Blockchain Africa Conference 2026. 🎬 This year, four conversations are shaping the agenda: 🔹 Digital Currency Rails: Will stablecoins power Africa's e-commerce future? 🔹 Policy, Protection & Progress: Shaping Africa's digital asset framework 🔹 Tokenisation of Real-World Assets: Unlocking Africa's next trillion-dollar market 🔹 From Legacy Systems to Digital Rails: The convergence of TradFi & Web3 That last one isn't theoretical anymore. @Absa just joined ZARU (ZAR Universal Network), South Africa's rand-backed stablecoin network with BlockTower South Africa handling issuance and redemption alongside @sanlam Corporate, @StandardBankZA and @LunoGlobal. This is what "TradFi meets Web3" actually looks like in production, not on a slide. On stage: leaders from @Mastercard, @Nedbank , @yellowcard_app, @Onafriq , @GSXnetwork, @ForvisMazarsGrp and more the institutions and operators actually building this infrastructure. #BAC26 #Blockchain #Tokenisation #Stablecoin

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GIVEAWAY: Five BAC26 tickets are up for grabs. We have taken five defining South African digital-asset developments from 2026, removed the dates and shuffled the order. Can you arrange them from earliest to most recent? Enter: forms.gle/fDjBJyaELCWx9bUb7 . Closes: 25 Sept, 12:00 SAST Five correct entrants win one ticket each. Comment ENTERED, tag a friend and repost after submitting. #BAC26 If more explanation is needed, add a reply: Winners will be drawn randomly from all valid entries containing the complete correct order. BAC26 takes place on 15 October 2026 in Johannesburg.

Speaker Announcement: Tom Schoon, Head of Strategic Partnerships for Africa at Sumsub, joins the panel "From Adoption to Trust" at #BAC26. Africa is Interpol's most targeted cybercrime region deepfakes up +367% in DRC, 1,200% in SA. But crypto fraud fell 28% in 2025. He's building the infrastructure closing that gap. Register: blockchainafrica.co/register…

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Speaker Announcement: Bontle Mogane, Senior PM for Technical Delivery at MTN MoMo, joins the panel "Stablecoins vs Mobile Money: Competition or Convergence?" at #BAC26. MoMo processed $330bn in H1 2026 and stablecoins are already part of the roadmap. She's delivering the infrastructure. Register: blockchainafrica.co/register…

Speaker Announcement: Sean Emery, Co-Founder & CEO at @Rainfin1, joins two panels at #BAC26 Tokenisation and Stablecoins in SA. He issued SA's first R100m tokenised asset, built the country's first on-chain legal framework, and chairs the FINASA Tokenisation Forum with SARB. Register now, only a few days to go: blockchainafrica.co/register…

Hear it from the headliners themselves. Lerato Lamola (Webber Wentzel) on the COFI Bill and SA's digital asset future #BlockchainAfrica 2026. 📅 15 Oct | Johannesburg 🎟️ Listen in & secure your seat: blockchainafrica.co/register… #BlockchainAfrica #COFIBill

- Speaker Announcement: Muhammad Nana, SVP Digital Partnerships EEMEA at Mastercard, joins the panel that will be discussing "The Future of Money: How Banks, Stablecoins & Digital Assets are Reshaping Global Payments" at #BAC26. - The timing tracks: Mastercard completed its acquisition of BVNK on 3 Aug 2026, connecting stablecoins, tokenised deposits and card rails into one network. Muhammad's session digs into what that means. Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co

- Speaker Announcement: Nkahiseng Ralepeli, Director of Strategic Operations at BlockTower, joins the panel "From Adoption to Trust" at #BAC26. He led the rollout of ZARU, SA's first institutional-grade rand stablecoin now live across four African markets. - Featured on the F-Squared Podcast and profiled by Tech Aways on digital assets and banking in Africa Nkahiseng is a practitioner worth following before the panel. Read: ledgerinsights.com/author/ra… Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register…

