Blockchain Africa Conference - Cape Town

Bitcoin Events is the proud organiser of the blockchain conferences – the first of its kind in Africa, as well as the largest focusing on blockchain technology.
Bitcoin Events was founded in 2014 by Sonya Kuhnel and Theo Sauls who saw a need to educate and inform people about the opportunities that digital currencies and blockchain technology in Africa offer.

Bitcoin Events hosted its inaugural Bitcoin Africa Conference in Cape Town in 2015 and it was a huge success. International expert speakers included well-known South African entrepreneur Vinny Lingham, early adopter and well-known venture capitalist Brock Pierce, CEO of Gem Michael Winkelsprecht, and Chief Compliance Officer of Luno Erik Wilgenhof-Plante. Sponsors included Gem, Gyft, BitPesa, Bankymoon and PayFast.

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Events hosted its second Blockchain & Bitcoin Africa Conference in Johannesburg in 2016. The conference was co-hosted by Absa, member of Barclays, with over 200 attendees at the two-day event. The Keynote Speaker was Marcus Swanepoel, CEO of the well-known South Africa bitcoin exchange Luno. Speakers included William Frentzen, Federal Prosecutor with the US Attorney’s Office, Elizabeth Rossiello, CEO of BitPesa in Kenya, Vinny Lingham, CEO of Gyft in the US, Tiana Laurence, CMO of Factom in the US, Simon de la Rouviere, an engineer at Consensys in South Africa, Jonathan Levin, VP of Business Development at Chainalysis in the US, and Tawanda Kembo from BitFinance in Zimbabwe.

Bitcoin Events hosted its third Blockchain Africa Conference, sponsored by SAP and CoinBR, in Johannesburg in 2017. 320 attendees attended from 14 countries (Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Cameroon, South Africa, the US, the UK, Sweden, Russia, India, the Netherlands and Brazil) with expert local and international speakers. Mr Andreas M. Antonopoulos was the Keynote Speaker at the conference, and he is also a well-known and highly respected authority in the digital currency and blockchain space.

The Blockchain Africa Conference 2018 held on the 8 and 9 March 2018 at the Microsoft office in Bryanston, Johannesburg was Bitcoin Events’ fourth annual conference.