Speakers Africa

Omer Iqbal has worked in the financial services industry for a number of years and has held senior positions in both the traditional and fintech financial markets. He has extensive experience in financial product distribution in Africa, Europe and the USA. Omer holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce Honours – Financial Management. Omer is the Founder and CEO of FiveWest, a Fin-tech company in South Africa.

Nikolay Lobov is the Sales Director at Mascot Gaming, a developer of casino games. He has more than 12 years of experience in the IT and Telecommunication industry. Besides this, he's knowledgeable about Business Analytics, Digital Solutions, New Business Sales, Relationship Building, Client Engagement, etc. He's driven to get the best results as an individual contributor and as a leader of a multicultural team. In the past, he was the Board Member at Collect Reviews as well as the Global Managing Director at VideoMost. Next, he used to be the VP Global Business Development at Teleperformance and the CEO at IQBuzz. In addition to this, he's a Microsoft Certified Professional. Nikolay's skills include Business Development, Solution Selling, Management, Sales Operations, SaaS, Telecommunications, and many others. Finally, he speaks English, Russian, and German.

Co-CEO of EMURGO Middle East & Africa CEO of EMURGO Kepple VenturesStarted his career 20 years ago in Japan's largest investment company in the power sector. Professional experience in traditional M&A and cross border trading, leading multiple international and government projects in Indonesia, Vietnam and in the Philippines, managing over $2 billion worth of assets. Yoshida is the former CEO of EMURGO Japan, where EMURGO was first established and started its business in 2017.

Vasilii Gamov has been working in advertising for 13+ years. He has experience in iGaming, finance, crypto, e-commerce, video production, health, beauty, and education industries. He’s come a long way from scratch to C-level positions and launching new businesses. Now he’s CEO at PeakyAds, a marketing agency. They provide marketing and media services all around the world.

Piotr has over 25 years of experience managing enterprises as CEO in EU, UK and overseas. He specialises in marketing and sales. As a Board Member of Revenue Capital LLC he oversees the core elements of the company’s activities, revolving around developing and selling Web3 products and services, portfolio investments as well as brand building and visibility.

Chief Executive Officer with 18 Years Experience in iGaming, E commerce, Team Management, Affiliate Marketing, Media Buying, SEO and Sales.

Multi-Award winning Digital Asset lawyer with experience working with the biggest firms in Crypto, NFT's, Metaverse and Web3. A not 'secret tech geek' owning patented crypto technology. Advocate for Crypto, Digital Asset adoption. Monaco Voice 40 under 40. Proudly featured in some of the worlds biggest media including: CNBC, Forbes, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Cointelegraph, Easyjet Magazing and others.

Armed with his background in Investment Banking and Private Equity, Aymen Soufi helps projects create new business models, linking real economy to the blockchain and cryptos. Co-founder and advisor in some crypto-linked projects, he is currently the Strategic Director of SunContract in charge of designing and implementing growth strategies based on the tokenization of Real Wold Assets.

Gary Vaynerchuk serves as the Chairman of VaynerX, the CEO of VaynerMedia and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase and Uber. Gary is also an entrepreneur at heart — he builds businesses. Today, he helps Fortune 1000 brands leverage consumer attention through his full service advertising agency, VaynerMedia which has offices in NY, LA, London, Mexico City, LATAM and Singapore. Gary was recently named to the Fortune list of the Top 50 Influential people in the NFT industry. Gary documents his life daily as a CEO through his social media channels which has more than 34 million followers and garnishes over 272 million monthly impressions/views across all platforms. His podcast ‘The GaryVee Audio Experience’ ranks among the top podcasts globally. He is a five-time New York Times Best-Selling Author and one of the most highly sought after public speakers.

Jordan Belfort is an American author, motivational speaker, and former stockbroker. He was born in 1962 and is best known for his memoir "The Wolf of Wall Street," which details his rise and fall as a stockbroker in the late 1980s and early 1990s. "The Wolf of Wall Street" pursued his career as a motivational speaker.

