Biography

• Khaya Maloney is the founder/owner of Afrileap, an agri-tech startup that uses controlled environment agriculture to grow hops hydroponically, for supply to the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and microbrewery industries.
• He holds a diploma in architectural technology from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology as well as a Civil Engineering Degree from the University of South Africa.
• Khaya boasts a blockchain architecture design diploma with NPTEL in association with IBM hyper ledger, and holds a certificate in digital assets form the University of Nicosia with experience as a blockchain solutions architect consultant in South Africa for global companies. He has been the strategic adviser for various blockchain and fin-tech projects and companies.
• Khaya is winner of the 2019 UN SEED Indalo for Climate Action award
• A WIBC Urban Agriculture Initiative graduate and member of the Beer association of South Africa
• Selected as the SA Start up at Food and Agriculture UN Food systems summit 2022 in Italy
• Partnered with the Department of Science and Technology & Innovation for the development and support for the R&D initiative in hydroponic hop growing 2023

Afrileap

• Khaya Maloney – Urban agriculture entrepreneur and founder of Afrileap.
• Afrileap is a 100% black-owned controlled environment agriculture business that sustainably grows wet hops hydroponically for supply of fresh, local, high quality hops for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and microbrewery industry.​