{"id":79,"date":"2026-06-03T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ripple.africa.com\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-06-03T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T11:49:33","slug":"attie-barnard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ripple.africa.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Attie Barnard"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79\" class=\"elementor elementor-79\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a61ebf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3a61ebf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417f45d6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"417f45d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37073d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37073d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Attie Barnard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2289948a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2289948a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of Ai &amp; Digital Assets<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30858726 elementor-grid-1 e-grid-align-left elementor-shape-rounded elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"30858726\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-linkedin elementor-repeater-item-7e0bddb\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/atbarnard\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Linkedin<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fab-linkedin\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M416 32H31.9C14.3 32 0 46.5 0 64.3v383.4C0 465.5 14.3 480 31.9 480H416c17.6 0 32-14.5 32-32.3V64.3c0-17.8-14.4-32.3-32-32.3zM135.4 416H69V202.2h66.5V416zm-33.2-243c-21.3 0-38.5-17.3-38.5-38.5S80.9 96 102.2 96c21.2 0 38.5 17.3 38.5 38.5 0 21.3-17.2 38.5-38.5 38.5zm282.1 243h-66.4V312c0-24.8-.5-56.7-34.5-56.7-34.6 0-39.9 27-39.9 54.9V416h-66.4V202.2h63.7v29.2h.9c8.9-16.8 30.6-34.5 62.9-34.5 67.2 0 79.7 44.3 79.7 101.9V416z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c10b44a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c10b44a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-168bc6e5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"168bc6e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/ripple.africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Attie-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-82\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ripple.africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Attie-1.png 656w, https:\/\/ripple.africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Attie-1-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cb11bc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1cb11bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37107d02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"37107d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Visionary entrepreneur and business strategist with 20+ years of experience founding, scaling, and investing in tech-driven ventures across telecoms, software, fintech, and compliance. 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