Africa Tech Festival 2022 | Informa Tech | 6 November 2022 | Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC), Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

About this event:
• 100+ hours of premium conference content delivered by inspiring, visionary speakers
• AI-powered matchmaking to enable efficient, targeted networking
• Africa’s largest virtual expo with interactive booths and technology-themed expo tours
• Integrated video chats, interactive polls, Q&As and virtual boardroom sessions
• A larger, more geographically diverse audience than ever before
• Virtual Resource Hub hosting a range of industry reports, analysis pieces and interviews

2022 Speakers

FEATURED SPONSORS:

Olugbenga Agboola
Founder & CEO, Flutterwave

Sulaiman Al Ali
CCO, Yahsat

Mohammed Aliyu
Chief FibreCo Officer, MTN Global Connect

Robert Aouad
CEO, ISOCEL Telecom

George Asamani
Managing Director (Sub-Saharan Africa), Project Management Institute

Todd Ashton
Vice President & Managing Director: Ericsson South & East Africa, Ericsson

Habiba Ben Barka

Mlamli Booi
CEO, SENTECH

Ranjith Cherickel
CEO, iColo Data Centres

Sebastien Codeville
Chief Executive Officer, KaiOS Technologies

Velma Corcoran
General manager-Middle East Africa,Airbnb

German Cufre
Global Head of Telecom-Media & Technology Investments, IFC | World Bank Group

Moustapha Mamy DIABY (Ing)
Senior Advisor/ICT and Digital Transformation, African Union Commission

Amadou Diallo
CEO (Middle East & Africa), DHL Global Forwarding

Kuseni Dlamini
Chairman, Massmart

Nastassha Dooks
Business Executive Head-SME & SOHO, Vodacom

Chris Fabian
Co-founder & Co-Lead, Giga - UNICEF

Nitin Gajria
Managing Director(Sub-Saharan Africa), Google

Ângelo Gama
CEO, Angola Cables

Anthea Gardner
Founder & Managing Partner, Cartesian Capital

Deon Geyser
CEO, Liquid Telecom-South Africa

Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou
CEO, National Agency of Information Society (ANSI)

Jérôme Hénique
Chief Executive-Middle East & Africa (OMEA), Orange

Edmund Higenbottam
Managing Director, Verdant Capital

Alderman Geordin Hill-Lewis
Executive Mayor of Cape Town, The City of Cape Town

Jonathan Hopkinson
Principal Digital Transformation Consultant, Consulting & System Integration Marketing & Solution, Huawei

Mmaki Jantjies
Group Executive: Innovation & Transformation, Telkom

Kim Jin
Vice President-Optical Business Product Line, Huawei

Franklin Kano Ocharo
Head of Fixed Data|Tribe Lead, Safaricom

Dejan Kastelic
Chief Technology Officer, Vodacom

Charlotte Kepadisa
Head of Big Data & AI, Safaricom

Paul Kimani
Founder/CEO, Workpay

Alan Knott-Craig
Chairman, Isizwe.com

Prasanna Kumar Burri
Group Chief Information Officer, Dangote Group

Lu Libo
President-Network Marketing & Solution Sales, Huawei

David Lotfi
CEO, Evina

Emmanuel Lubanzadio
Head of Public Policy Sub-Saharan Africa, Twitter

Dr. Mohamed Madkour
Vice President-Global Carrier Network Solutions & Marketing, Huawei

Siyabonga Mahlangu
Group Executive:Regulatory Affairs & Government Relations, Telkom

Celia Mantshiyane
CISO, MTN South Africa

Nollie Maoto
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, FNB

Mlindi Mashologu
Deputy Director-General:ICT Information Society and Capacity Development, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies

Simo Mkhize
CCO, Cell C

Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy
Managing Director-Sub-Saharan Africa, Spotify

Robert Mullins
CEO, Raxio Group

Kellie Murungi
Chief Investments Officer, East African Power

Nika Naghavi
Executive Director, MFS Africa

Aerona Nagooroo
General Manager:Pricing/Planning/Reporting & Capability, MTN Group

