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

AfricaCom, anchor event of Africa Tech Festival, is the meeting place of Africa’s largest community of tech champions and the largest tech event on the continent.

For 25 years, we have informed and connected the business leaders, tech experts, policymakers, and investors, all at the forefront of Africa’s digital transformation.

AfricaCom is the largest live tech event in Africa with more than 300 visionary speakers and over 16 premium conference tracks, each with razor-sharp focus, exploring the hottest connectivity and enterprise tech trends.

2022 Speakers

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Mohammed Aliyu
Chief FibreCo Officer, MTN Global Connect

Robert Aouad
CEO, ISOCEL Telecom

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

Habiba Ben Barka
Chief of Africa Section, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Ranjith Cherickel
CEO, iColo Data Centres

Sebastien Codeville
Chief Executive Officer, KaiOS Technologies

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

Nastassha Dooks
Business Executive Head - SME & SOHO, Vodacom

Ângelo Gama
CEO, Angola Cables

Anthea Gardner
Founder & Managing Partner, Cartesian Capital

Miguel Geraldes
CEO, UNITEL S.A.

Deon Geyser
CEO, Liquid Telecom - South Africa

Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou
CEO, ANSI

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

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

Simo Mkhize
CCO, Cell C

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

Robert Mullins
CEO, Raxio Group

Nika Naghavi
Executive Director, MFS Africa

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

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

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

Norbert Prihoda
Deputy CEO, Tunisie Telecom

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

Bradwin Roper
CEO, FNB Connect

Nic Rudnick
Group Deputy Executive Chairman, Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Dhiresh Surajpal
Head of Telco Strategic Partnerships - Africa, Google

Nina Triantis
Global Head, TMT, Standard Bank

Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu
CEO, The Tony Elumelu Foundation

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

SPEAKERS:

Mariam Abdullahi
Director - Android Platform Partnerships, Google

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

Tope Akinwumi
Country Manager for Uber Nigeria, Uber

Abimbola Alale
MD & CEO, Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited

David Alema-Mensah
Founder, AsaanaPay

Thabiet Allie
Head of Business Development, MTN

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

Theodore Asampong
CEO - West Africa Platform Services, SES

Steve Bailey
CCO, FREI

Ange Bakeba
Director Sales, Comtech

Bechara Baradhi
Sales Director, Africa, SES

Kelly Bentley
Co-Founder & Group CEO, dx5

Denis Bernaert
VP Strategic Customer Executive, Salesforce

Kevin Boakye
Head of BD & Partnerships, Carry1st

Stefano Cantarelli
EVP, Strategic Business Development, Mavenir

Richard Cazalet
Exec: Strategy and Transformation, Telkom SA

Munya Chanetsa
Managing Director, Africa, EMPIRE Publishing

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

Paidemoyo Chideya
Design Director, DeMOYO Global

Juanita Clark
CEO, Digital Council Africa

Lucy Coddington
Investment Director, Africa50

Carissa Cupido
Radio presenter, Culture Beat on Good Hope FM

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

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

Koffi Fabrice DJOSSOU
Expert principal - Economie Numérique, Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement (BOAD)

Phila Dube
Chief Commercial Officer, Openserve

Jomo Erick
Infrastructure Sector Lead, African Leadership Academy

Gillian Ezra
Head of Content and Engagement, simfy africa

Clémentine Fournier
Head of Enterprise Partnerships & Business Development, BICS

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

Rishi Ghare
Founder & CEO, Indio Networks

Paula Gilbert
Editor, Connecting Africa

Glenn Gillis
CEO, Sea Monster

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

Chris Green
Chief Editor, Tech Africa News

Ben Cheikh Haidara
CEO, Orange DRC

Dr. Riad Hartani
Founder, Xona Partners

Dean Hiine
Co-founder and Managing Director, Talk360

Guy Hilton
Vice President, Platforms and Ecosystem, Amdocs

Paul Hjul
Managing Director, Hjul Consulting

Adrian Ho
Practice Leader - Digital Enterprise Services, Omdia

Gill Hofmeyr
Africa TMT Industry Leader, Deloitte

Gerald Ilukwe
Chief Information Officer, Kaduna State Government

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

Anjali Jhina
Head of Product, Standard Bank Mobile

Caroline Kamaitha
Vice President, Fixed Data Africa, SES

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Country Officer, DRC, Proparco

