AfricaCom 2019 | KNect365 (An Informa Business) | 12 November 2019 | Cape Town International Convention Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

The place to meet everybody who’s anybody in African telecoms and technology, AfricaCom brings together 14,000 attendees, 450 speakers and 400 exhibitors.

Whether your focus is connectivity infrastructure, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, this is the place to network, learn and get deals done.

2019 Speakers

Hon. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams
Minister of Telecommunications & Postal Services, Republic of South Africa

Hon. Paula Ingabire
Minister of ICT & Innovation, Republic of Rwanda

Rob Shuter
Group President and CEO, MTN

Isabel dos Santos
Chair, UNITEL

Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful
Minister of Communications, Republic of Ghana

Hon. Mohamed Rahman Swaray
Minister of Information and Communications, Republic of Sierra Leone

Debbie Schäfer
Provincial Minister of Education, Western Cape Government

Dr. Keabetswe Modimoeng
Chairperson, ICASA

Alioune Ndiaye
CEO, Middle East and Africa, Orange

Mohamed Dabbour
EVP Africa, Millicom

Nic Rudnick
CEO, Liquid Telecom

Bryan Habana
Former Springbok, All Time Leading Springboks Try Scorer

Unathi Mtya
Chief Technology Officer, Grindrod Bank

Dominique Collett
Senior Investment Executive, RMI Holdings and Head of AlphaCode

Antonia Esser
Senior Research Analyst, Cenfri

Nick Hughes
Co Founder and Chief Product Officer, M Kopa

Hon. Michael Onyango
Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence Taskforce, Ministry of ICT, Kenya

Willington Ngwepe
CEO, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA)

Prof. Brian Armstrong
Chair of Digital Business, Wits Business School

Seaparo Phala
CIO, Department of Arts and Culture, South Africa

Dr. Kiru Pillay
Chief Director: Cybersecurity Operations, DTPS, Government of South Africa

Sami Said
Chief Security Officer, Tunisie Telecom

Lunga Newman
Enterprise Security Architect, Old Mutual

Christine van Niekerk
e-Commerce & Loyalty Director, Unilever

Modibedi Oliphant
Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, Prostar Paints South Africa

Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde
Head of Brand and Reputation, Africa, Google

Alan Winde
Premier, Western Cape

Catherine Wanjiku Njari
Senior Strategy Manager - TV & Media Content, Safaricom

Rudi Strydom
Head of IT Operations, Technology and Architecture, Imperial Logistics

Mandla Magagula
Blockchain Consultant, Rand Merchant Bank

Fortune Mgwili-Sibanda
Head of Government Relations and Public Policy, Google

Herman Singh
CEO, Future Advisory

Navindran Naidoo
Executive, Network Design &Planning, MTN Group

Joseph Hundah
CEO, Econet Media

Antony Esyalai
Marketing Director, Home Care, Unilever East Africa

Ibrahima Ba
Emerging Markets Lead - Network Investments, Facebook

Charles Molapisi
Group CTIO, MTN

Cassandra Enyan
Head of Android Platform Partnerships, Google

Gavin Kandier
Chief Information Officer, Constantia Insurance Company

Busola Tejumola
Executive Head of Content, MultiChoice Nigeria

Marcus Swanepoel
Co-Founder and CEO, Luno

Simon Rey
Group Head of Talent, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness, Ecobank Group

Blessings Ramoba
Board Member, President and CEO, Mining Forum of South Africa

Asha Patel
Head of Marketing, Google South Africa

Nicholas Naidu
Managing Executive: Technology Strategy, Architecture & Innovation, Vodacom

Ian Merrington
CEO, Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative

Herman Hendriks
Digital Value Chain Lead, Exxaro Resources

Warren Hero
CDO, Webber Wentzel

Nitin Gajria
Director - Sub-Saharan Africa, Google

Frédéric Debord
CEO, Orange Cameroon

Alderman James Vos
Mayoral Committee Member, Economic Opportunities and Asset Management, City of Cape Town

Nicholas Williams
Head, ICT Division, African Development Bank

Mooketsi Tekere
CEO, Ngwana Enterprises

Olerato Tiego
Broadband and UASF Officer, Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA)

