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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
 
OF PRINCIPAL
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULES 13A-14(A) AND 15D-14(A)
 
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED
 
I, Chris G.B. Meyer,
 
certify that:
 
1.
 
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Lesaka Technologies,
 
Inc. (“Lesaka”) for the quarter ended December 31,
2022;
 
2.
 
Based
 
on
 
my
 
knowledge,
 
this
 
report
 
does
 
not
 
contain
 
any
 
untrue
 
statement
 
of
 
a
 
material
 
fact
 
or
 
omit
 
to
 
state
 
a
 
material
 
fact
necessary to
 
make the
 
statements made,
 
in light
 
of the
 
circumstances under
 
which such
 
statements were
 
made, not
 
misleading with
respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
 
Based on
 
my knowledge,
 
the financial
 
statements, and
 
other
 
financial
 
information
 
included
 
in this
 
report,
 
fairly
 
present in
 
all
material respects
 
the financial
 
condition, results
 
of operations
 
and cash
 
flows of
 
Lesaka as
 
of, and
 
for, the
 
periods presented
 
in this
report;
 
4.
 
I am
 
responsible
 
for
 
establishing and
 
maintaining
 
disclosure controls
 
and
 
procedures (as
 
defined
 
in Exchange
 
Act Rules
 
13a-
15(e)
 
and 15d-15(e))
 
and
 
internal control
 
over financial
 
reporting (as
 
defined
 
in Exchange
 
Act Rules
 
13a-15(f)
 
and 15d-15(f))
 
for
Lesaka and have:
 
 
(a) Designed
 
such disclosure
 
controls and
 
procedures, or
 
caused such
 
disclosure controls
 
and procedures
 
to be
 
designed
under our supervision,
 
to ensure that material
 
information relating to
 
Lesaka, including
 
its consolidated subsidiaries,
 
is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
 
this report is being prepared;
 
 
(b) Designed
 
such internal
 
control over
 
financial reporting,
 
or caused
 
such internal
 
control over financial
 
reporting to
 
be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance
 
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
 
accounting principles;
 
(c)
 
Evaluated
 
the
 
effectiveness
 
of
 
Lesaka’s
 
disclosure
 
controls
 
and
 
procedures
 
and
 
presented
 
in
 
this
 
report
 
our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
 
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
 
this report based
on such evaluation; and
 
 
(d) Disclosed in this report
 
any change in Lesaka’s
 
internal control over financial reporting
 
that occurred during Lesaka’s
most
 
recent
 
fiscal
 
quarter
 
that
 
has
 
materially
 
affected,
 
or
 
is
 
reasonably
 
likely
 
to
 
materially
 
affect,
 
Lesaka’s
 
internal
 
control
 
over
financial reporting; and
 
5.
 
I have
 
disclosed, based
 
on our
 
most recent
 
evaluation of
 
internal control
 
over financial
 
reporting, to
 
Lesaka’s
 
auditors and
 
the
Audit Committee of Lesaka’s Board
 
of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
(a)
 
All
 
significant
 
deficiencies
 
and
 
material
 
weaknesses
 
in
 
the
 
design
 
or
 
operation
 
of
 
internal
 
control
 
over
 
financial
reporting
 
which
 
are
 
reasonably
 
likely
 
to
 
adversely
 
affect
 
Lesaka’s
 
ability
 
to
 
record,
 
process,
 
summarize
 
and
 
report
 
financial
information; and
 
 
(b)
 
Any
 
fraud,
 
whether
 
or
 
not
 
material,
 
that
 
involves
 
management
 
or
 
other
 
employees
 
who
 
have
 
a
 
significant
 
role
 
in
Lesaka’s internal control over financial
 
reporting.
 
Date: February 7, 2023
 
 
/s/ Chris G.B. Meyer
 
 
 
Chris G.B. Meyer
 
 
 
Group Chief Executive Officer