NAIROBI, KENYA: 2013
Africa Digital Money & E-commerce User Research Studies & Platforms
Moderated by Jessica Colaco, Director of Partnerships at iHub.
- Leonida Mutuku, iHub Research: An Exploratory Study on E-commerce, Digital Payments and Digital Remittances in Nairobi
- Jeremy George, biNu Vice President for Africa: - How the biNu Platform facilitates Africa effective Market Research. How to survey a large community of ‘middle of the pyramid’ users quickly and easily.
- Joel Macharia, Abacus Africa-focused Money and Business Data Research Service: Business by the Numbers - Using real time news, data and analytics to make smarter, faster, more informed business decisions in Africa.
Moderated by Jessica Colaco, Director of Partnerships at iHub.
Remittance Driven Ecommerce in Africa
Moderated by Vivian Chan, Advisor at Savannah Fund. Previously at Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton.
- Spencer Okach, Equity Bank and Paypal Partnership: Paypal is global online payments leader. Learn more about the opportunities for East Africa Ecommerce as well as a new channel for Remittance through the partnership with Equity Bank.
- Segeni Ngethe, MamaMikes and AirPesa: Lessons from East Africa oldest Ecommerce Company from gifting to airtime remote top.
- Kojo Ayirebi, Zished: A gifting e-commerce platform enabling the African diaspora to remain connected and able to share in moments with loved ones back home starting with Ghana.
- Roble Musse, Coinfling: A Mobile Money Transfer Company initially focusing on USA to Kenya transfers.
Moderated by Vivian Chan, Advisor at Savannah Fund. Previously at Microsoft and Booz Allen Hamilton.
Merchant Solutions: Helping Merchants Accept Digital Money
- Agosta Liko, PesaPal: Payment solutions for event tickets, bill payments, school fees, airtime purchase and more across East Africa.
- Eran Feinstein, 3G Direct Pay: Payment solution services to hundreds of travel related businesses in East and Southern Africa.
- Ben Lyon, KopoKopo: Merchant payment aggregator in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda.
- Steve Ogola, iPay Africa: Online & Point of sale merchant payment aggregator across East Africa and beyond. iPay Offers disbursement and revenue collection solutions for Governments, Small, Large Businesses, Educational, NGO institutions across the continent of Africa & beyond.
- Danson Muchemi, JamboPay: A Payment Services Provider in East Africa and Senegal providing Revenue collection and funds disbursement services to Businesses and Government Organizations.
Moderated by Erik Hersman, Founder of Ushahidi, iHub, and Brck, Partner at Savannah Fund.
Bitcoin, New Currencies and Mobile Money Platforms
Moderated by Mbwana Alliy, Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.
- Gianluca Iazzolino, Mobile money and Somali social networks: Cultivating monetary alternatives in a volatile world.
- Ian Grigg, Dinero: Developer and entrepreneur bringing cryptocurrency technology to Kenya's chamas (informal savings groups). He has predicted the collapse of bitcoin with a recent paper.
- Pelle Braendgaard, Kipochi: Bringing Bitcoin to Africa. Use bitcoin with any web enabled phone.
- Elizabeth Rossiello, BitPesa: BitPesa is a new outlook on money transfers to East Africa.
Moderated by Mbwana Alliy, Founder and Managing Partner at Savannah Fund.
Looking to the Future: Regional Growth of Digital Transactions across East Africa
- Karim Lalji, Anjarwalla and Khanna - Africa Legal Network: Overview of the Kenya Draft National Payment Regulations Explanation - What can we learn for the rest of East Africa?
- Tonny Omwansa, Author of M-PESA book Money Real Quick: The future of Digital Money in Africa.
- Eran Feinstein, 3G Direct Pay: Payment solution services to hundreds of travel related businesses in East and Southern Africa.
- Vladimira Karabencheva, VISA: Business Leader Acceptance East Africa
Moderated by Mark Kaigwa, Africa focused tech, innovation and creativity speaker.