Nora Wahby
VP and Head of Ericsson West Africa and Morocco, Ericsson

Nomso Kana
Nuclear scientist, 4IR Commissioner, Broadband infrastructure entrepreneur, Consultant, Board member, SEDA

Toby Shapshak
Forbes columnist, host of Tech Matters on eNCA, and Editor-in-Chief, Stuff Magazine

Mariam Abdullahi
Director, Android Platform Partnerships, Africa, Google

Paul Scanlan
CTO, Carrier Business Group, Huawei Technologies

Ben Roberts
Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO), Liquid Telecom

Tim Parle
Chief Director: Digital Economy, Western Cape Provincial Government

Fola Olatunji-David
Head of Startup Success for Launchpad Africa, Google

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

German Cufre
Regional TMT Lead, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Finance Corporation

William Mzimba
CEO, Vodacom Business Group

Emma Wade-Smith OBE
HM Trade Commissioner for Africa, Department for International Trade

David van Dijk
Director General, African Business Angel Network (ABAN)

Wessel Oosthuizen
Artificial Intelligence Leader: Risk Advisory, Deloitte

Mimi Omokri
Head of Business for Sub-Saharan Africa, Uber

Premeshin Naidoo
Sector Head of Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT), Absa Corporate and Investment Bank

Zachariah George
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Startupbootcamp Africa

Stephane Duproz
Chief Executive Officer, Africa Data Centres

Tomisin Fashina
CIO, Ecobank Group

Juliet Mhango
Chief Human Capital Development & Transformation Officer, Cell C

Asif Valley
National Technology Officer, Microsoft

Wole Abu
CEO, Pan African Towers

Mark Acton
Founder and Managing Director, Mobinomics

Selorm Adadevoh
CEO, MTN Ghana

Waheed Adam
Founder, Prime Group

Daniel Adaramola
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Unity Bank

Miriam Altman
Director, Altman Advisory

Alisa Amupolo
CEO, Powercom

Eva Andrén
Vice President and Head of Managed Services, Ericsson Market Area Middle East and Africa, Ericsson

Shirley Ann Gilbey
Director, UK-SA Tech Hub

Brenda Apio Oca
Global IT Business Relationship Manager, Agricultural Supply Chain, Cargill

Derrick Ashong
CEO, Amp.it

Juma Assiago
Head of Safer Cities Programme, UN-Habitat

Mattieu Bacquias
VP of Business Development – EU/MEA/Russia, KaiOS Tech

Magdalena Banasiak
Senior Innovation Advisor, Department for International Development

Janine Basel
Founder and CEO, Akro Capital

Megan Beckett
Data Scientist, Exegetic

Paul Berriman
Group CTO, PCCW Global

Piyush Bharti
Data & AI Product Manager, Microsoft

De Wet Bisschoff
Managing Director for Communications, Media & Technology, South Africa, Accenture

Arnauld Blondet
Chief Innovation Officer – Africa & Middle East, Orange

Mlamli Booi
CEO, SENTECH

Julien Borde
Head of Channels - France, Africa and Israel, WarnerMedia

Gert Bos
Executive Director & Partner, Qserve Group, The Netherlands

Johan Bosini
Partner, Quona Capital Management

Tommie Bosman
Telecommunications Manager, Cape Town Municipality

Candy Botha
Regional Marketing Manager - South African Region, Bolloré Logistics

Carol Bouwer
Founder and CEO, CB Productions

Lawrence Boya
Head of the Smart City, City of Johannesburg

Steve Briggs
Chief Commercial Officer, Seacom

Dietrich Brunner
Global Sales Manager, Bosch

Jean Buckham
CEO, Gin Box

Mustafa Burai
Senior Manager, Wholesale, Sudatel

Clive Butkow
CEO, Kalon Venture Partners

Andrea Böhmert
Co-Managing Partner, Knife Capital

John Campbell
Innovator, entrepreneur, creative mind, explorer., Redsands Labs

Mariam Cassim
Chief Office Vodacom Financial Services, Vodacom

Mark Charman
VP for Middle East and Africa, Mavenir

Indrajit Chauduri
CTO, Tecnotree

Terryanne Chebet
General Manager, Metropol TV Kenya

Jocelyn Cheng
Senior Investment Director, Global Investment Fund

Giovanni Chiarelli
CTO, MTN South Africa

Derek Chikanga
Senior Analyst, Africa Analysis

Pramod Chinchansure
Senior Manager, NgNOC Operation Transformation, Safaricom

Malcolm Ché
Creative Technologist, Eden Immersive

Juanita Clark
CEO, FTTX Council

Randi Clendennen
CSO, Atlas Towers

Guillaume Coffin
VP Head of Commercial and Business - France, Africa & Israel, WarnerMedia