Fat Joe is an American rapper and actor from the Bronx, New York. His real name is Joseph Antonio Cartagena. He is better known as Fat Joe. People also call him "Fat Joe da Gangsta" and "Joey Crack." This rapper is in the music groups "D.I.T.C." and "Terror Squad." He is a successful entrepreneur and the executive chief of the entertainment company "Terror Squad Entertainment." He has many albums and singles. The song "Lean Back," which he sang with Remy Ma, became a hit. To be precise, he made it become a hit! Furthermore, "What's Luv?," "Make It Rain," and "All The Way Up" are some of his other hit songs. Fat Joe starred in a few movies, including "Happy Feet," "Scary Movie 3," and "She Gotta Have It," a Netflix show.

Susan Breen is a Partner in Mishcon de Reya’s top-ranked Betting & Gaming Group. Susan’s practice spans both corporate and M&A, as well as regulatory and commercial advice with over 25 years’ experience acting for gambling industry clients. A particular strength of Susan’s practice is her ability to blend her corporate knowledge with regulatory, infrastructure, and compliance advice to many of the industry’s leading operators, service providers and business owners both in the UK and internationally.

Arvin Khamseh has always been on the forefront of new tech trends with an impressive history in biohacking, and internet marketing. Combining this with his experience in running investor relationship marketing for public companies,  Arvin knows what it takes to attract investors online. Successfully selling out an Italian artist collection in 2021 was a proof of concept to apply his knowledge in investor relationship marketing into NFT marketing. Since then, Arvin Khamseh has consulted with 400+ NFT brands and has agency partnership with Reddit, Twitter, Quora and Meta. One of the largest sellouts did +$5m in 20 hours and the other made an astonishing +$10m in 20 hours. Most recently, Arvin helped a NFT brand hit #1 on Icy.tools and is the #1 trending on Opensea. Arvin is excited to help lead the conversation around NFTs and is a highly sought after guest featured in media around the world (including recent features in USA Today and Entrepreneur). Some of his appearances include The Nifty Show, New To Crypto and Jordan Belfort's The Wolf's Den. Khamseh is also a featured speaker at high profile blockchain events all over the world including Blockchain Festivals, TMRW Conference, IFPX, Metaverse Week etc Arvin Khamseh spoke at the SIGMA Conference in Toronto 2022, a great keynote at the AIBC Stage about "How to sell out a NFT collection in 4 week or less"

Nick Spanos is a pioneer in the bitcoin and blockchain technology space. In 2013, Spanos founded Bitcoin Center NYC – the world's first ever cryptocurrency trading floor – which initially opened directly across from the NYSE in 2013. Spanos is also CEO of Blockchain Technologies Corp., which patented VoteWatcher, the first-ever blockchain voting platform. He is co-founder of Zap.org, which solves one of the biggest challenges for blockchain smart contracts, by allowing real-world data and events to trigger smart contract provisions for the first time. Nick Spanos was featured in the recent Netflix documentary Banking on Bitcoin and is a sought-after speaker at blockchain events worldwide. Z‍AP  Nick Spanos is co-founder of Zap.org, which solves one of the biggest challenges for blockchain smart contracts, by allowing real-world data and events to trigger smart contract provisions for the first time. Zap is a cross-chain multifunctional DeFi protocol. Users can swap tokens, earn rewards by validating oracle data feeds, and raise funds on customizable bonding curves on our platform. Spanos was featured in the recent Netflix documentary Banking on Bitcoin and is a sought-after speaker at blockchain events worldwide. He was also Founder of GetaRoom.com in 1997. In 1983 Nick Spanos attended New York Institute of technology where he studied computer science and AeroSpace Engineering.   His first meeting with the crypto business?   In 2010, a Nick Spanos's colleague wanted to buy a website domain name that he owned, and his friend convinced him to accept Bitcoin as payment. That was his first interaction with Bitcoin. Since then, he becames increasingly involved with the technology.  Near the end of 2013, he rented out a large event space for a Bitcoin-themed Christmas party, and they all decided to keep the place open as a center where people can assemble to learn about Bitcoin.  Bitcoin Center NYC exists today as the first physical representation of this highly decentralized technology. His motivations There is 2.5 billion unbanked people in the world who could add to the global economy that are unreachable.  Bitcoin allows them to supply these people with the resources and the support to learn about this technology and send value to someone on the other side of the globe. What also motivates Nick Spanos is the blockchain, and its ability to independently verify a multitude of transactions that originally required a room full of people to process. Bitcoin operates person to person.  The benefits of a truly decentralized financial system are becoming increasingly apparent.  There is no need of a third party or people in smoke-filled back rooms making decisions with the stored labor of your life. That’s what motivates Nick Spanos. Nick Spanos, Co-founder at ZAP, did us the honor of speaking at AIBC Summit this November 2021. During the main stage event for DeFi & Emerging Tech, Nick gave a keynote speech to open the event! AIBC Summit aims to be a pillar in the technological development by uniting tech-leaders, regulators, investors and entrepreneurs from across the world to discuss, share ideas, make partnerships and build the foundation for the industry of tomorrow.