- Speaker Announcement: Hari Chaitanya, Managing SVP Digital Partnerships EEMEA at Standard Bank, joins the panel "The Future of Money" at #BAC26. 30+ years in securities services. The only African bank in a 21-bank global stablecoin consortium. - Hari has been featured in Global Custodian's Fireside Friday and spoken at The Network Forum Africa on digital asset readiness. His view: tokenisation for Africa is what mobile banking was a decade ago. Catch him live at #BAC26. Register: blockchainafrica.co/register…

- Speaker Announcement: Leopoldt Jansen van Vuuren, Head of On-Chain Analytics at Provenance, joins the panel "Stablecoins in South Africa: From Concept to Implementation and Regulation" at #BAC26. - Leopoldt's job is tracing wallet activity and financial crime across blockchain ecosystems he recently unpacked that work on The Accountant Quits podcast. The investigator's view of stablecoin regulation, live on stage. Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register…

- Speaker Announcement: Candice Dawkshas, CEO of Schindlers Digital Assets & Co-Founder of SchindlersX, joins the panel "The Next Commodity Boom: Tokenisation & Global Capital" at #BAC26. - Her team just launched a framework letting Krugerrand holders use gold coins to buy property live on SchindlersX.io. Gold to real estate, tokenised. Candice's panel digs into what that means at scale. Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register…

- Speaker Announcement: Tertius Troost, ( @TertiusTroost )Associate Director of Corporate & International Tax at RSM South Africa, joins the panel "Crypto, Tax & Cross-Border Capital" at #BAC26. SARS just issued its first detailed crypto tax guidance in 8 years he's already unpacking it. - Featured on @Moneyweb podcast and quoted by eNCA and Bitcoin Kenya on SARS's Draft Guide to Crypto Asset Taxation Tertius's take: the guide reduces uncertainty, but the income vs capital gains question still turns on intention, not the asset. Essential context before the panel: bitcoinke.io/2026/07/crypto-… Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register…

28 days to #BAC26. 🎬 4 Themes shaping the agenda: stablecoins & digital rails, policy & protection, RWA tokenisation, and TradFi × Web3 convergence. - That convergence is already real Absa just joined SA's ZARU stablecoin network. On stage: @Mastercard, @Nedbank , @yellowcard_app , @flutterwave , @Onafriq + more. 15 Oct, Joburg. Register now: blockchainafrica.co/register… #BAC26 #BlockchainAfrica

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- Speaker Announcement: Gillian Darko, Group VP of Strategy at @yellowcard_app, joins us for Keynote: "The Future of Digital Finance" at #BAC26. She's shaping how digital finance gets built compliantly, sustainably, and on African terms. - Gillian recently wrote in @thebftonline on stablecoins, sovereignty, and the missing orchestration layer in Africa's cross-border payments essential reading before her keynote: thebftonline.com/article/sta… Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register…

Speaker Announcement: Professor Shaun Parsons, Professor in Accounting at UCT, joins the panel "Crypto, Tax & Cross-Border Capital: Are SA's Tax Rules Ready for the Digital Economy?" at #BAC26. He's one of Africa's foremost academic authorities on crypto asset taxation. In his August 2026 UCT inaugural lecture, Prof. Parsons asked the questions SA's tax system still hasn't fully answered: What's a taxable crypto event? How should DeFi yields be classified? Who has cross-border taxing rights on tokenised assets? Essential reading: news.uct.ac.za/article/-2026… Register for #BAC26: blockchainafrica.co/register

2022: mostly CeFi funding. 2023: the shift moved to DeFi, blockchain and GameFi. Hailey Yang (Adaverse) on Africa's maturing Web3 funding landscape recorded live at the iconic DHL Stadium. 66 days to CryptoFest 2026. ⏳ 🎟️ Secure your tickets here: cryptofest.co.za/tickets/ #CryptoFest #Web3Funding #CardwareWallet

One ticket gets you in the room at Blockchain Africa Conference. What you walk out with depends on what you're there for. What's your team showing up for this year? 👇 Poll options: