At Asaari, we're dedicated to providing next-generation solutions that support the growth and management of digital assets. Forming the foundation for the future of finance, Asaari's marketplace platform introduces structured products geared specifically for digital assets. Bridging the gap between centralized and decentralized finance, we aim to solve the most pertinent challenges facing this industry today.Starting with private credit, Asaari brings together investors and borrowers to deliver innovative opportunities to the market.Learn more at asaari.io

CV Labs is the heartbeat of Crypto Valley, one of the world’s biggest blockchain hubs, with its epicenter in Zug, Switzerland.We help global start-ups, corporates, and investors to leverage blockchain technology to transform industries, create better services, and evolve new marketplaces. In short, CV Labs supports those driving blockchain technology to build better ways for humanity to live, work, interact, and transact.

Next Billion Advisors is a group of like minded seasoned founders and executives focused on helping entrepreneurs seize opportunities by advising on product, go to market, and fundraising strategies.

IntellectEU is an international technology company specialized in the co-creation of cutting-edge solutions and consultancy for complex industries - utilising innovative technology such as web3, blockchain and digital assets.We deliver robust, enterprise-scale solutions for cross-border payments, financial market infrastructure, and sustainable finance. We have a deep appreciation for the rate of innovation in today's market and focus on strategic, long-term engagements with our clients.

Dark Wall Ventures was born as a venture business in the depths of a chaotically changing world of finance and technology. The fourth industrial revolution has brought about immense opportunity to push the boundaries of business, products & services utilising emerging technology, however, this has come at a cost of additional complexity, uncertainty and the lack of resourcing.Designed to work with clients across the SME, startup and corporate sectors, our global reach allows us to provide services across multiple verticals – giving our clients holistic solutions within the fintech, digital asset, blockchain and crypto domains. Working across the value chain, we tailor the needs of companies and businesses from strategy, conceptualisation, business model creation through to execution & implementation and much more.Having spent decades within this space, our passion truly lies in the realm of fintech – which positions us as the perfect partner to assist our clients in navigating, building solutions and making an impact in the new world.

SANBA drives blockchain adoption in South Africa. By linking in government, academia, the private sector and civil society, it creates a pre-competitive space for research, development and innovation in blockchain technology. It focuses beyond the traditional fintech and cryptocurrency use cases to tackle many challenges in the country.

Blockchain Entrepreneurs Club South Africa (BECSA) operates as a non-profit generating organisation aiming to bring together the communities focused on blockchain & web3.This is achieved through the mechanisms of seminars, informal meetups and sponsored high profile events featuring global thought leaders. In addition, we aim to connect like-minded organsations across the African continent, and globally to other emerging markets.

A layer 1 blockchain protocol that provides services and functionality for clients & applications that wish to build tokenisation use cases. Fraxeum is a green blockchain that allows fintech businesses to take advantage of blockchain technology to bring use cases to the market quicker, cheaper and faster. In addition, out of the box fintech modules are available for faster time to market and abstraction of complexity.

Azuza is an innovative crowdfunding platform that aims to democratise access to investments within emerging economies.The business is built on the core thesis of providing an alternative mechanism for businesses to raise capital, whilst exposing these investment opportunities to a wide range of the population. Investors can take advantage of the opportunities from a minimum of a $5 investment.Azuza achieves this by tokenising private equity into fractional form by using blockchain technology and digital assets.

Enterprise architecture across Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) with a specific focus on web3, blockchain and digital assets.

The purpose of the SAFBC is to assimilate and demonstrate the transformative potential of blockchain technology for the South African financial industry. The consortium aims to educate and to bring the benefits of blockchain technology to the industry for the benefit of the entire country.Membership is comprised of banks, financial markets infrastructure players and regulators as well as other institutions involved in the financial services industry. Blockchains require a fundamental shift in paradigm, requiring collaboration to deploy such technology across a wide range of ecosystem participants.

Asset management technology, focussing primarily on alternative beta trading strategies.

Multiple role responsibilities, including (but not limited to):- Built and led the cross-asset class architecture function & team, encompassing solution and enterprise architecture capabilities.- Contrived, built and lead the data and integration centre of excellence which includes an execution portfolio focussing on data management across global markets; together with managing, improving and delivering integration solutions to the business.

- Global lead (across North America, EMEA, APAC) for the build out of a greenfield FX e-trading payments platform.- Worked on trade, position and risk management for FX cash, futures and options.

Team lead and architect, heading up greenfield projects within the Reference Data division for the investment bank, managing team members based globally.

Based within the corporate actions domain, which services the needs of the global investment bank. Formed part of a technology team interacting with corporate actions business units located globally.

Betfair, the largest online betting and gaming company in the UK. Based at head office in Hammersmith, London, managed the server side components for the gaming division.

Contracted to a financial trading company. Design and develop applications to enable traders and clients to trade on CFD and Spread trading procedures. Worked on building financial trading systems for executions on local and foreign stock exchanges.

Software developer for an intranet system team. Designed, managed and developed applications / enhancements for the portal system. Administered and managed the content management system for the company.