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Blockchain - Meet and Geek

Thu Jul 12, 18:00 - Thu Jul 12, 20:00

Impact Hub Joburg

ABOUT

Are you trying to get to grips with what Blockchain actually is? Then our meet and geek session with our three speakers is a must attend. 

We have two topics that we will be discussing during the evening.

1.    Tech Blockchain Fundamentals and when to use blockchain – Ben Onuoha and Graham Nelson

2.    The Blockchain Never Forgets - Paul Zietsman

Ben Onuoha - Community Lead, Africa
ConsenSys
Ben is a community builder and strategist who comes to ConsenSys with over 10 years of diverse experiences in tech start-ups, community building, project management, healthcare and international development.

Most recently, Ben worked in a Pan-African youth development organization where he developed processes, tools and procedures to ensure continued improvement in the effectiveness of a community across 26 African countries, Europe, Asia and the USA. Ben also ensured delivery of key internal stakeholder engagement events such as the Annual Leadership Symposium, Start Up Africa Competitions, Hackathons, Internal Strategy Sessions and external events at the World Economic Forum on Africa, AU Annual Summits, among other stakeholder engagement events.

Ben is passionate about Blockchain; the opportunity it presents for Africa and building a community of Blockchain enthusiasts on the continent!


Graham Nelson 

Blockchain Developer at Investec Bank

Graham is a Software developer at Investec Bank mainly working with Group Finance and occasionally with Group Risk. His main role is to build applications to enable Group Finance to become more efficient and innovative. These applications are built using a full Microsoft stack and I am required to work on the entire stack. Technologies used and implemented: MVC 5, JavaScript, SQL, C#, SSIS, Power BI, Microsoft Master Data Services.

Paul Zietsman

Software Developer at Synthesis

 

* This is a practical hands on session where you will be interacting with ethereum developmental tools. It's highly recommended that you come with a laptop.

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Blockchain - Meet and Geek
Impact Hub Joburg
9 Walters St, Rosebank, Johannesburg, 2196, South Africa
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