The Quantum Roundtable

Africa Quantum Consortium

Post-quantum security · quantum communications · critical-infrastructure readinessFri 26 June 2026 · 3:00–5:00 PM CAT (13:00 UTC · 09:00 ET) · OnlineAfrica's banking, mobile money, digital ID and telecoms run on cryptography a quantum computer will break - and data captured today can be decrypted later. The world is already migrating, on deadlines set for 2030 and 2035. This is the working session that turns that into what African institutions should do first.A rare, genuinely global room - North America, Europe, Asia, Russia and Africa at one table:<ul><li>Dr Katanya Kuntz - Founder and CEO; Qubo Consulting Corp: quantum communications: an introduction, and practical next steps</li><li>Prof. Çetin Kaya Koç - IEEE Life Fellow; founder of CHES</li><li>Aditya Koranga - Technical Advisory Committee Chair, PQC Alliance; PQStation</li><li>Didier Guignard - VeriQloud; cybersecurity in the quantum era</li><li>Andrey Kerov - QRate; quantum key distribution</li><li>Krystal Maughan - post-quantum cryptography</li><li>Phumzile Madonsela - quantum strategist and analytics leader</li><li>Michael Osborne - CTO IBM Quantum Safe</li><li>Taofiq Paraiso - quantum secure communications</li></ul>You'll leave with:<ul><li>Where your real cryptographic risk sits - and what to fix first</li><li>The migration and pilot pathways that are credible now, not someday</li><li>Direct lines to the people, tools and programs ready to help</li></ul>For security and technology leads in banking, telecoms, payments and digital ID - plus regulators, CERTs, funders, researchers and policymakers.This is a working session: the introductions and pathways happen live.Free to attend. Reserve your place.

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