtual Asset Chamber

Panel Who Will Fund Africa’s Next Digital Economy? Maai Room (VALR Stage) Speakers Pranav Sharma Founding Partner, Woodstock Fund Gustavo Montero Chairman, Carter & Co Bruce Porter Jr. CEO, GlobalBoost Rukshan Karunarathna Director of Partnerships, ADI Foundation Moderator Amath Ndiaye Chairperson, United Diplomats of Africa

15:10 2 parallel tracks

Panel Tokenizing African Real-World Assets Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Victor Abiola Founder and CEO, FarmHub Agro Services Dagim Derese Founder, Fanos Markets Norbert Haguma Chairman, Rwanda Blockchain Association Sarah Wahinya Zcash Lead, East Africa Moderator Adiele Greatman Web3 GTM Strategist

Panel Women Designing Africa’s Digital Economy Maai Room (VALR Stage) Speakers Nefertiti A. Strong Co-founder, XRAgency.org and Beyondthecode.ai Queen Dr. Susi Dattenberg-Doyle Queen of Gbi Kpoeta, Ghana; Founder, Right for Education Farai Gundan Founder, Bhadala Lulu Haangala-Wood Founder, Wood Kitchen Moderator Sheila Wanjiru Business Developer, XRAgency

15:50 Pitch ABF Startup Pitch Qualifying Rounds Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Judges Michael Mutie Kosen Kenta Yvonne Kagondu

Code

Day 2 — October 16, 2026

Built Here. Built for Here. Built to Last.

Sarit Expo Centre, Arabuko Hall | Open to all registered attendees

Built here, built for here, built to last. Developers, builders, policymakers, and the creator economy converge.

08:00 Pre-event Coffee, Builder Check-In and Hackathon Final Submissions Main Stage — Arabuko Hall

09:00 Opening Day 2 Opening: Code Is Infrastructure Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Olubunmi Fabanwo Founder and Convener

09:20 Keynote AI × Blockchain: The Convergence Africa Is Building First Main Stage — Arabuko Hall John Kamara CEO, AICE Africa; Chairman, Africa Blockchain Centre Nairobi

09:50 Fireside From the Pitch to the Protocol — What Sport Built in Africa Before the Internet Did Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Ricky Weir Founder, Jersey 2 Africa 4 Football Foundation Moderator Shon Osimbo Sports journalist

10:20 Panel Creator Infrastructure — From Attention to Ownership Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Host Oladapo “Apollo OJ” Adewumi Speakers Aproko Doctor Christian Obi Mathew Munyao

11:00 3 parallel tracks

Panel What African Developers Actually Need Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Charles OkaforMbah Co-founder and CTO, Convexity Ayodeji Israel Awosika Founder, Web3bridge Sylvester Olawale Founder and Lead Product Engineer, Montare Labs LLC Mohamed Basheer Head of IT Network and Infrastructure, Egyptian Banking Institute, Central Bank of Egypt Moderator Joan Jerop Founder, OneDev

Workshop Base Workshop: Narrative Is the New Code — Writing the Story That Makes People Believe in Your Project Maai Room (VALR Stage) Wanjiru Mwoka Social Media Manager, Base

Podcast C-Suite Lounge Podcast: True Sovereignty and Power Transfer (Women-First) Makunga Room Host Panashe Sivindani Guests Mbali Ndhlovu Farai Gundan Yvonne Kagondu

11:40 Fireside The Future of Cross-Border Payments in Africa Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Kelechi Uchegbulem CEO, Passpoint Moderator Nicole Jamu Multimedia broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

12:00 Panel Digital Identity, KYC and Africa’s Data Laws Makunga Room Speakers Ibrahim Aliyu S. Kamina Founder and CEO, Kaminova Zach Bijesse Co-founder and CEO, Archer Oludolamu Onimole Cyber Operations Analyst, University of Glasgow Moderator Denis Darko Head of Finance and Risk

12:10 Live demo Build Your AI Clone for Fundraising in 5 Minutes Main Stage — Arabuko Hall David Bobola

12:20 Fireside The Business of Being an African Creator — Money, Ownership, and the Real Conversation Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Layi Wasabi Sheye Banks Crazy Kennar Moderator Olufemi Oguntamu CEO, Penzaarville

13:15 Roundtable Scaling African Innovation Across Global Markets Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Rukshan Karunarathna Director of Partnerships, ADI Foundation Bruce Porter Jr. CEO, GlobalBoost David Porter COO, GlobalBoost; Founder, Washington Elite