Paul Colmer
Executive Management Committee, Wireless Access Providers' Association

Graeme Cumming
Head - CV Product Development, MultiChoice

Max Cuvellier
Head of Ecosystem Accelerator and M4D Utilities, GSMA

Sana Dabeer
Head of eSIM Delivery, Truphone

Devika Daga
Humane Technologist; Ecosystem Development Consultant, MOSIP

Tsachi Dahan
Head of Vertical Solutions Division, AMOS, Spacecom

Mark Daley
Director, Digital Strategy and Business Development, Epsilon

Jignesh Dave
CEO, NextCellular

Gert de Beer
Chief Business Development Officer, Transnet

Louise de Beer
Head of Business Intelligence & Data Science, Leadhome

Pieter de Villiers
Co Founder and CEO, Clickatell

George Debbo
Independent Telecommunications Consultant, George Debbo Telecom (Pty) Ltd

Benoit Denis
Senior Economist, Digital Infrastructure Division, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank

Henry Denner
Information Technology Security Officer, Gautrain Management Agency

Brite Devassy
Executive: Mobile Networks & Services, Telkom SA (Openserve)

Siby Diabira
Regional Director for Southern Africa and Indian Ocean, PROPARCO

Ramatoulaye Diallo Shagaya
Director, Digital Financial Services, Sonatel

Emma Dicks
Co-Founder, CodeSpace

Sékou Dramé
CEO, Sonatel Group

Ronald Du Toit
Data Scientist, Allan Gray

Sarah Dusek
Co-Founder, Engyma

Juliet Ehimuan
Director, West Africa, Google

Niclas Ekdahl
CEO, Connected Video, MultiChoice

Adi Engel
CBDO, vCita

Apollo Eric
Founder, aeternity Hub Africa

Bertrand Fallon-Kund
Partner, Bain & Company

Ellen Fischat
Co-founder, Innocircle

Tina Fisher
Managing Director, SnapNSave

Damian Garot
Senior Advisor to the CEO, Middle East and Africa, OneWeb

Fiacre Gbaguidi
Senior Broadband Projects Manager, Agence Pour le Development du Numerique, Presidence de la Republique du Benin

Tim Genders
Chief Operating Officer, Project Isizwe

Feigo Geng
Vice President, Wireless Network Marketing, Huawei

Darren Gerry
UK Practice Leader and Telco/Comms Sector Business Leader, Wipro Digital

Paula Gilbert
Editor, Connecting Africa

Javier Gonzalez
Global Head of Strategic Business Development, Truphone

Akinwale Goodluck
Head of Africa, GSMA

Edgars Grandans
VP International Sales, LMT

Alex Granger
Think Shifter, Author, Co-Founder and Chief Purpose Officer, Twice Blue

Peter Greenwall
Creative Director, Innovation101

Daniel Guasco
Founder, Click2Sure

Luc H. Fabry
Trade and Investment Commissioner, Flanders Investment and Trade Agency

Shakespeare Hadebe
Executive Manager: GCIT PMO, Transnet

Ellie Hagopian
CEO, Nomosphere South Africa

Claire Hatcher
Global Lead for Fraud Prevention Solutions, Kaspersky

Paul Hazelton
CIO: FNB Connect and Service Provider, FNB South Africa

Erik Hersman
CEO, BRCK

Frank Hester OBE
Founder and CEO, TPP

Ed Higenbottam
CEO, Verdant Capital

Adrian Ho
Practice Leader, Enterprise Advanced Digital Services, Ovum

Kevin Ho
Senior Solution Manager for IT Infrastructure and Data Centre Facility Solutions, Huawei