Ngasuma Kanyeka
Strategic Lead, UNICEF

Atul Khanna
Director of Emerging Technologies, Amdocs Mobile Network Services

Brad Kirby
Senior Specialist: Gaming & Esports, MTN

Dr Pieter Koornhof
Chief Operating Officer, 24 Bit Games

Rakesh Kukreja
Managing Director, iSAT Africa LTD FZC

Samuel Kwabena Nkrumah
Head, Transmission & Transport, AirtelTigo Ghana

Lerato Lamola-Oguntoye
Consultant, Financial Regulatory, Webber Wentzel

Sidonie Latere
CEO, Kobo hub

Raymond Ledwaba
CEO, ITTHYNK Gaming

Tony Lee Luen Len
Senior Partner, Ecosis

Neo Bobbie Lehana
Head Producer, Royalty Noire TV

Tebogo Leshope
COO, SENTECH

Laurent LEVEIL
Head of Multiscreen Video Services, Eutelsat

Marie LORA-MUNGAI
Founder & CEO, Restless Global

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

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

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

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

Limpho Moeti
Business Developer & Ops Coordinator, Nyamakop

Rudzani Mulaudzi
Consulting Africa Cloud Engineering Lead, Deloitte

Ghassan MURAT
VP Connectivity, Eutelsat

Abdallah Nassar
Chief Engineering and Network Officer, Orange Cameroun

John Nduku
Executive Director - Technology Operations, Mozambique Telecom

Andile Ngcaba
Chairman, Convergence Partners

Danson Njue
Senior Research Analyst, Omdia

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

Justin Norman
Founder, The Flip

Lorentz Chidue Nwachuku
PIO, IFC

Oluwaseun (Shay) Odekunle
Analyst, Founders Intelligence

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

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

Olu Olutola
Connectivity and Digital Advisor, AFRICA, USAID

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

Imran Patel
Director, Verdant Capital

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

Keith Pitout
Chief Technical Officer, Indigo Broadband SA

Ahren Posthumus
CoFounder and CEO, Momint

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

Shyam Ranchod
Africa TMT Digital Leader, Deloitte

Matt Reed
Chief Analyst - Service Provider Markets, Omdia

Asaf Rosenheck
COO, Gilat Telecom

Enzo Scarcella
Chief Consumer Officer, MTN

Daniel Schapiro
Sales Director, Africa, SES

Bradley Shaw
Vice President - Middle East and Africa, Lynk

Dharmendra Singh
Executive Vice President, Yahclick

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

Håkan Sjödin
Vice President, Video Sales EMEA, SES

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)

T-Mula T-Mula
CEO, Mula VIP Rentals

Fiona Tabraham
Chief Executive, CapaCiTi

Gladys Taitia
Editor-in-chief, EMIC Media

Fargani Tambeayuk
Head of Connectivity Policy, Meta

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

Aicha Toure
CEO, Orange Money, Mali

Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
Founder, Ubuntu Group & Ubuntu Tribe

Chioma Ugo
Co-founder, Prospa

Pieter Van Der Westhuizen
CTO, American Tower

Rami Wahab
Head of Product Sales, ARABSAT

Ian Williams
Software Consultant, EMEA, Motorola Solutions

James Williams
Director, Informa Tech

Sherry Zameer
Senior Vice President, Mobile Connectivity Solutions - Africa & Middle East, Gemalto

2022 Sponsors

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