🚨Speaker Announcement🚨
Louis Nel is a full-stack developer and Bitcoin advocate from South Africa, specializing in MEAN stack projects and fintech innovations.
With a BA from the University of South Africa, he explores Bitcoin's real-world applications through experiments like solar-powered mining and Lightning Network savings trials.
As a content creator on louisnel.co.za, Louis educates on adoption, security, and scam awareness, drawing from personal experiences in regulatory advocacy.
Conference website:
za26.adoptingbitcoin.org
#abct26
Russell Lamberti is Executive Director and Chief Economist at
Sakeliga, an independent, non-profit business organisation in South Africa.
He leads economic strategy and policy analysis, advancing the group’s mission to restore economic order at scale amid harmful economic policies and state failure. He also heads Sakeliga’s premium funder relations and contributes to various executive functions.
Russell is a UCT School of Economics graduate with over 20 years of experience advising fund managers, professional investors, and corporate boards. He previously held economist and macro-strategy roles at Econometrix, ETM Analytics, and as founder of ETM Macro Advisors.
He co-authored When Money Destroys Nations in 2014, a book about Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation and economic collapse.
He lives in the Cape Winelands.
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