Speaker Lineup
Handpicked for their industry expertise and deep understanding of the eCommerce landscape in South Africa and Africa.

Alex Genov
Head of Customer Research, Zappos.com


Odette Butcher
Founder & eCommerce Soloprenuer, Celestial Gifts experiences


Kyle Ranally
Global Vertical Insights Marketing Strategist, Meta


Tausif Ahmed
Merchant Country Leader


Mike Elton
Director, FarEye


Arvind Sahay
Regional Head, Middle East & Africa, FarEye


Andrew Bourne
Regional Manager, Africa, Zoho Corporation


Vincent Viviers
Omnichannel Executive, Pick n Pay


Ravi Sundararajan
COO, Gupshup


George Mienie
CEO, Autotrader


S.Krishnan Thyagarajan “Krish”
President & COO, Dataweave Software


Johann Van Tonder
COO, AWA Digital


Jonathan Miller
CEO & Founder, Offerforge


Zama Jugar
Partnerships Lead, what3words


Craig Garrett
Channel Sales Director, CitiXsys, iVend Retail


Daniele Joubert
Eater Growth Lead, UberEats


Craig Pitchers
Chief Operations Officer


Hassen Kajee
CEO, imcapetown.com and imacleaning.co.za


Alistair Freeman
CEO, Freshtech Africa


Salim Ismail
Fixing Civilization; Founder, OpenExO. Author, Exponential Organizations


Ajish P
Shareholder, Commercial Director, Insider


Ronnie Teja
Founder, Branzio Watches


Diana Bett
Managing Director, Purpinks Gifts


Paris Philippou
Vice President, B2C websites, Group E-commerce – Massmart


Simon Hartley
Executive Lead, Delivery Services – Massmart Group eCommerce


Laurian Venter
Director, OneDayOnly


James Mew
Founder and MD – Mantality


Ajibola Olayiwola
Head: Konga Food, Konga Shopping,


Michael Ros
CEO/Co-founder, Bidroom


Lesego Lethoko
Head of ecommerce, Bathu Shoes


Ya’essh Cader
Head of Digital and Ecommerce, Sanlam Investments


Lynton Peters
CEO/Co-founder, OneCart


Lebo Gunguluza
SA’s leading Tech Entrepreneurs, E-commerce Pioneer
and Digital Transformation Strategist


Diederick Stopforth
Sales & Marketing Executive


Jonathan Williams
Founder & CEO, Chat Inc.


Jenna Bloch
Head of Marketing, Loot.co.za


Shannon McLaughlin
Founder, Ubuntu Baba


Hafiz Juma
CEO/Co-founder, Inalipa


Dumi Mahlangu
Founder: Chepa Streetwear


Kevin Allen
Chief Community Officer, OpenExO


Lauren Hartzenberg
Managing editor – Retail editor, BizCommunity


Kevin Tucker
Founder & CEO, Pricecheck, Shopping feeder


Warrick Kernes
CEO, The Insaka eCommerce Academy


Bonolo Zwane
Founding Director, Nje Brand


Nidha Narrandes
Creative Director, Reel Stories


Neil Du Preez
Founder, MellowVans