John Lee is an internationally renowned Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Speaker, and best-selling Author. Over the last two decades, John has been generating wealth through multiple streams of income and is highly passionate about helping others do the same. He became a self-made millionaire through real estate investing, building various seven figure businesses, and taking one of his companies public. John currently mentors and advises entrepreneurs on how to take their businesses to the next level in the digital age as well as coaches world-class CEOs, professional athletes, and celebrities on how to preserve and scale their wealth. John is actively involved in various new ventures, partnerships, and company acquisitions. As an investor, his portfolio of companies consists of several of the top tech based companies, some of which have achieved unicorn status. John’s ultimate mission is to transform lives by teaching people how to create financial freedom while building notable businesses and brands.

Megan Nilsson is also known as Crypto Megan on social media. Megan high-end crypto and NFT portfolio advisor to corporations, investors, and celebrities, as well as an investor and member of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, Doodles, World of Women, and many other top-tier NFTs. Currently, Megan is on a world tour speaking at all the biggest and highest quality Web 3’s biggest events as a professional speaker, and has launched Instagram and Youtube to help newcomers and advocate for women in crypto. Megan's mission is to help bring more people into the space with entertaining, quality information they can trust, as well as to guide companies and brands through the transition to Web 3. She truly believes there is a need for more women's representatives as speakers at events around the world. Megan Nilsson has been a member of the Bored Ape Yacht Club since long before all celebrities got on board and the movement began, she has a very deep passion for cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Through her private consultancy, Megan is getting more women in space. Even so, she wants to showcase her expertise at quality events for everyone interested in learning, not just people with large portfolios. Megan's goal is to touch and inspire many people who are just getting started through her journey and help them understand why this is such a massive cultural and financial revolution, and the beginning of a paradigm shift.

In his early 20s, David Meltzer quickly rose to the top of his game in the business world, becoming a millionaire. David lectured around the globe and saw rapid success in every business project he touched. But something was missing, and in his 30s as a multimillionaire, he went on a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. It was only then that David realized, in order to revive and thrive, he needed to codify what had made him successful in the first place. He has since emerged to realize even more rewarding heights of success in business and life. David Meltzer has created a platform that uses four overarching principles—gratitude, empathy, accountability, and effective communication—and these principles have allowed him to communicate and mentor everyone from college students to c-suite executives. These four principles in everyday practice allow David to live by his mission to “make a lot of money, help a lot of people, and have a lot of fun.

Marwan Al Zarouni CISSP is a Crypto Pioneer and the CEO of Dubai's Blockchain Center. The center provides crypto training courses and awareness programs for students, entrepreneurs and government departments. On February 2018, Marwan founded the region's first crypto over the counted desk with the establishment of his company OTC Supply DMCC. Marwan has extensive experience in the areas of information security management, network security and computer forensics. He currently holds the position of Director of Information Services at Dubai Electronic Security Cent.

