Pan African DataCentres 2024 | Stepex Ltd | 15 July 2024 | Sandton Convention Centre, 161 Maude St, Sandown, Sandton, 2196, South Africa

This conference is designed to address the needs of all those involved in the creation of DataCentres and the Digital infrastructure across the Continent of Africa. It combines a C+ level Data Centre Strategy Conference adjacent to a free to attend exhibition, that will feature workshops looking at the operational issues, best practice’s, technology and techniques which can be deployed to make datacentres run more effectively and efficiently, whist maintaining their security and resilience.

Reasons to Attend:
• Meet the market in just one day at this Data Centre gathering
• Network with colleagues and gain insights into the market
• Access the latest in new ideas, best practice and technology

Who you will meet
IT/Computer Management:
• Chief information and technology officers
• IT directors
• Data centre managers
• Data centre facilities managers and engineers
• Information technology and infrastructure managers
• Network managers
• Network, cabling and communication engineers and integrators
• Storage planners
• Asset managers
• System managers
• System security managers

Corporate Management:
• CEO/MD/Chairman/Partners/Owners
• Finance directors
• Project managers
• Purchasing managers/corporate Buyers
• Facilities/Premises directors/managers
• Architects
• Design/ Build Consultants
• Investment Portfolio Managers

2024 Speakers

Mark Acton
Head of Technical Due Diligence, Future-tech

Mark Acton
Independent Consultant, Acton Consulting

Heath Andersen
Data Centre Consultant

Abyda Aziz
Head of Strategy, Touchnet Solutions

Abdul Baba
CIO, Infrastructure South Africa

Charly Bahous
CEO, Touchnet Telecommunications

Gerrit Barnard
Director, EMEA, C&D Technologies

Russell Bartley
Director - Client Services, Mavin Group

Paul Bekema
Sales Engineer, Legrand Data Centre Solutions

Mahmoud Bennani
Senior Investment Associate, Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration

Jonker Bester
Director, Spoormaker & Partners

Eduard Bosman
Renewable Energy Engineer, WSP

Dr Nick Bradshaw
Director, SA AI

Nicolaas Broodryk
New Business Developer Manager, Bosch Security and Safety

Greg Burke
Head of Site Selection, Africa Data Centres

Samuel Chukwukereuba
Data Centre Manager, Project Implementations, Digital Realty

Juanita Clark
CEO, Digital Council Africa

Will Clarke
International Head of Site Selection and Development, Future-Tech

Dr Ayotunde Coker
Chairman, Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

Riaan de Leeuw
Country Director: Africa, Sudlows

Richard Doyle
Managing Director, JUWI South Africa

Sandile Dube
MD South Africa, Equinix

Stephane Duproz
Data Centre Consultant

Allyson Eastman
Global Public Policy - Economic Development, AWS

Timi Fadeyi
Head Data Centres, Galaxy Backbone

Gang Guo
VP of Huawei South Africa Service & Software MSSD, Huawei

Mandy Hattingh
Senior Associate, NSDV

Dr Angus Hay
Regional Executive, Africa Data Centres

Julie Irmes
Head of Sales, Touchnet Telecommunications

Dr Quin Jernigan
Manager, Workforce/Economic Development, AWS

Kevin Kent
COO & Co-Founder, GTSS

Leon Kleyn
Technical Director: Mechanical, WSP

Bernard Lecanu
Managing Director, BL International Consultant

Kgothatso Madibogo
Intern Day Plant Operator, CBRE

Nabeel Mahmood
Managing Director, Nomad Futurist

Wabo Majavu
Executive Strategy and Business Operations, Africa Data Centres

Mike Meyer
Managing Director, Portman Partners

John Michael Davidson
Solution Architect, Data Centre Facility, Huawei

Venessa Moffat
EMEA Channel Partner Manager, EkkoSense

Mogomotsi Mokoka
CIO, Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

Mpho Mothapo
Executive Lead Cloud Advisory, BCX Consulting

Norman Moyo
CEO, Distributed Power Africa

Sipho Mtombeni
Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager, Google

Andile Ngcaba
President, Digital Council Africa

Duncan Eric Ogonji
CIO, Kenya Vision

Chudi Okoye
Deputy Regional Editor for Africa, Oxford Business Group

Eben Owen
Senior Director - Anglophone Africa, Uptime Institute

Argyrios Papadopoulos
Director, AIRCOCFD

Menno Parsons
Managing Director, Master Power Technologies

Lee Perrin
Data Centre Business Lead MEA, CBRE

Henning Rasmuss
MD, Datascape Africa

Scott Roots
Sales Director EMEA, DC Byte

Last Shadaya
Senior Mechanical Engineer, Systemair

Amit Sharma
Executive Product Manager - Cloud & AI, Huawei

Lisa Shaw
Senior Manager, CBRE Excellerate

Paul Spagnoletti
Executive Head: Cloud, Security & MSP, Synthesis

Eric Tenkorang
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Onix Data Centres

Quintin van den Berg
Country Business Director Southern Africa, Bosch Security and Safety

Neels Van Niekerk
Executive Director, EQUATE

Shaun Versfeld
Director South Africa, Royal HaskoningDHV

Clinton Vieira
Regional Sales Manager Africa, CMP Products

Lisa Wright
Assistant Vice President, Ecosystem Partner Management, Console Connect

Nomzamo Xaba
Principal Programme Manager, AWS

Adv. Mtho Xulu
President, South African Chamber of Commerce

Michael Young
Application Engineer (Thermal), Vertiv

Eckart Zollner
Business Development, Digital Parks Africa

2024 Sponsors

HEADLINE SPONSOR:
• Huawei

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Master Power Technologies
• Caterpillar

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Systemair
• CMP
• Grundfos