Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

Bitcoin: The next 100 million users
2024-01-26 , Machankura Stage

The next 100 million bitcoin users
Who are they? Where are they? Why do they need bitcoin?
Why do we need them? How do we help them get started safely?


In this keynote presentation, Tom will explore the opportunities for the mass adoption of bitcoin, the barriers that hold people back, and why we need to change the way we talk about bitcoin. Tom will focus on the South African market specifically where bitcoin represents an enormous opportunity but distribution of bitcoin comes with some hurdles and challenges.

Tom is head of sales of Azteco, a company that makes purchasing bitcoin as easy as topping a mobile phone in countries like Brazil, South Africa and Mexico. He has extensive international experience in business development, sales and entrepreneurship.

He previously founded a Flemish ecommerce solutions and worked at insurtech leader Qover, a company that recently closed their C-series investment round and well on their way to become a unicorn. Tom caught the entrepreneurship bug in Taiwan where he worked on Linqapp, a language learning focused app. Before Tom lived and worked from Brazil working for a Belgian renewable energy company. He speaks 6 languages and when he’s not working you can find him exploring the worlds’ oceans with his surfboard.