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Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, Senior Economic Advisor, Africa Economic
Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI), is to keynote the upcoming BLOCKDeFi2020
Virtual Blockchain Conference scheduled to hold from the 12-13
September 2020 on the 2D Airmeet platform.
Dr. Ezekwesili was
Vice-President of the World Bank's Africa division and is former Nigerian
Minister of Education, Minister of Solid Minerals, and a Presidential candidate
in Nigeria's last general elections. She has been a strong advocate of due
process, transparency, and accountability in governance, of which she sees
blockchain technology as a necessary tool for Africa's economic transformation.
The conference organized by
Blockchain Nigeria User Group, is designed to bring attendees the best industry
experts and thought leaders, insightful discussions with unique networking
opportunities in a virtual world. Recall that #LagosBlock-DeFi:2020 previously
scheduled to hold physically last May was postponed due to COVID-19 restriction
guidelines. #BlockDeFi-2020 will now hold as a global technology event on a 2D
interactive virtual environment.
The conference which will commence from 10:00 AM WAT will
focus on "Unpacking Blockchain and the potentials of alternative,
open trustless finance in building the foundations of financial
self-sovereignty in Africa!"
Conference tracks will focus
on blockchain protocols making significant impacts, layer 2 technologies of
Bitcoin - Lightning Network, Ethereum layer 2 scaling solutions, distributed
filesystem, and other decentralized web technologies.
"We believe that Africa needs blockchain
technology, more that blockchain needs Africa!" - Chimezie
Chuta, Founder/ Coordinator Blockchain Nigeria User Group.
Also confirmed are, Elizabeth
Stark, CEO and Olaoluwa Osuntokun, CTO both Chief Executives at Lightning Labs,
Christian Roesch, Head Africa Operations, at Kinesis Money, Ali Hussein Kassim,
Co-Founder & CEO at Kipochi, Nairobi Kenya, Emomotimi Agama, Deputy
Director and Head Registration, Exchanges, Market Infrastructures and
Innovation Department at SEC Nigeria, Carmelle Cadet, founder & CEO,
EMTECH, and several others as speakers and keynotes for the conference.
Paxful.com is the main event Sponsor, with premium support from Binance.com, Tezos Foundation, Kinesis.money, Conflux Network, and
FTX.com.
This is the 9th edition of the
National blockchain conference series that has been held across Lagos, Abuja,
and Port Harcourt since 2017 by Blockchain Nigeria User Group. It will be a
two-day event content-packed event covering; Keynotes, Presentations, Panel
discussion segments, Networking, and product Exhibitions.
The conference is free, but registration
is required via https://www.airmeet.com/e/9c836320-e93b-11ea-8616-b3016fb86143
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