Omeshnee Naidoo
Director of Information Systems and Technology, City of Cape Town

Joseph Ndaba
Commissioner 4IR/CEO MDIHub, Republic of South Africa

Ida Nganga
Regional Head, UNESCO Emerging Technologies for Development

Kevin Njiraini
Director for Southern Africa, IFC

Jean Philbert Nsengimana
Managing Director, The Commons Project Foundation

Funke Opeke
CEO, MainOne

Oyeronke Oyetunde
Manager:Regulatory Affairs, MTN Group

Ashraf Parker
Head of Cybersecurity:Strategic Programmes and Vodacom International Business, Vodacom

Ashraff Paruk
Digital service Executive Head, Cell C

Fadi Pharaon
President-Ericsson Middle East & Africa, Ericsson

Sunil Piyarlall
Executive,Network Architecture and Modelling, Openserve - A Division of Telkom SA SOC Ltd

Ricardo Platt
Managing Executive for Payments, Vodacom Financial Services

Norbert Prihoda
Deputy CEO, Tunisie Telecom

V. L Kantha Rao
Additional Secretary & Administration/Universal Services Obligation Fund, Ministry of Communications, Government of India

Louis Richards
VP-Head of Global Ecosystem Partnerships and Alliances, Console Connect | PCCW Global

Bradwin Roper
CEO, FNB Connect

Nic Rudnick
Group Deputy Executive Chairman, Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Stefan Steffen
Executive of Data Science, Telkom Group

Dhiresh Surajpal
Head of Telco Strategic Partnerships-Africa, Google

Nina Triantis
Global Head-TMT, Standard Bank

Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu
CEO, The Tony Elumelu Foundation

Obinna Ukwuani
Chief Digital Officer, Bank of Kigali

Aurélien Vigano
VP-International Transmission Networks, Orange

Nora Wahby
Vice President-Head of Customer Unit West Africa and Morocco, Ericsson

SPEAKERS:

Mariam Abdullahi
Director-Android Platform Partnerships, Google

Blessing Abeng
Co-founder, Ingressive For Good

Daniel Acton
Regional Technical Lead, Google Cloud Africa

Nathan-Ross Adams
Data & Tech Lawyer, Michalsons

Olugbenga Adelana
Head-Agribusiness and Export Finance, Wema Bank

Danielle Agress
Country Manager for Southern Africa & Global Connectivity Sector Co-Lead, U.S. Trade and Development Agency

Shamira Ahmed
Founder & CEO, Africa Digital Development Advisory (ADDA)

Joey Akan
Founder & Music Journalist, Afrobeats Intelligence

Fela Akinse
Cofounder & COO, Genera Finance

Tope Akinwumi
Country Manager for Uber Nigeria, Uber

Tsonam Akpeloo
National Chairman-ICT Sector, Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GNCCI)

Andrews Akwasi Agbleke
CEO, Zeme Consult

Seun Alabi
Director-Data Partnerships, Identitypass

Tomiwa Aladekomo
CEO, Big Cabal Media

Abimbola Alale
MD & CEO, Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited

David Alema-Mensah
Founder, AsaanaPay

Thabiet Allie
Head of Business Development, MTN

Betania Allo
Programme Management Specialist, United Nations

Dr. Miriam Altman
Director: Altman Advisory & Professor of 4IR Practice, University of Johannesburg

Ikechukwu Anoke
Co-Founder and CEO, Zuri Health

Jess Anuna
Founder and CEO, Klasha

Diego Arias
Investor, Plug and Play

Theodore Asampong
CEO-West Africa Platform Services, SES

Adedana Ashebir
Regional Director-Africa and Middle East, Village Capital

Fiona Asonga
CEO, Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK)

Yaron Assabi
Founder and Group CEO, Digital Solutions Group

Olutola Awosiku
Chief Information Officer, healthstack africa

Abdul Baba
Chief technology and innovation officer (CTIO), Industrial Development Corporation

