The Africom 20/20 2017 | Africa Telecoms, ICT & Media Group | 7 November 2017 | Cape Town International Convention Centre, Convention Square, 1 Lower Long St, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa

Anyone who's anyone in African telecoms and technology will be at AfricaCom 2017. You should be too. Three days of thought-provoking content and amazing tech. It's the place to get deals done.

Relax, unwind and soak up the atmosphere at one of Cape Town's hottest venues, Shimmy Beach Club. Featuring artists AKA, Black Motion & Mr Silk together with informal networking areas and an exclusive VIP lounge, this is a party not to be missed.

2017 Speakers:

Ms. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications & Postal Services / Republic of South Africa

Hon. Tjekero Tweya
Minister of Information and Communication Technology / Republic of Namibia

Hon. Supa Mandiwanzira
Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services / Zimbabwe

Herman Singh
Group Chief Digital Officer / MTN

Unathi Mtya
Chief Information Officer / Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

John Momoh (OON)
Chairman / CEO / Channels Media Group

Kamal Bhattacharya
Chief Innovation Offices / Safaricom

Shola Taylor
Secretary-General / Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation

Bob Skinstad
Venture Partner, KNF Ventures / Former Springbok Rugby Captain and World Cup Winner

Is'haq Modibbo Kawu
Director General / National Broadcasting Commission

Bob Collymore
CEO / Safaricom

Mohamed Dabbour
CEO, Africa / Millicom

Luke Mckend
Country Director, South Africa / Google

Thibaud Rerolle
Chief Technology Officer / Safaricom

Alastair Westgarth
Head of Project Loon / X (formerly Google[x])

Wilson Kyumba
Chief Strategy Officer / Telekom Networks Malawi

Paul Kukubo
Managing Partner, Ghalas Technology and Board Director / Communications Authority of Kenya

Jannie van Zyl
Executive Head: Innovation / Vodacom

Rapelang Rabana
Founder & CEO / Rekindle Learning

Daddy Mukadi
Chief Regulatory Officer Africa / Airtel

Wachira Waruru
Group Managing Director / Royal Media Services

Uche Ofodile
Regional Head, Africa - Express Wi-Fi / Facebook

Tomisin Fashina
CIO / Ecobank Group

Suraya Hamdulay
Executive Head: Group Sustainability / Vodacom

Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow
Director General / Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

Shaygan Kheradpir
CEO & Chairman / Coriant

Jason Lobel
Group Head of Video / MTN

Dr. Miriam Altman
Commissioner, National Planning Commission, South African Presidency & Former Chief of Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, Telkom / National Planning Commission, Office of the Presidency, Government of South Africa

Gillian Ezra
Head of African Operations / Deezer

Hanlie Smuts
General Manger / MTN

Raj Wanniappa
CEO and Founder / Future Horizon Technologies

Andy Volk
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem / Google

Ian Merrington
CEO / The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi)

Toby Shapshak
Editor-in-Chief of Stuff Magazine and co-host of TechBusters on CNBC Africa / Stuff Magazine

Mercy Ndegwa
Head of Regulatory and Public Policy Development / Safaricom

Michael Mbuthia
CIO / Kenya Bankers (IPSL)

Bora Varliyagci
CEO / digitalthings

Edmund Higenbottam
CEO / Verdant Capital

Moussa Dao
Director / Orange Money

Raul Martinez
CCO, Africa / Millicom

Melao Mashale
Senior Manager / MTN Business IoT Solutions

Lorien Gamaroff
CEO / Bankymoon

Sonya Kuhnel
Founder / Blockchain Academy

Tanya Knowles
Managing Executive / Strate

Simon Kaheru
Chairperson / Uganda Broadcasting Corporation

Mike Quinn
CEO / ilovezoona

Uchechi Edosomwan
Head, IT Service Management, ICT department / Nigerian Airspace Management Agency

