Africa’s most curated gathering of business leaders, operators, investors, and industry voices.
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01 · The Invitation
Whether you're expanding across borders, managing supplier payments, navigating foreign exchange or looking for new commercial partnerships, JIRANI puts you in the room with the executives, founders and industry leaders tackling the same challenges, creating an environment where ideas become introductions and introductions become business opportunities.
02 · The Room
JIRANI brings together the businesses driving Africa's economy alongside the financial, technology and capital partners enabling their growth. Every industry has been intentionally selected because real commercial opportunities exist between them.
High-volume businesses managing extensive supplier ecosystems and procurement networks.
Supplier payouts and payroll at scale; raw-material and machinery imports settled in hard currency.
Banks, payment providers and fintechs exploring cross-border infrastructure and digital assets, as collaborators.
Large-scale operators managing complex supplier and contractor networks at scale.
Businesses managing cross-border trade, FX exposure and supplier payment, the clearest enterprise use case.
Businesses managing multi-currency collections and payouts, the fastest-growing users of the infrastructure.
This is your pipeline, pre-matched.
For one evening, JIRANI brings together the people making decisions that shape how businesses grow across Africa. From CEOs and finance leaders to operators and commercial teams, every attendee is exploring new partnerships, solving business challenges and discovering opportunities for growth.
Decision-makers, not delegates
Every attendee is vetted for relevance. The room is built around people with purchasing power, operational influence, or strategic partnerships to offer.
A curated showcase where attendees interact with products in real business scenarios, creating natural opportunities for discovery and conversation.
Curated fitness and wellness experiences that encourage meaningful conversations, authentic connections and stronger business relationships.
A dedicated networking space where founders, executives and business leaders can continue conversations, exchange ideas and build partnerships throughout the evening.
Panel Discussions
Across 3 panel discussions, we look at the policies, technologies and partnerships changing how African businesses move money, adopt innovation and grow strategically across multiple sectors.
Panel I
“Financial Resilience, Wealth Protection, and the New Role of Digital Assets”
With Kenya's 2027 election year approaching, this panel explores how individuals and businesses can build financial resilience amid currency, inflation, and market uncertainty — and where digital assets fit alongside traditional finance.
Panel II
“Competition, Loyalty, and the Future of Remittance in Africa”
Cross-border money movement is more competitive than ever. This panel examines how remittance providers are competing on trust, pricing, and experience — and what actually creates customer loyalty.
Panel III
“What It Takes to Move Products, Services and Opportunity Across Africa”
From factory to shelf and clinic to patient, this panel explores how businesses across Africa reach their customers through partnerships, infrastructure, and innovation.
MCMichelle Watiki
Co-Founder & COO
Duck
ModeratorIan Wafula
CEO & Founder
Sauti Sessions · BBC Coverage
Panel IGabriel Mbugua
Senior Backend Engineer
HoneyCoin
Panel IGeorge Mosomi
Expansion Manager
Tether
Panel IAlex Michael Karanja Njoroge
CEO
HF Markets
ModeratorBarrack Bukusi
Co-Founder & Host
Financially Incorrect
Panel IIShezaad Sunderji
VP Customer Service
Mastercard
Panel IIRaphael Anampiu
Co-Founder
Flex Money Transfer Limited
Panel IISamuel Ireri
Head of International Banking & Payments
Equity Bank
ModeratorEvans Munene
Host
Admin Access
ModeratorDominic Mulinda
Host
Admin Access
Panel IIILiz Wambua
Head of Operations
Glovo Kenya
Panel IIIKimjackson Njeru
Head of Commercial
Naivas
Panel IIIDr. Darshan Chandaria
Group CEO & Director
Chandaria Group
MCMichelle Watiki
Co-Founder & COO
Duck
ModeratorIan Wafula
CEO & Founder
Sauti Sessions · BBC Coverage
Panel IGabriel Mbugua
Senior Backend Engineer
HoneyCoin
Panel IGeorge Mosomi
Expansion Manager
Tether
Panel IAlex Michael Karanja Njoroge
CEO
HF Markets
ModeratorBarrack Bukusi
Co-Founder & Host
Financially Incorrect
Panel IIShezaad Sunderji
VP Customer Service
Mastercard
Panel IIRaphael Anampiu
Co-Founder
Flex Money Transfer Limited
Panel IISamuel Ireri
Head of International Banking & Payments
Equity Bank
ModeratorEvans Munene
Host
Admin Access
ModeratorDominic Mulinda
Host
Admin Access
Panel IIILiz Wambua
Head of Operations
Glovo Kenya
Panel IIIKimjackson Njeru
Head of Commercial
Naivas
Panel IIIDr. Darshan Chandaria
Group CEO & Director
Chandaria Group
12 · Fitness & Wellness
Great conversations begin long before the first panel. Wellness Meets Business is Jirani’s invitation to slow down, reset, and connect before the evening’s discussions begin.
Ease into the evening with instructor-led movement sessions designed to energise the body, improve mobility, and prepare you for the conversations ahead.
Join a guided Pilates session focused on strength, balance, posture, and mindful movement, accessible to both beginners and experienced participants.
Take part in a guided yoga session designed to help you unwind, recharge, and reconnect. Open to all experience levels, these sessions are created so everyone can participate comfortable.
The wellness zone is where the evening's most useful conversations start. Shared experience takes the transactional edge off a first meeting: two executives doing the same thing at the same time have something to talk about before either has to sell.
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
Take part in guided gym sessions, Pilates, yoga, and curated wellness experiences designed to help you reset, recharge, and reconnect before the evening’s conversations begin.
Production
JIRANI is a joint production by My Tech Story Africa and Nani's Café Party — two communities that believe the best African business happens when culture, wellness and capital share a room.
My Tech Story Africa builds ecosystems where founders, investors and operators turn conversation into commerce. Nani's Café Party curates intimate spaces where wellness, design and cultural connection create the conditions for trust. Together they produce an evening that is part boardroom, part dinner table, part retreat.
The people shaping what’s next
Cape Town · Nairobi · London
1First Edition
2Friday, 28 August 2026
3Coming soon
Jirani · 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Friday, 28 August 2026
5:00 – 6:15 PM
6:15 – 6:30 PM
6:30 – 6:45 PM
6:45 – 7:00 PM
7:00 – 7:30 PM
7:30 – 8:00 PM
8:00 – 8:15 PM
8:15 – 8:45 PM
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9:00 – 9:15 PM
9:15 – 9:25 PM
9:25 PM onwards
Intentionally limited to 150 attendees. Every registration is reviewed to ensure the room remains high-signal and commercially valuable.
Your place in the room
Reserve early. Seats are allocated on confirmation and the room is intentionally limited.
General Admission · Secure checkout on HustleSasa
JIRANI is an invitation-led executive gathering where Africa's decision-makers build their next business opportunity. One room, 150 decision-makers, six industries — Cape Town, Nairobi and London.
Friday, 28 August 2026. The evening runs from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM. The venue is shared only with confirmed ticket holders.
Designed for CFOs, CEOs and commercial leaders navigating cross-border growth, alongside operators and commercial teams with purchasing power, operational influence, or strategic partnerships to offer.
JIRANI is intentionally limited to 150 attendees to preserve the quality of conversations. Every registration is reviewed to ensure the room remains high-signal and commercially valuable.
General Admission is KES 10,000. It includes full event access, networking, wellness activities, food and drinks.
Yes, Jirani's wellness programme runs throughout the evening, featuring guided gym sessions, Pilates, and yoga designed to help you reset, recharge, and reconnect.