Steve Bailey
CCO, FREI

Ange Bakeba
Director Sales, Comtech

Marion Balandra
Founder & CEO, MERIDIAN REMOTE TEAMS

Oyama Balfour
Founder and Managing Director, Penrose Capital

Bechara Baradhi
Sales Director-Africa, SES

Minette Barkhuysen
General Manager: Core Enterprise Systems, Mediclinic Southern Africa

Oumar BasseE
CEO and Co-Founder, YOBANTE EXPRESS

Maxime Bayen
Lead Venture Builder and Co-founder, Catalyst Fund (BFA Global) and Africa The Big Deal

Peace Bello
Founder, Chemotronix

Kelly Bentley
Co-Founder & Group CEO, dx5 (Formerly CIO Africa)

Denis Bernaert
VP Strategic Customer Executive, Salesforce

Dino Bernicchi
Data Science Strategy Consultant, Independent

Prof.Elmarie Bierman
Director, Cyber Security Institute

Nikki Blake
Business Development, Bergvik

Kevin Boakye
Head of BD & Partnerships, Carry1st

Andrew Bourne
Regional Manager (Africa), Zoho Corporation

Lawrence Boya
Smart City Leader, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality

David Boye - Doku
COO, PayBox

Philip Boye-Doku
CEO, PayBox Global

Stefano Cantarelli
EVP-Strategic Business Development, Mavenir

Steve Carver
Founder, ucangrow.earth

Richard Cazalet
Exec: Strategy and Transformation, Telkom SA

Kirsty Chadwick
Chief Executive Officer, The Training Room Online (TTRO)

Thierry Chamayou
Vice-President of Cloud and Service Providers in EMEA, Schneider Electric

Munya Chanetsa
Managing Director(Africa), EMPIRE Publishing

Julius Cheptiony
Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer, Telkom Kenya Ltd

Paidemoyo Chideya
Design Director, DeMOYO Global

Taz Chikwakwata
Section Head ICT, Mimosa Mining Company

Louise Claassen
Co-founder & Creative and Technology Lead, ORBmersive

Juanita Clark
CEO, Digital Council Africa

Lucy Coddington
Investment Director, Africa50

Anna Collard
SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist, KnowBe4 Africa

Carissa Cupido
Radio Presenter, Culture Beat on Good Hope FM

Sade Dada
Africa Public Policy Manager, Access & Connectivity, Meta

Raphael Dana
Co-Founder, Co-CEO, Gozem - Africa's Super App

Simpa Dania
Chief Happiness Officer, Healthstack Solutions Limited

Insaaf Daniels
Human Capital General Manager, redPanda Software

Emmanuel Danso
CEO, BD Waste

Dr. Ernest Darkoh
Co-Founder, BroadReach Group

Brent Davidoff
Head of Network Experience, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Deon de Swardt
Managing Partner, Africa People Advisory Group

Pieter de Villiers
CEO & Co-Founder, Clickatell

Alan de Waal-Smit
Business Development Manager, ITR Technology (Manage Engine South Africa)

Joe De Wet
VP of Products, Clickatell

Benoit Denis
Senior Economist Digital Infrastructure-Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Gunjan Dhingra
Business Head-Africa, PureSoftware

Abou A. Diallo
Sales Director, Africa, SES

Emma Dicks
Co-Founder, CodeSpace Academy

Nthabeleng Digangoane
Managing Executive:Mining, Industrial and Healthcare, BCX

Koffi Fabrice DJOSSOU
Expert principal-Economie Numérique, West African Development Bank ( BOAD )

Dr. Riyad Domingo
Founder & CEO, South Africa Makes

Phila Dube
Chief Commercial Officer, Openserve

Cherise Dunn
Co-founder and COO, South Africa Makes

Hamoon Ekhtiari
CEO, FutureFit AI

Aziz El Hachem
Director, Plug and Play Tech Center

Fredrick Endeki
Head of ICT
Ministry of Health, Kenya Medical Training College-Machakos

Jomo Erick
Infrastructure Sector Lead, African Leadership Academy

Stephan Eyeson
CEO, Survey54

Gillian Ezra
Head of Content and Engagement, Simfy Africa

Mohamed Fagiri
Co-Founder & CEO, Uqudo

Sophia Farrar
Partnerships Lead, Giga (UNICEF)