Aubrey Hruby
Co-founder, Africa Expert Network

Amanat Hussain
Executive Chairman, Issured Ltd

Crispin Inglis
Co- Founder, Property Fox

Ainojie 'Alex' Irune
Chief Operating Officer, Oando Energy Resources

Autram Jacobs
IT Portfolio Manager, Pioneer Foods

Rahul Jain
Co Founder, Peach Payments

Brian Jakins
Regional Vice President, Intelsat, Africa

Mmaki Jantjies
Associate Professor, University of Western Cape

Vuyani Jarana
Independent Consultant, Business Transformation

Dion Jerling
Co-Founder, Connecting Earth

Timo Jokiaho
Global Lead -Telco Partner Technology, Red Hat

Evan Jones
Group Strategy Director, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Sameer Jooma
Director of Innovation & Analytics, Solutions Africa, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Eugina Jordan
VP, Marketing, Parallel Wireless

Carole Kamaitha
Vice President - Africa, SES Networks

John Kamara
Director, Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa

Clare Kandola
Founder and CEO, The Vidya Collective

Navdeep Kapur
Chief Commercial Officer, Econet Zimbabwe

Martin Karanja
Market Engagement Director, Ecosystem Accelerator, GSMA

Kostas Kastanis
Head of Zero-D, Upstream Systems

Julie Kearney
Head of Regulatory Affairs, Loon

Talla Kebe
Chief of Staff and Director of Innovation & Economic Development Policy Advisor, African Union Development Agency (United Nations)

Craig Kelly
AfricaXP

Kevin Kent
Data Center Operations, Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center

Phoebe Kiboi
Market Engagement Manager, Connected Society, GSMA

Evan Kirchheimer
Research Director, Enterprise Services, Ovum

Andrey Kirillovich
Director of Integration and Projects, RSCC

Irene Kiwia
Founder and CEO, Twaa

Robert Klein
CEO, Bundesliga International

Makhala Kobeli
Specialist ERP Systems, Vodacom

Sebekedi Motlhabane Koloi
Head of SDG Initiatives, Startupbootcamp

Jan Kondej
CTO, Systemics Group

Jurgen Kuhnel
Co Founder and CEO, Xago

Shinya Kukita
Chief Engineer, NEC Corporation

Simon Kwete
Founder, STEM Dynamics

Lucky La Riccia
Ericsson

Chantal Lailvaux
Co-founder, AIHO

Adam Lane
Deputy CEO, Public Affairs, Huawei Kenya, Huawei Technologies

Fadoua Laroussi
Program and Planning Director, Inwi

Celeste Le Grange
Founder, Africa Electronic Sport Association

Tebogo Leshope
COO and Executive Director, Sentech

Ian Lessem
CEO, HAVAIC

Judah Levine
CEO, HIP Consult

Ofer Lior
Business Development Manager, EMEA, Data Center Management, Intel

Gerard Lokossou
CEO, Orange DRC

Dr Albert Lysko
Principal Researcher: NGEI, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Chair: IEEE R8 (EMEA) Chapters Coordination, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Nixon M. Gecheo
Governance and ICT4D expert, Universal Service Advisory Council, Communications Authority of Kenya

Campbell MacFarlane
President, Enterprise Business, OneWeb

Ryan Macquet
Founder, Africa Electronic Sport Association

Jeremy Maddocks
Head of Sales, Irdeto

Rebatho Madiba
Acting CIO, Transnet

Mohamed Madkour
VP of Global Wireless Networks Marketing and Solutions, Huawei

Hope Magaya
ICT Services Manager, Zimparks

Thomas Magedanz
Director of NGNI, Business Unit NGNI, Fraunhofer FOKUS

Minnie Maharaj
Managing Executive Wholesale, Vodacom

Onica Makwakwa
Head of Africa, Alliance for Affordable Internet, World Wide Web Foundation

Onica Makwakwa
Africa Regional Coordinator, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), Web Foundation

Hendrik Malan
CEO - Africa, Frost & Sullivan

Peter Malebye
Head of IoT, Vodacom

Phathizwe Malinga
Managing Director, SqwidNet

Doby Malubane
Director: CX Strategy Africa, Oracle

Gavin Marshall
Co- founder, Koodoo

Yann Marston
Strategic Sales Director, Motorola Solutions

Paul Marszalek
Team Lead: Collaborations and Media Strategy, United States Agency for Global Media

