Fri, 20 Apr
|Eaton Club Central
CEO Breakfast with Elizabeth Rossiello
Elizabeth Rossiello is the CEO & Founder of BitPesa, a digital foreign exchange and payment platform for 8 markets across Africa and the only market maker company for African currencies, reducing dependency on USD and EUR. Headquartered in Kenya, they have raised over 10 million dollars.
Time & Location
20 Apr 2018, 8:00 am – 9:30 am
Eaton Club Central, 5/F, Champion Tower, 3 Garden Rd, Central, Hong Kong
About the Event
BitPesa is a digital foreign exchange and payment platform for 8 markets across Africa and Europe. Founded in 2013, BitPesa was the first company to leverage digital currency to lower the cost of payments to and from sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the first blockchain company to be licensed by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority. Before BitPesa, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, working with regulators and policy-makers on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth sits on the Investment Committee for Bamboo Capital and the World Economic Forum's Future Council on Blockchain.