Ellen Fischat
CEO, Inspiring African Women

Clémentine Fournier
Head of Enterprise Partnerships & Business Development, BICS

Alexandra Fraser
Director, Viridian

Laurie Fuller
Venture Partner, Raiven Capital

Lorien Gamaroff
CEO, Centbee

Tafadzwanashe Gavi
Founder and CEO, Umojalands

Begna Gebreyes
Deputy Director & Head of Heavy Industries-Telecoms & Technology, Africa Finance Corporation

Zachariah George
Managing Partner, Launch Africa Ventures

Rishi Ghare
Founder & CEO, Indio Networks

Paula Gilbert
Editor, Connecting Africa

Glenn Gillis
CEO, Sea Monster

Dario Giuliani
Founder & Director, Briter Bridges

Ignacio Gonzalez
Business Development Manager EMEA: Media & Telco, RedHat

Calvin Govender
General Manager ICT Fixed Services, MTN

Pavesh Govender
Managing Executive Internet of Things (IoT) Africa, Vodacom

Sinal Govender
Co-founder, Life File

Gideon Greaves
Managing Director-Africa, CV VC

Chris Green
Chief Editor, Tech Africa News

Luvo Grey
Managing Director, EC Internet (Pty) Ltd.

Brenda Gunde
Global Senior Technical Specialist ICT4D in Agriculture, United Nations- IFAD

Sizwe Gwala
Head of Data Govenance, Absa Group

Ben Cheikh Haidara
CEO, Orange DRC

Prof Zaheer Hamid
Academic Director, MANCOSA - Honoris United Universities institution

Dr. Riad Hartani
Founder, Xona Partners

Jessica Hawkey
Managing Director, redAcademy

Dr. Angus Hay
Group Executive: IT & Partners, Africa Data Centres

Dean Hiine
Co-founder and Managing Director, Talk360

Simone Hinrichsen
Insights Manager, GSMA Innovation Fund

Paul Hjul
Managing Director, Hjul Consulting

Adrian Ho
Practice Leader-Digital Enterprise Services, Omdia

Gill Hofmeyr
Africa TMT Industry Leader/Speaker, deloitte

Dr. Rutendo Hwindingwi
Africa Managing Director, Elev8

Gerald Ilukwe
Chief Information Officer, Kaduna State Government

Autram Jacobs
IT Infrastructure and Operations Manager, PepsiCo Sub-Saharan Africa

Sigga M. Jagne
Founder, Signara Global Solutions, LLC

Dr. Denisha Jairam Owthar
Chief Director: IT ( ie: Group CIO), University of Stellenbosch

Wiza Jalakasi
VP-Global Merchant Business, Chipper Cash

Dion Jerling
Co-Founder, Connect Earth

Anjali Jhina
Head of Product, Standard Bank Mobile

Chris Jonck
Head of Power and Energy, American Tower Corporation Africa

Steve Jump
Director-Strategist, Coach & Mentor, Custodiet Advisory Services

Sita Kalsi
Portfolio Manager, Applied Intelligence Group

Caroline Kamaitha
Vice President-Fixed Data Africa, SES

John Kamara
Founder, Afayrekod

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Country Officer-DRC, Proparco

Ngasuma Kanyeka
Strategic Lead, UNICEF

Jay Katatumba
Africa Outreach Contractor-MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard Business School

Dominic Kebenei
Head of ICT, Savannah Cement Limited

Seja Kekana
Principal: Infrastructure-Water and Telecoms Finance, Nedbank

Kevin Kent
Founder & CEO, Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Atul Khanna
Director of Emerging Technologies, Amdocs Mobile Network Services

Slindile Khanyile
Head of Digital Publications and Director, Likhanyile Tutoring & Media

