Lorien s the founder/CEO of Bankymoon, a blockchain and cryptocurrency consultancy and co-founder/CEO of Centbee, a cryptocurrency payments and remittance company. As Africa’s foremost blockchain expert, he has addressed and advised the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, FBI and Commonwealth Secretariat, the South African Reserve Bank, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, TEDx and a host of…
Willem van der Post is the CEO and founder of xTech.Capital – an exponential technology investment and management firm. He is Chartered Accountant by training, and an alumnus of the University of Stellenbosch, University of South Africa, University of Cape Town business school and Singularity University in California. Before founding xTech.Capital, Willem was the managing…
Annabel is rated as one of the top females in technology in Africa, and is the xTech.Institute Dean of AI, Automation and algorithms. Annabel is the CEO and founder of Strider Technologies, a leading fintech, insurtech and edtech consultancy with its own product toolbox that financial institutions can white label for rapid innovation. Strider Technologies…
Steven Pinto is the Dean of Mixed, Virtual and Augmented Reality at xTech.Institute. He is the founder and CEO of New Reality – a cutting edge Mixed reality firm that builds enterprise solutions using this exponential technology – and a serial entrepreneur who has harnessed the power of various exponential technologies in building successful businesses.…
There’s a popular notion that men and women are fundamentally different in important (nonbiological) ways − and those differences are cited to explain women’s lag in achievement. But according to numerous meta-analyses of published research, men and women are actually very similar with respect to key attributes such as confidence, appetite for risk and negotiating…
We take inspiration from those women, girls and − yes − men, who are speaking out against outdated views of women that, in different ways, hold all of us back. Read more
The lack of female representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and especially in leadership positions is a crucial barrier to gender equality. Read more
Research found that female entrepreneurs are more likely to suffer from late payments than their male counterparts. Read more
Wadzanai Mabuto shares her story of self-discovery through health and fitness with us. Read more
A crucial part of digital transformation is doing business in an entirely new way. And the fallout from the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could limit our ability to build nimble, flexible, digital organisations. By Kevin Phillips Read more