Simon Dingle Email & Phone Number

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The Inves group works at the forefront of fintech. We enable digital asset exchanges and payment providers, support the blockchain ecosystem, develop apps that redefine the user experience for money, and invest in projects that promote financial inclusion and economic liberation.

Cape Town & London

Phantom Design houses various personal projects including design, podcasting, consulting, and public speaking. Simon has spoken at over 500 conferences internationally over the past decade on disruptive innovation, tech trends, and the move to open finance and cryptocurrency.

Cape Town

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

The weekly Tech insert was the longest-running non-music feature on 5FM. The show included a round-up of the week's technology news, and a wildly popular call-in section where Simon would answer listener questions about tech.

London, United Kingdom

Curve connects your debit and credit cards into one so it’s the only card you ever need to carry. With great exchange rates, rewards, and insights across your accounts, you don’t need to move banks to improve them. All you need is Curve.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

AlphaCode identifies, partners with, and grows the next generation of financial services entrepreneurs.

Cape Town & Singapore

Luno is a leading global cryptocurrency platform, allowing customers to buy, sell, store, and send cryptocurrencies simply and securely. Simon was the first product owner at BitX, before it was renamed to Luno.

Following the acquisition of 22seven, Simon served on the Digital Advisory Board of the Old Mutual Group, advising group divisions on digital migration and integration.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

The 22seven app enables users to manage their money more easily, and invest in their goals. Simon was part of the team that launched 22seven and led it to acquisition by Old Mutual.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Simon led technology news reporting and opinion across the News24 website and Finweek Magazine, which at the time was South Africa's leading financial weekly publication. The team produced podcasts and articles covering listed technology firms and trends. Simon also published the first cover store on Bitcoin in Finweek in 2011.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

As talk-show host on 702 and Cape Talk, Simon went from graveyard shift to hosting Talk at 9, A Word On... and other shows as a stand-in presenter.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Hypertext Communications consulted on corporate communications for Google South Africa, The Shuttleworth Foundation, Microsoft WECA, and other technology firms in African markets.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Remember those kiff music CDs on the cover of SL Magazine? Simon compiled those, along with movie, music, gaming, and art reviews between the covers of South Africa's favourite yoof magazine, under the byline 'Simon Frost' (not of his choosing).

Pretoria Area, South Africa

At the Pretoria-based campus radio station that grew to become the biggest of its kind in the world by listenership, Simon was a DJ ('Simon Frost'), DJ manager, and station director. He basically only went to university because he wanted to work at Tuks FM. And boy did he.

Pretoria Area, South Africa

Also referred to as 'Plastic Bun' by one nightclub owner in Pretoria, Placid Fun spent many dusty days and nights at Oppikoppi, and on stage around South Africa delighting crowds.