Siyabonga Khumalo
Network Engineer, Royal Science & Technology Park

Philip Kiracofe
CEO/Co-Founder, Startupbootcamp Afritech

Brad Kirby
Senior Specialist: Gaming & Esports, MTN

Evan Kirchheimer
Research VP-Telco & Service Provider, Omdia

Theran Knighton-Fitt
Chief Humanising Officer, Mygrow

Maciej Kolodziej
Account Executive, TeamViewer

Dr. Pieter Koornhof
Chief Operating Officer, 24 Bit Games

Rajat Kotra
Group Director of Data Analytics & AI, Informa

Rakesh Kukreja
Managing Director, iSAT Africa LTD FZC

Prof. Tawana Kupe
Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria

Samuel Kwabena Nkrumah
Head, Transmission & Transport, AirtelTigo Ghana

Lerato Lamola-Oguntoye
Consultant-Financial Regulatory, Webber Wentzel

Elmen Lamprecht
Executive Consultant, 3 Degrees Tech

Jasper Lankhorst
Group CEO, Rack Centre

Sidonie Latere
CEO, Kobo hub

Glenn Lazarus
CEO, ATS Network Management Pty LTD

Raymond Ledwaba
CEO, ITTHYNK Gaming

Tony Lee Luen Len
Senior Partner, Ecosis

Neo Bobbie Lehana
Head Producer, Royalty Noire TV

Werner Leithgöb
Head of Functional-Technical and Integration for Programme Horizon, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Tebogo Leshope
COO, SENTECH

Laurent Leveil
Head of Multiscreen Video Services, Eutelsat

Ronika Lewis
Engineering Product Management Leader, Google Cloud

Andisa Liba
Chief People Officer, Floatpays

Inge Loff
Head of Group Learning & Development, Homechoice

Marie Lora-Mungai
Founder & CEO, Restless Global

Chad Losee
Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard Business School

Mustapha Louni
SVP-Middle East (Africa & Greater India), Uptime Institute

Kobus Louw
Managing Director, Digemy.com

Spencer Ma
Senior Growth Manager, Carry1st

Mandla Magagula
Chief Technology Officer, Libex

Prof. Thomas Magedanz
Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems & Visiting Professor at University of Cape Town

Frank Magombo
Chief Marketing Officer, Telekom Networks Malawi

Naledi Magowe
Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Brastorne Enterprises

Divyajeet Mahajan
CEO (Zimbabwe), Distributed Power Africa

Rabogale Moses Mahlo
Board Member, Mustard Seed Foundation

Karima Mahmoudi
Director General, National Telecommunications Authority - Home

Onica Makwakwa
Head of Africa, Alliance for Affordable Internet

Louis Manu
Co-founder, Wi-flix

Granny Mmatsatsi Maroga
Director for MarogaNeuro Medics and Operations Director, Mustard Seed Foundation

Mathew Marsden
Founder, GetLion & dealbase.africa

Yonas Maru
Managing Director, Bandwidth and cloud Services Group (BCS Group)

Juba Mashaba
Chief Human Resources Officer, Cell C

Reneiloe Matsepe
founding Director, Mustard seed foundation

Lindiwe Mazibuko
Co-founder & CEO, Futurelect, an Apolitical Academy

Thecla Mbongue
Senior Analyst, Omdia

Michael Mbuthia
Regional Director East & Southern Africa, AfricaNenda (A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Program)

Ian Merrington
CEO, Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi)

Nat-Sy Missamou
SVP-Energy (Africa & Middle East), Orange

Baratang Miya
CEO, Girlhype - African Girls Code

Ephraim Modise
Junior Reporter (Southern Africa), Big Cabal Media

Limpho Moeti
Business Developer & Ops Coordinator, Nyamakop

Basil Moftah
General Partner, Nclude

Twahir Mohamed
Founder-CEO, MPost

Emma Mphahlele
Founder & Managing Director, African Youth Ignited 4ir

Kennedy Mubita
Member/Lead Africa-SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank

Patricia Mugabe
Head Digital Transformation/Innovation and Product Development, BancABC Zimbabwe

Rudzani Mulaudzi
Consulting Africa Cloud Engineering Lead, Deloitte

Alice Munyua
Director, The Mozilla Foundation

Ghassan Murat
VP Connectivity, Eutelsat

Charles Murito
Regional Director/Government Affairs & Public Affairs (Sub Saharan Africa), Google