Nyankomo Marwa
Senior Lecturer in Econometrics and Development Finance, University of Stellenbosch Business School & Director of Policy Research and Planning, Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank

Andile Maseko
Head of Ecosystem Development, Alphacode

Mzamo Masito
Director of Marketing, Google

Christopher Mbanefo
Founder and CEO, YASAVA Solutions SA

Thecla Mbongue
Senior Research Analyst, Ovum

Justin McCarthy
CEO, UBUcore

Elisabeth Medou Badang
Senior Vice President Africa and Indian Ocean, Orange

Chris Milne
Director of Sales, EMEA, Bitmovin

Baratang Miya
Founder and CEO, GirlHype

Lebogang Miya
CEO, Mari

Dudu Mkhwanazi
Chief Executive Officer, Project Isizwe

Muhumbulo Mmbwenga
General Manager, Digital Radio, TransNet Freight Rail

Matsi Modise
Founder & Managing Director, Furaha Solutions

Kutlwano Mofolo
Brand & Communications Analyst, Tech Savvy Kids

Lebo Mokgabudi
Advisory Board Member, Village Capital

Ahmad Mokhles
Group COO, Liquid Telecom

François Moreau de Saint-Martin
Chief Strategy Officer - Wholesale & International Networks, Orange

Llew Morkel
Founder and CEO, FRAXEUM.org

Andrew Mortimer
Public Safety Consultant, Cornastone

Lethabo Motsoaledi
Co-founder and CTO, Voyc.ai

Djo Moupondo
Founder & CEO, La Clique Music

Marcus Mudd
Country Manager, Tymlez

Francis Mumbi
Innovation Lead, Stanbic Bank

Gareth Murphy
General Manager, Online Channels, MTN South Africa

Paul Musoke
Director - Financial Instituions, FSD Africa

Theven Naicker
Head of ISIT, Scania

Raven Naidoo
Executive Chairman, Radian

Tebogo Nakampe
Co-Founder & CEO, ABI

John Naylon
CTO and founder, Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL)

Joseph Ndaba
4IR Commissioner, Republic of South Africa, Founder and CEO, Mahikeng Innovation Hub

Bitange Ndemo
Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Taskforce, Government of Kenya

Ida Nganga
Director, RCD

Danson Njue
Research Analyst, Ovum

Nneile Nkholise
Founder & Business Lead, 3DIMO

Samuel Nkrumah
Manager, Transport Network Planning, AirtelTigo Ghana

Henri Nyakarundi
CEO, ARED

Ben Okoroafor
CEO, Pipul TV

Tonny Okwonga
Partnership and Development Manager, BOSCO Uganda

Mark Oliver
Head of TMT Consulting, EMEA, Ovum

Christian Olsson
Senior Manager Segment Market Management, Telco MNO ISP, SES

Farhad Omar
CEO, ITV Networks

Tony Onuk
Co-Founder and CEO, Roothub

Deseré Orrill
Executive Chair, Ole! Media Group

Eric Osiakwan
Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital

Devaan Parbhoo
Manager, Learning Design & Learning Development, Santam

Irfan Pardesi
Founder, ACM Gold

Hetal Patel
Head of Venture Growth, Mercy Corps Ventures

Dobek Pater
Telecoms Analyst, Africa Analysis

Ian Paterson
Chief Investment Officer, Africell

Yolisa Phahle
CEO, General Entertainment, MultiChoice Group

Fadi Pharaon
Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, Ericsson

Themba Phiri
Executive Head: Regulatory, CellC

Len Pienaar
CEO, FNB Connect

Avinesh Pillay
Head of Cloud Partners Sub-Sahara Africa, Google

Shivani Pillay
Operations Analyst, Uber

Gordon Porter
VP Operations, IHS Towers

Matthew Pougher
Sales Director, Ovum

Jonah Pransky
Sales Director, Africa, Amdocs

James Preston
Managing Editor, SA Crypto

James Preston
Managing Editor, SA Crypto

Craig Price
Senior Vice President, Mobility Products and Marketing, PCCW Global

Marilyn Radebe
Deputy Chairperson, Black IT Forum

Pedro Raio
Head of Technical Solutions Group, Aspire Technology Limited

Dave Rampersad
Affiliated Security Expert, World Security Federation

Alvin Rapea
Secretary for Police, Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, Government of South Africa