Sara Al Madani is also called "Dr." Sara Al Madani, owns a restaurant, is a fashion designer, a tech-preneur, and an entrepreneur. She got the idea to start her own business when she was 15 years old. They chose her because of her success as a young businesswoman and entrepreneur. Sara was asked to encourage women in the UAE to be more active and confident in order to be successful in business. Sara is a well-known speaker at many universities, colleges, and institutes. She is known for her creativity and hard work. Sara Al Madani started speaking in public and gave keynote speeches at more than 182 events from 2016 to 2018. She was recently on the first season of the reality TV show "Real Housewives of Dubai." On June 1, 2022, her show started.

Robert Dowling has been in this business for a long time and is a well-known face. He has worked with some of the biggest and best industry veterans and has kept his own style of being very honest. Dowling has a great track record and a lot of experience in the entertainment and gaming industries. Additionally, Rob used to run some of Europe's best-known entertainment brands. Ten years ago, he decided to move into the online world and hasn't looked back since. He has mostly worked in B2B platform sales, but he has also led teams in Casino, Sportsbook, and Payments to grow their businesses around the world. Finally, Rob is now in charge of the sales team at GlobalBet, where he is planning to take this "epic" brand into new regulated markets in all parts of the world.

Multi-Award winning Digital Asset lawyer with experience working with the biggest firms in Crypto, NFT's, Metaverse and Web3. A not 'secret tech geek' owning patented crypto technology. Advocate for Crypto, Digital Asset adoption. Monaco Voice 40 under 40. Proudly featured in some of the worlds biggest media including: CNBC, Forbes, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Cointelegraph, Easyjet Magazing and others.

Gordon Einstein is a hybrid Crypto-Attorney, Technologist, and Enterprise Strategist. Gordon received his undergraduate degree in Politics in 1991 from Brandeis University in Boston and then received his JD in 1995 from the USC Gould School of Law in Los Angeles. Initially, Gordon's law practice centered on startup, venture capital, investment banking, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and general business law. As an avid computer and programming hobbyist, in 2012 Gordon was intrigued by Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and the related technologies. By 2014, he was providing legal services to several individuals and companies operating in this space. And by 2016 the majority of Gordon’s law practice involved working with crypto, blockchain, and FinTech startups and funds. This was formalized as CryptoLaw Partners in 2017. Gordon frequently speaks and educates both in the United States and abroad, quite often in Ukraine. Some common themes are issues and developments relating to cryptocurrency, the legal aspects of FinTech, structuring blockchain startups, ICOs, and AML/KYC compliance. Gordon Einstein is a Dubai based technologist, Crypto-Attorney, and Blockchain educator, passionate about the world of cryptocurrencies and The DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisations). Since 2016, he runs his own crypto-based law practice at CryptoLaw Partners working with crypto, blockchain, and FinTech startups around the world. His mission is to help stakeholders with the creation of decentralized protocols to suit the legalities of the broader market.

Dr Jane Thomason is Chief Editor of Metaverse and Web 3 for “Frontiers in Blockchain” and a globally recognised thought leader in Metaverse, Web3 and MedTech. She is an Industry Associate at University College London, Centre for Block- chain. She is the author of “Block- chain for Global Social Change,” “Ap- plied Ethics in a Digital World,” and “Advancements in the New World of Web 3: A Look Toward the Decen- tralized Future”. Dr Jane was named as one of “8 Metaverse experts to follow,” “Top 100 women in Web 3 and Metaverse,” and “Top 25 Women in Fintech and Blockchain, MENA” and was featured by CNN in their se- ries on the Metaverse “Decoding the Secrets of the Metaverse.” She was honoured in 2023 by AIBC Eurasia as “Web 3 Leader of the Year.” She is also the co-founder of a “Women in Deep Tech Network and Investment Platform.

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