Chilufya Mutale
Co-Founder and CEO, PremierCredit

Simbah Mutasa
Managing Director, Bank of America

Simit Naik
Director/Commercial & Strategy, nChain

Abdallah Nassar
Chief Engineering and Network Officer, Orange Cameroun

Hosea Naturinda Makuru
Regional Information Security Officer (East Africa), Standard Bank Group

Tathiana C. Nchini
Founder, Tohkam

John Nduku
Executive Director-Technology Operations, Mozambique Telecom

Mumbi Ndung'u
Chief Growth and Operations, Power Learn Project

Anda Ngcaba
Chief of Operations, UCT Financial Innovation Hub

Andile Ngcaba
Chairman, Convergence Partners

Tsakane Ngoepe
Director of Strategic Finance, M-KOPA

Mixo Ngoveni
Co-Founder and CEO, Geekulcha

Martin Møller Nielsen
CEO, Mdundo.com

Michael Njenga Gitau
General Manager-Information Technology, CFAO Group, Kenya

Danson Njue
Senior Research Analyst, Omdia

Diana Njuguna
Africa Investment Advisor, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Justin Norman
Founder, The Flip

Muzi Ntombela
CIO, Centre for Public Service innovation

Cecil Senna Nutakor
CEO & Founder, eCampus

Lorentz Chidue Nwachuku
PIO, IFC

Taz Nzara
Executive Producer, Club Bantu - Austin, TX

Adeleye Odebunmi
Chief Executive Officer, PAKAM Technology Limited

Oluwaseun (Shay) Odekunle
Analyst, Founders Intelligence

Toyosi Odukoya
Head of Business Intelligence, Mastercard Foundation

Wemimo Ogundeko
Associate Investment Officer, IFC

Olamide Oguntoye
Policy Lead-Climate Innovation, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Tinuade Oguntuyi
Head Network and Solutions, Information Connectivity Solutions Limited

Michael Okeje
Head of Growth and Marketing (Africa), Mdundo.com

Dr. Emmanuel Okeleji
CEO, SeamlessHR

Phiona Okumu
Head Of Music (Sub-Saharan Africa), spotify

Olusegun Okuneye
Divisional CEO-IPNX Business, IPNX Nigeria Limited

Fehintolu Olaogun
CEO and Co-founder, CredPal

Wiehann Olivier
Partner and Digital Asset Lead, Mazars

Shayo Olumide
Senior Associate, Africa Finance Corporation

Olu Olutola
Connectivity and Digital Advisor (Africa), USAID

Chukwuma Osahor Covenant-Hero
Head, Digital Partnerships, Access Bank Plc

Imran Patel
Director, Verdant Capital

Nivesh Pather
Investment Manager, Norrsen22

Heidi Patmore
Managing Director, Manjaro Marketing

Moira Patterson
Global Market Affairs & Community Engagement Director, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Aunnie Patton Power
Academic Advisor, Author and Angel Investor, Impact Finance Pro

Miranda Perumal
Senior Director/Head of Digital Partnerships-Fintech & Ventures/SSA, Visa

Axel Peyriere
Entrepreneur & Investor, Africar Group

Mia Pieterse
Partner, Mazars

Kiaan Pillay
CEO, Stitch

Keith Pitout
Chief Technical Officer, Indigo Broadband SA

Ahren Posthumus
CoFounder and CEO, Momint

Shireen Powell
CEO, Project Isizwe

Sergio Pozuelo
Commercial and Marketing Director, TIS

Purva Rajkotia
Global Director, Global Business & Strategic Initiatives: Connectivity & Telecom Practice, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Lavina Ramkissoon
Chairperson & Co Founder, Fintech Association of South Africa