Gerry Rasugu
Director, M4D Sub-Saharan Africa, GSMA

Hulisani Ravele
TV Host and Radio Presenter, MultiChoice

Sean Raymond
Director, Africa, Darktrace

Matthew Reed
Practice Leader, Middle East and Africa, Ovum

Michela Ritondo
International Tax Expert, Federal Service Public Finance, Belgium

Cordel Robbin-Coker
Co-Founder, CEO, Carry1st

David Robinson
UK Police & Security Sales and Service, Motorola Solutions

Simon Robinson
Founder & CEO, Inspire Africa Group

Ralph Rossouw
Managing Director and West Africa Head, Vedanta Resources (Fujairah Gold)

Siddhartha Roy
Chief Operating Officer, Hungama Digital Media

Nanjira Sambuli
Senior Policy Manager, The Web Foundation

Mikael Samuelsson
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town

Ian Schnetler
Chief Fire Officer, City of Cape Town

James Scott
Managing Director, Barclays Africa

Sonwabise Sebata
Deputy Chair, South African Women in ICT Forum

John Senior
Partner, Johannesburg, Bain & Company

Snehar Shah
General Manager, Azuri

Eran Shapiro
Director, Business and Technology Ventures, Amos-Spacecom

Bradley Shaw
Regional Manager - MEA, NuRAN Wireless

Dror Shenkar
Senior Solution Architect, Intel

Anish Shivdasani
CEO, Giraffe

Huck Siang
Senior Director of Software Marketing and Solution, Huawei

Vanessa Ann Sinden
Producer, Triggerfish Animation Studios

Monica Singer
South Africa Lead, Consensys

Monica Singer
Creator of Opportunities, ConsenSys

Nitesh Singh
Managing Director, Communications, Media and Technology, Accenture

Viradh Singh
Cloud Leader: Consulting, Deloitte

Hanlie Smuts
Associate Professor, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria

Ryan Solovei
Country Manager - Africa, Viu

Siphesande Sonti
Head of Network, City of Cape Town

Preston Soobramoney
Head of Cybersecurity, Liberty Group

Russell Southwood
CEO, Balancing Act

Laura Stebbing
Co-CEO, accelerateHER

Douglas Craigie Stevenson
CEO, Cell C

Lorraine Steyn
CEO, Khanyisa Real Systems

Gail Styger
Executive Trustee, The Wot-If? Trust

Hannah Subayi
Associate Principal, South Suez Capital

Michal Szymanski
CEO, Mauritius Africa Fintech Hub

Andrew Takyi-Appiah
Co Found and MD, Zeepay

Eero Tarjanne
General Manager: Ecosystem Development

MTN
Yumna Tayob, FNB Bank

Jim Teicher
CEO, Cybersmart Africa

Markus Thill
President, Africa Region, Bosch

Siyabonga Tiwana
Co-Founder, Skywalk Innovations

Ronnie Toerien
HCM Sales Development & Strategy Leader, Africa, Oracle

Chafic Traboulsi
VP and Head of Networks, Ericsson Middle East and Africa

Nina Triantis
Global Head of TMT, Standard Bank

Sibongiseni Tunzelana Thotsejane
Digital Innovator, FlavaLite Innovations

Anelisa Tuswa
Business Journalist, ETV

Loukas Tzitzis
Vice President, B2B, Amdocs

John Ugbe
CEO, Multichoice Nigeria

Tinyiko Valoyi
Venture Partner, Chanzo Capital

Tanya Van Lill
CEO, Southern Africa Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SAVCA)

Cees van Versendaal
Sales & Partner Support, Mware Solutions

Hugo van Zyl
Chief Technology & Systems Officer, Openserve Telkom

Bora Varliyagci
CEO, digitalthings

Charlene Verzmoter
Head of Philanthropy, Microsoft

Jonathan Vesey
Market Engagement Director, Connected Society, GSMA

Phyllis W. Mwangi
National Coordinator, Kenya, SheTrades Commonwealth

Carole Wamuyu Wainaina
Chief Operating Officer, Africa50

Raj Wanniappa
Founder and CEO, Future Horizon Technologies

Jenny Ward
CEO, Neighbiz

Rudolph Wellington-Sanful
Head of Sales, Vodafone Wholesale

Clint Wheelock
Chief Research Officer, Informa Tech

Ben White
Founder & CEO, VC4A

Tony Willis
General Manager, Enterprise Strategy & Architecture, Transnet

Steven Wu
Vice President, Carrier Business Group, Huawei Technologies

Shiela Yabo
Programme Manager, Solution Space

Ray Youssef
CEO and Co Founder, Paxful

Dong Zhang
Vice President 5G Marketing & Technical Sales Department, Huawei Technologies