14:00 3 parallel tracks

Panel Stablecoins at Work — Payroll, Commerce and Cross-Border Operations Maai Room (VALR Stage) Speakers Benjamin O. Ajibola Africa Lead, StatePay Apollo Sande Country Manager Kenya, Luno Chebet Kipingor Business Operations Manager, Busha George Mwakisha African Blockchain Growth Specialist Moderator Beverly Ezebuike Partnership Lead, Raenest

Panel Innovation Ecosystems — AI and Blockchain Building Africa’s Next Wave Mwina Room Speakers Dr. Oluwaseun Adepoju Managing Partner, CcHUB Ebuka Arinze Chief Product Officer, Kredete Darlington Wleh President, Blockchain Centre NBO Moderator Onone Peace Ega Technical Program Manager, FinTech and Web3 Innovation

Workshop Workshop: Smart Contracts for African Use Cases Makunga Room Christian Obi Chief Executive Officer, Len3

15:30 4 parallel tracks

Panel DeFi and Consumer Finance for African Markets Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Chris Oketch Founder, Minisend Ayo Adewuyi CEO, Pouchers Tyler Pret CEO, Ape-It Wallet Moderator Inkryptus

Panel AI Governance and Blockchain — What Africa Should Do Differently Mwina Room Speakers Mohamed Basheer Head of IT Network and Infrastructure, Egyptian Banking Institute, Central Bank of Egypt Dirk-Jan (DJ) Koeman Technology and Commercial Growth Leader Moderator David Bobola CEO, CompasAI

Panel Exchanges, P2P and the Battle for African Liquidity Makunga Room Speakers Sunny Joseph Imohimi Regional P2P Manager, Bitget Middle East and Africa Bright Eseosa Ada BD Team Leader, MEXC Africa Peter Mwangi Country Manager Kenya, VALR Blockfinex Moderator Modupeoluwa Adekanye (PhD) Marketing Lead, BMONI

17:00 Panel Community Is Infrastructure Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Speakers Aggrey Heaven Shayo Founder, BitcoinSafariTZ David Porter COO, GlobalBoost; Founder, Washington Elite Antony Mlelwa Digital Assets Consultant/IBO, Inkryptus Godwin Salako Lead, Navigating Web3, NW3 Letters and NW3 Tours Moderator Haytam Isse Abdullahi Author, Unlocking Africa’s Digital Wealth; Founder, Future Pillars Organization

17:45 Pitch ABF Startup Pitch Finals — Top 5 Compete Live Main Stage — Arabuko Hall Judges Michael Mutie Daniel Mainda Richie Santosdiaz Kosen Kenta

Continuity

Day 3 — October 17, 2026

The Long Game

Arena One, Valley Arcade | Nairobi city experiences in the afternoon

VIPs only. Football, Nairobi, dinner, and the announcement that closes ABF2026.

08:30 Logistics Chartered Coaches Depart the Hub Hotel Hub hotel

09:00 Opening Welcome on the Pitch Arena One, Valley Arcade Speakers Ricky Weir Founder, Jersey 2 Africa 4 Football Foundation Olubunmi Fabanwo Founder and Convener, Africa Blockchain Festival

10:45 Tournament Semi-Finals Arena One, Valley Arcade

11:45 Logistics Return to Hub Hotel Arena One, Valley Arcade

Afternoon 3 parallel tracks

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Programme notes & track guide

Track guide

Track	Room	Days active
Main Stage	Arabuko Hall	Days 1 and 2
Maai Room (VALR Stage)	Parallel sessions	Days 1 and 2
Mwina Room	Parallel sessions	Day 2
Makunga Room	Parallel sessions and closed roundtable	Days 1 and 2
ABF Deal Room	Maranga Room, by appointment via the ABF app	Day 1
Exhibition Floor	Sarit Expo Centre	Days 1 and 2
Football Tournament	Arena One, Valley Arcade	Day 3
Nairobi City Experience	Across Nairobi	Day 3

Session formats

Keynote: Main stage. All attendees. The most important 45 minutes of that block.
Panel: 3 to 5 speakers. 40 to 45 minutes. Moderated. Audience Q&A in the final 10 minutes.
Fireside: 2 speakers. Conversational. 30 to 35 minutes. The moderator drives the agenda.
Workshop: Hands-on. Participants produce something by the end. 45 to 90 minutes. Seat limits apply.
Roundtable: 20 to 40 people. Chatham House rules. No recordings. Application only.
Briefing: A short, practical session on what the rules mean for builders shipping now.
Live Demo: A live build or product launch on the main stage. No slides-only presentations.
Pitch: Startups present to the judging panel. Qualifying rounds on Day 1, finals on Day 2.

AFRICA BLOCKCHAIN FESTIVAL 2026

Day 1 — October 15, 2026

Day 2 — October 16, 2026

Day 3 — October 17, 2026

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