ABF 2026 Speakers

Dr. Emomotimi Agama

Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Nigeria

Amb. Prof. Bitange Ndemo

Immediate Former Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and the EU

Sitah Lang’o

Head, East and West Africa, Swift

Daniel Mainda

Chief Executive Officer, Nairobi International Financial Centre

Kosen Kenta

Principal, Antler

Mactar Sekh

Chief, Innovation, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Edline E. Murungi

Head of Policy & Senior Legal Counsel, Yellow Card

Ricky Weir

Founder, Jersey 2 Africa 4 Football Foundation (J2A)

Mohamed Basheer

Head of IT Network & Infrastructure, Egyptian Banking Institute, Central Bank of Egypt

Dr Stanley Jacob

Group Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, Meristem Securities Group

Aksel Brooks

Partner, Grand Stream

Layi Wasabi

Comedian, Actor, Host and Content Creator

Queen Dr. Susi Dattenberg-Doyle

Queen of Gbi Kpoeta, Ghana, Founder, Right for Education

Florence Githinji

Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Yellow Card

Aly Z. Ramji

Director, Mediapix

Michael Mutie

Head of Exits and Portfolio Management, Launch Africa Ventures Fund I & II

Rukshan Karunarathna

Director of Partnerships, ADI Foundation

Dr. Peter S. O. Onyango

Chairman Virtual Assets Association of Kenya (MCSI, CIFA, ACI)

John Kamara

CEO, AICE Africa; Chairman, Africa Blockchain Centre Nairobi

Peter Mwangi

Country Manager (Kenya), VALR

Robert Muoka

CEO Virtual Assets Association of Kenya

Yvonne Kagondu

EthSafari

Kelechi Uchegbulem

Chief Executive Officer, Passpoint

Bright Eseosa Ada

BD team Leader, Mexc Africa

Norbert Haguma

Chairman, Rwanda Blockchain Association

Basil Gilbert Ogolla

Co-Executive Director, Virtual Asset Chamber

Mbali Ndhlovu

Founder, Director, Culture in Beta

Richie Santosdiaz

Santos-Diaz LLC / The Fintech Times

Oluwaseun Adepoju

Managing Partner, CcHUB

Charles OkaforMbah

CoFounder/CTO, Convexity

Zach Bijesse

Co-Founder and CEO of Archer

Osaro Jackson

Africa Growth & Market Expansion Executive | Fintech & Stablecoin Payments

Shon Osimbo

Sports journalist

Darlington Wleh

President, Blockchain Centre NBO

Bruce Porter Jr.

CEO, GlobalBoost

Olufemi Oguntamu

CEO, PENZAARVILLE AFRICA

Nicole Jamu

Multimedia broadcaster – Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Ibrahim Aliyu S Kamina

Founder & CEO, Kaminova

Amath Ndiaye

Chairperson of United diplomats of Africa and Software Engineer

Mercy Emmanuel

Stablecoins/Blockchain Commercial Lead

David Porter

COO at GlobalBoost, Founder at Washington Elite

Wanjiru Mwoka

Social Media Manager – Base

Richard E. Pelzer II

Founder, HarlemCLX

Sunny Joseph Imohimi

Regional P2P Manager, Bitget Middle East & Africa MEA

Beverly Ezebuike

Partnership Lead, Raenest

Victor Abiola

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, FarmHub Agro Services

Ayodeji Israel Awosika

Founder, Web3bridge

Luc Varejes

Chief Operating Officer, Lumepay

Sheye Banks

Founder, Hevy Global

Dagim Derese

Founder, Fanos Markets

Nefertiti A Strong

Co Founder Of Xragency.org/ Co Founder Beyondthecode.ai

Aggrey Heaven Shayo

Founder and heading at bitcoinsafaritz

Chris Oketch

Founder, Minisend

David Bobola

CEO, CompasAI

Dirk-Jan (DJ) Koeman

Technology & Commercial Growth Leader

Adiele Greatman

Web3 GTM Strategist

Haytam Isse Abdullahi

Author, Unlocking Africa’s Digital Wealth / Founder, Future Pillars Organization

Oludolamu Onimole

Cyber Operations Analyst ~ University of Glasgow

Panashe Sivindani

Founder, MAVARA & Flamelily Foundation

Chebet Kipingor

Business Operations Manager, Busha

Benjamin O. Ajibola

Africa Lead, StatePay

Ogunsuyi Kehinde David

Co-founder Westtrybe & TrybeBoost

Sylvester Olawale

Founder and Lead Product Engineer, Montare Labs LLC

Dami Adenuga

CEO/Founder, DAW Empire

Godwin Salako

Lead, Navigating Web3, NW3 Letters & NW3 Tours

Fiyin Odebunmi

Co-founder, Helicode

Pranav Sharma

Founding Partner, Woodstock Fund

Gustavo Montero

Chairman, Carter & Co

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)

Seun Lanlege

CEO and Cofounder, Polytope Labs

Antony Mlelwa

Digital assets consultant/IBO, INKRYPTUS

Denis Darko

Head of Finance & Risk, Tribe

Onone Edodi Ega

Technical Program Manager, FinTech and Web3 Innovation

Christian Obi

CEO of Len3

Joan Jerop

Cofounder, OneDev

Modupeoluwa Adekanye (PhD)

Marketing Lead, BMONI

Isaac Wabuge

Country Manager, Kenya & Uganda, Yellow Card