Mark Zheng
Director of Southern Africa Region, Hytera

Guy Zibi
Founder and Managing Director, Xalam Analytics

Philipp Zindler
Africa TMT Consulting Director, Deloitte

Gift Zowa
Chief Technical Officer, Infraco

Elliot Zvoushe
Senior Manager IP Network Security and IP Planning, MTN

2019 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Ericsson
• Huawei
• Sentech

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• SES
• Vodacom

INDUSTRY PARTNERS:
• Accenture
• Darktrace

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Avanti

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Amdocs
• Bosch
• Broadband Infraco
• Clickatell
• Congo Telecom
• Intel DCM
• LMT
• Microsoft
• NEC
• Openserve
• Paxful
• Red Hat
• Sqwidnet
• Tecnotree
• TPP
• Tramigo
• Truphone
• Upstream
• vCita
• Yahclick

SILVER SPONSORS:
• ABSA
• Africa Data Centres
• Anritsu
• Aspire
• BCS Group
• BICS
• China Communications Services Limited (CCS)
• Deloitte
• FNB
• Interxion
• Kaspersky
• Mavenir
• NetQPro
• OneWeb
• Systemics PAB
• Systemics Group
• Tejas Networks
• The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)
• Balancing Act

COFFEE POINT SPONSORS:
• Liquid Telecom
• SES

EVENT GUIDE SPONSOR:
• Amos Spacecom

AFRICA TECH CENTRE STAGE SPONSOR:
• Liquid Telecom

OFFICIAL WOMEN IN TECH SUPPORTER OF THE AFRICACOM SERIES:
• International Trade Centre (ITC) - SheTrades

LEADERSIN AFRICA SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Vodacom
• Wipro

AFEST SPONSORS:
• Intelsat
• Sentech

AFRICA COM AWARDS SPONSORS:
• PCCW Global
• Intelsat

WIFI SPONSORS:
• Google

AHUB PARTICIPANT:
• Telecel
• ASI Program

VIP VILLAGE HOST SPONSOR:
• Bain & Company

VIP DRINKS SPONSOR:
• China Mobile International (CMI)

VIDEO EXCHANGE AFRICA - HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• MultiChoice

EXHIBITORS:
• 3-GIS
• 24online Info Technologies
• A1 Telekom Austria Group
• ABS
• ACE Consortium
• Adapt IT Telecoms
• ADVA Optical Networking
• AFR-IX Telecom
• Africa Data Centres
• Afrosoft
• AGEify
• Alaris Labs
• Alepo Technologies
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Amos by Spacecom
• Amplement
• Anglobal
• Angola Cables
• Arabsat
• Athonet
• Avanti
• Aviat
• AVSystem
• AXESS Networks
• Azercosmos
• Baicells Technologies Co., Ltd
• Baltic Business Solutions
• BBT ANTENNAS INC
• BCS Group
• BD Innovations
• be digital brussels
• Belasera
• BE Networks
• Beijing Wiseasy Technology Co., Ltd.
• BI4T
• BICS
• Birla Cable Limited
• Bistalk
• Bizcommunity
• BlueBridge One
• Bonus Socius
• BRCK
• Bringcom
• BROAD TELECOM S.A. (BTESA)
• Business France
• CableFree Wireless
• Cape Town AI
• Cassava FinTech
• C-Data
• Celfinet
• CEPEX
• Ceragon Networks Ltd.
• CERT
• CeTel
• CHANGZHOU ElEC IMP&EXP CO.,LTD
• Changzhou LINKET Electronic Technology Co., Ltd
• Changzhou Myway Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Chengdu Qianhong Communication Co.,Ltd
• China Communications Services International Limited
• China Mobile International (CMI)
• China Telecom
• China Unicom
• Clear Blue Technologies
• Clickatell
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