Shyam Ranchod
Africa TMT Digital Leader /Speaker, Deloitte

Joshua Raphael
CEO, Parket

Eugene Ras
Head of Data & Analytics, Distell Group

Mishaan Ratan
Chief Marketing Officer, Rentoza

Matt Reed
Chief Analyst-Service Provider Markets, Omdia

Jeannette Roberes, M.Ed.
Chief Academic Officer, Bearly Articulating

Asaf Rosenheck
COO, Gilat Telecom

Lara Rosmarin
Head of Entrepreneur Development and Incubation, Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CiTi)

Marjorie Saint-Lot
Country Manager for Uber Ghana and the Ivory Coast, Uber

Janet Sawari
CEO & Founder, The AI Review

Enzo Scarcella
Chief Consumer Officer, MTN

Daniel Schapiro
Sales Director (Africa), SES

Matshepo Sehloho
Associate Editor, Connecting Africa

Varsha Sewlal
Executive Legal and Deputy Information Officer, Railway Safety Regulator

Bradley Shaw
Vice President-Middle East and Africa, Lynk

Dr. Robinson Tombari Sibe
CEO/Lead Forensic Examiner, Digital Footprints Nig. Ltd.

Ayanda Siboto
Programmes Manager, Viridian

Professor Monica Singer
Strategic Advisor and South African Lead, ConsenSys

Dharmendra Singh
Executive Vice President, Yahclick

Nitesh Singh
Managing Director and Lead for Communication-Media and Technology (CMT), Accenture South Africa

Gugulethu Siso
CEO, Thumeza

Håkan Sjödin
Vice President-Video Sales EMEA, SES

Njabulo Skhosana
Co-founder and CEO, HealthDart

Melissa Slaymaker
Global Talent Hub Director, Women in Tech Global Movement

Olivia Soan
Portfolio Lead, Elevating Founders

Olunfunso Somorin
Regional Principal Officer, African Development Bank

Russell Southwood
CEO, Balancing Act

Dorothy Stanley
Chair - 802.11 Working Group, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Confidence Staveley
Executive Director & Founder, Cybersafe Foundation

Unguec Stephen Kang
A/Director, National Communications Authority

Lorraine Steyn
CEO, Khanyisa Real Systems

Fezeka Stuurman
Managing Director, Cultiver Group

T-Mula T-Mula
CEO, Mula VIP Rentals

Gladys Taitia
Editor-In-Chief, EMIC Media

Fargani Tambeayuk
Head of Connectivity Policy, Meta

Tina Taylor
Co-Founder & CEO, Core3 Innovations, Inc.

Mariam Tendou Kamara
Founder & Managing Director, BAANTOU

Aicha Toure
CEO, Orange Money, Mali

Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
Founder, Ubuntu Group & Ubuntu Tribe

Chioma Ugo
Co-founder, Prospa

Steve Uma
CIO and Head-Information Services and Technology, NSIA Insurance Limited

Uwem Uwemakpan
VP-Fund Operations, Ingressive Capital

Hema Vallabh
Managing Partner, Five35 Ventures

Melanie Van Biljon
Co-Founder and CEO, Bizzamm (Pty) Ltd

Pieter Van Der Westhuizen
CTO, American Tower

Ferdinand Van Ingen
Senior Industry Specialist, IFC

Niraj Varia
CEO, iProcure

Kerissa Varma
Managing Executive, Vodacom

Evans Wadongo
Partner, Wadson Ventures

Rami Wahab
Head of Product Sales, ARABSAT

Abe Wakama
CEO, IT News Africa

Eunice Wambui
Investment Manager, Founders Factory Africa

Faith Wawira Nyaga
Senior Information Communication and Technology Officer, Water Resources Authority

Terry White
Associate Chief Analyst, Omdia

Ian Williams
Software Consultant-EMEA, Motorola Solutions

James Williams
Director, Informa Tech

Gori Yahaya
Founder and CEO, UpSkill Digital

Sherry Zameer
SVP, Mobile Connectivity Solutions (Africa & Middle East), Gemalto

Guy Zibi
Managing Director, Xalam Analytics

Dominique Collett
Head, AlphaCode

Tom Cuthell
VP Global Festivals, Informa Tech

Moira de Roche
Vice President, International Federation for Information Processing

