Nicholas Allen, on building a digital-asset strategy that compounds live now. Arrel’s own platform: $3.5B+ orchestrated volume connecting custody, compliance & liquidity in one layer. #BAC2026
LIVE: The Next Commodity Boom panel. Tokenised commodities: $1.43B → $5.55B in months (+289%), gold driving ~90%. Ghana’s SEC is already piloting gold tokenisation via GoldBod.
Moderator Kearabilwe Nonyana with panelists Connie Bloem, Sean Emery, Candice Dawkshas. #BAC2026
Molly Holmes, on the crucial security issues facing Web3.
Molly GTM Founder at Blockaid, building the next generation of cybersecurity to protect Web3 users from malicious activity onchain. Thank you to our sponsor, Blockaid, for supporting BAC26.
#BlockchainAfrica2026 #BAC2026
Aleks Andjelopolj, makes the case for institutionally backed emerging market stablecoins live now, backed by real experience issuing SA’s own ZARU. #BAC2026
Fireside live: Monetising the Surplus: Bitcoin Mining as Grid Infrastructure for SA.
Eskom’s surplus renewable power + Bitcoin mining as a switchable load = a real demand-response proposal on the table right now. Stafford Masie & Carel de Jager, break it down for us. #BAC2026
Before tokenising everything, are we skipping the interoperability lesson? Chantal Maritz's keynote. #BAC2026
The second panel of the day focused on The Future of Money. Moderator Mohil Subban with panelists Muhammad Nana, Robyn Lawson, Simon Marland, Hari Chaitanya. #BAC2026
Tanya Knowles on the digital money option nobody's talking about enough: tokenised deposits. Live now. #BAC2026
LIVE: The first panel of the day, From Adoption to Trust. Moderator Leopoldt Jansen van Vuuren with panelists Tom Schoon, Francis Ogbuka, Nkahiseng Ralepeli, Badi Sudhakaran. #BAC2026
Trevor Goot (Head of Growth SADC, Yellow Card) on The Future of Digital Finance, #BAC2026
Dishen Govender is unpacking what Africa can actually learn from Europe's MiCA rollout and what doesn't translate. #BAC2026
Could Africa leapfrog SWIFT entirely? Ryan Kirkley's keynote is asking the big question live now. #BAC2026
Lerato Lamola breaks down what the COFI Bill actually means for SA banks, fintechs & CASP's Live now. #BAC2026















