Uganda will for the two days of May (23rd and 24th) host the first ever African Blockchain conference.
The event will be hosted at the plush Serena Hotel in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda.
Organized under the theme, ‘the role of blockchain technology in Africa’s transformation’, the conference will be hosted by the Blockchain Association of Uganda with support from the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance.
The conference will be attended by policy makers, academia, entrepreneurs, Blockchain enthusiasts and leaders from the financial, health, industrial and other sectors.
Speaking recently a press conference to announce the summit, the Chairman of the Association, Kwame Rugunda said that the conference will give Ugandans in different sectors an opportunity to see how they can optimize the Blockchain technology to make service delivery better as well as understand different opportunities that exist with the new technology.
“Uganda needs to understand and appreciate the relevancy of the blockchain technology which is already being embraced by the whole world. This conference will be a big opportunity for the Uganda to advance this technology,” Rugunda said.
Blockchain technology is a distributed ledger platform that allows creation and management of decentralized systems and processes, which enhance efficiency and transparency of transactions across institutions or business operations.
Speaking at the same function, the Ministry of ICT Permanent Secretary, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa said that government of Uganda is ready to learn and engage in the new technology in order to advance its economic agenda.
“We are extremely delighted to participate in this new technology especially from the economic perspective of it. Technology in the whole world has been the most successful. Africa has not made a deliberate effort to occupy that space and we hope that this new technology will be the answer to this challenge,” Bagiire said.
He added that if embraced, the Blockchain technology could help Uganda and Africa to become a globalized economy that is able to export technology.
Below, SautiTech names the 41 notable speakers that will feature at the function, according to the official list.
-Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda
-Ameenah Gurib Fakim, former president of Mauritius
– Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, governor Bank of Uganda
– Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, permanent secretary — Ministry of ICT (Uganda)
-Dr. Bitange Ndemo, chairman Blockchain Taskforce, Kenya
– Euvin Naidoo, head Financial Institutions, Thomson Reuters South Africa
– Changpeng Zhao, CEO, Binance China
– Patrick Mweheire, CEO, Stanbic Bank Uganda
– Llew Claasen, executive Director, Bitcoin Foundation USA
– Jitesh Shetty, works with Cloud Learning Technologies, Google USA
– Keith Kalyegira, CEO, Capital Markets Authority Uganda
– Evelyn Namara, founder/CEO, Vouch Digital Uganda
– Simon Rutega, advisor, Financial Markets Development Uganda
– Martin Serugga, cryptotrading trainer, Uganda
– Dr. Dorothy Okello, chairperson, Communications Commission Uganda
– Antoni Hauptmann, chairman, OURZ AG Switzerland
– Dr. Tumubweine Twinemanzi, director – Supervision, Bank of Uganda
– Sinclair Skinner, co-founder, BitMari USA
– Aggie Konde, CEO, Msingi East Africa Uganda
– Dr. Wayne Wang, CEO, ENT Networks China
– Leonardo Gammar, CEO, Agora Switzerland
– John Karanja, founder, BitHub Africa Kenya
– Stephen Kaboyo, partner, Alpha Capital Uganda
– K. Alexia Hefti, Blockchain Tax Lead, Deloitte Canada
– Dr. Urs Aebischer, CEO, Swiss Impulse Group Switzerland
– Elizabeth Nyeko, CEO, Modularity Grid, Uganda
– Marvin Coleby, founder, Raise Bahamas
– Roland Haggins, community director, Nuco Global Inc Carribean
– Rositsa Zaimova, associate partner, Dalberg Data Insights Belgium
– Ruben Galindo Steckel, founder, AirTM Mexico
– Cedric Kiama, secretary general, Blockchain Association Kenya
– Robert Kirunda, partner, Kirunda & Wasige Advocates Uganda
– Stone Atwine, founder/CEO, Eversend & remit.ug Uganda
– Alakanani Itireleng, founder, SatoshiCentre Botswana
– Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, director of Remittances, SureRemit Nigeria
– Larry C. Bates, chief security officer, Bitland Global USA
– Nhial Majok, founder/CEO, Pesabase South Sudan
– Louise Wiggett, founder & MD, Global Trade Solutions South Africa
– Ross McEwan, chief technology officer, Wala South Africa
– Hamada Zahawi, Harvard Kennedy School of Government USA
For more details, visit the African Blockchain Conference website.