Marius Engelbrecht
Senior Strategy Consultant (East and Southern Africa), Huawei Technologies

Darren Franks
CEO, Fintech Association of South Africa

Christopher Kemei
Director- Universal Service Fund, Communications Authority of Kenya

Dr. Nkosi Kumalo
GM: Product & Capability, MTN Business

Godfrey Kyama
Digitalization Consultant, UN

Ian Lessem
Managing Partner, HAVAIC

Hui Li
Deputy Director of Institute of Industry and Planning of CAICT, China, CAICT Institute

Aristide Jean-Marc Logbo
Manager Infrastructure/Cybersecurity and DevOps, STANBIC BANK (COTE D' IVOIRE )

Almo Lubowski
Chief Legal/Risk & Compliance Officer, INVES Capital

Kgiso Motsoane
Program Manager, European Union Delegation to South Africa

Hangwi Muambadzi
Investor, Commerz Ventures

Brenton Naicker
Director of Capital Formation & Growth, CV VC

Nicholas Naidu
Head of Technology, CIVH

Euanne Oberholzer
Event Moderator

Wunmi Ogunde
COO, Pakam Technology Limited

John Omo
Secretary General, African Telecommunications Union

Chibuzo Opara
CEO, Drugstoc

Ayub Osman
Head of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson

Aravind Pai
Head of Digital Endpoints BD, Radisys Corporation

Tobie Van Der Spuy
Co-Founder, Block Markets Africa

Anita Van Vuuren
Chief Education Specialist (CES), Western Cape Government

Vani Venkatesh
CEO- Global Business, Airtel

Nicholas Williams
Manager-ICT Operations, African Development Bank

2022 Sponsors and Partner

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Ericsson
• Huawei

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Evina

LEAD THEME SPONSOR: 4IR & FUTURE OF WORK
• Project Management Institute

LEAD THEME SPONSOR: CLOUD AND DATA CENTRES
• PCCW Global

VIP BAG SPONSOR:
• BCS Group

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• SES

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Accenture
• Amdocs
• Arabsat
• ATS Network Management
• Clickatell
• Digital Solutions Group
• Intelsat
• ManageEngine
• Mavenir
• MTN Business
• Orange
• Red Hat
• Salesforce
• Schneider Electric
• Sentech
• SES
• Solarwinds
• Teamviewer
• Yahsat

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• Raxio Group
• ATC Africa
• Avanti
• Digital Realty
• Optiva
• BICS
• BCX
• China Telecom (South Africa) Limited
• KaiOS Technologies
• MTN Global Connect
• nChain
• PureSoftware
• Rack Centre
• Radisys
• Telecom Infra Project
• Tistech
• Workpay
• Zoho Corporation

AFRICA TECH FESTIVAL AWARDS SPONSOR:
• Intelsat

AFEST SPONSORS:
• Evina
• Intelsat
• Telecoming
• Yahsat

COFFEE POINT SPONSOR:
• Cassava Technologies

VIP VILLAGE LEAD SPONSOR:
• Telecom Egypt

VIP VILLAGE SPONSORS:
• ATC Africa
• Cloudflare
• GAMTEL (Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd)
• Huawei
• Infosim® & Trace Networks Operations
• Deloitte
• Telecoming
• Telasys

VIP WELCOME DRINKS SPONSOR:
• Webber Wentzel

MEETING ROOMS:
• Airtel
• Arabsat
• Avanti
• Aviat Networks
• China Mobile International
• Ciena
• Comviva
• CSquared
• Digital Realty
• e&
• Evina
• Huawei
• Hughes Network Systems
• Infinera
• Intelsat
• International Finance Corporation - World Bank Group
• Liquid Intelligent Technologies
• MTN Global Connect
• OneWeb
• Optiva
• Orange International Carriers
• Project Management Institute
• Salesforce
• SES
• Syniverse Technologies
• Telecel Global Services
• Telecom Infra Project
• Telesat LEO
• VOX Solutions
• Wananchi Telecom Limited, Mauritius
• X - The Moonshot Factory

ASSOCIATION PARTNER:
• IITPSA