Luyanda Ntuane
CTO / Imperial Car Rental Division

Charles Murito
Country Manager, Kenya / Google

Yolanda Zoleka Cuba
CEO / Vodafone Ghana

Paul Mesarcik
Director / Lumkani

Clifford De Wit
Chief Innovation Officer – CSE Lead Africa / Microsoft

Elizabeth Rossiello
CEO and Founder / BitPesa

Abraham Cambridge
CEO / The Sun Exchange

Bunmi Banjo
Head of Brand & Digital Skills, Africa / Google

Ben White
Founder & CEO / VC4A

Reshaad Sha
CEO / SqwidNet

Anikó Szigetvári
Global Head, TMT / International Finance Corporation

Nic Rudnick
CEO / Liquid Telecom

Ken Okwero
Head of Strategy / Safaricom

Kevin Zhang
President of Corporate Marketing / Huawei Technologies

Arnauld Blondet
Innovation Director, AMEA / Orange

Justin Spratt
Head of Business, Sub-Saharan Africa / Uber

Adrian Scrase
CTO / ETSI

Dylan Piatti
Senior Industry Chief of Staff / Deloitte

Steve Obiago
Group Head, Information Technology / Chicason Group

Joseph Mathenge
Chief Information Security Officer / Airtel Africa

Steve Kirenga
Product Business Manager / MTN Uganda

Godfrey Efeurhobo
CEO / Smile Telecoms

Steve Chege
Corporate Affairs Director / Safaricom

Jonathan Ayeche
General Manager / Uber

Hassan Abbas
Regional Director Products and Services / Vodafone Zambia

Karen Smit
Principal Specialist: Specific Needs / Vodacom

Albertus Aochamub
Presidential Press Secretary / Republic of Namibia

Abe Wakama
Managing Director / IT News Africa & African Innovator Magazine

Paul Michael Scanlan
CTO, Carrier Business Group / Huawei Technologies

Brian Wamatu
Head of Department, M-PESA Product Development / Safaricom

Babak Fouladi
Group CTIO / MTN

Jason Njoku
CEO / IROKO

Younes Abad
Head of Software and Network Performance - Middle East and Africa / Ericsson

Mark Acton
Founder and Managing Director / Mobinomics

Adedoyin Adeola
Independent Towerco Expert

Emeka Afigbo
Strategic Products Partnerships Manager / Facebook

Biola Alabi
Managing Partner / Biola Alabi Media Limited

Kevin Allen
Founding Director & Chairman / African Crowdfunding Association

Thabiet Allie
COO / TurnUp Music

Ebenezer Ampadu
Director / Surfline Communications

Alisa Amupolo
CEO / Powercom

Eva Andren
Vice President & Head of Managed Services - Market Area Middle East & Africa / Ericsson

Adam Antebi
Director / Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing

Robert Aouad
CEO / Isocel

Hilary Arko-Dadzie
Corporate Services Executive / African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Daniel Asare-Kyei
Managing Director / ESOKO

Mich Atagana
Head of Communications & Public Affairs, Africa / Google

Eunice Baguma Ball
Founder & Executive Director / Africa Technology Business Network

Ahmadou Bakayoko
Director General / RTI

Eric Barenzung
CEO/Senior Consultant / 0x70

Manuel Barroso
Co-Founder and Board Member / Link Group

Maxime Bayen
Senior Insights Manager - Ecosystem Accelerator / GSMA

Nicholas Bednall
CMO / wiGroup

Paul Berriman
Group Chief Technology Officer / PCCW-HKT

Teevra Bose
CEO / Athenta Technologies

Johan Bosini
Quona Capital

Lawrence Boya
Head of the Smart City / City of Johannesburg

Mark Bradshaw
CEO / SnapNSave

Loren Braithwaite-Kabosha
Chairperson / South African Communications Forum (SACF)

Susan Bull
Senior Consultant / COMSYS

Andrea Böhmert
Partner / Knife Capital

Enrico Calandro
Research Manager / Research ICT Africa

Phil Cardy
Regional VP EMEA Sales, Consumer Solutions / ARRIS

Andy Carr
Head of Supply Chain and International Sales Consulting / Freesat

Srivastava Cauverypakkam Murali
Technologist / Torry Harris Busienss Services

Allan Cawood
Chairman / Quintica

Juanita Clark
Chief Executive / FTTH Council Africa

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

Clint Collins
Regional Sales Director / Epsilon

Velma Corcoran
Regional Market Manager, Sub-Saharan Africa / Airbnb

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

Tsachi Dahan
Owner / BayLink

Annabel Dallamore
CEO / Strider

Anthony Dara
Founder & Chief Executive / Network News 24

Indranil Das
Vice President & Head of Digital Services - Market Area Middle East & Africa / Ericsson

Charles Dawes
Senior Director International Marketing / Tivo

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

Andreas Demleitner
Co Founder / Peach Payments

Martin Dolny
Director / The Joe Slovo Foundation

Lyndsey Duff
Country Lead South Africa / what3words

Auralia Edwards
Senior Executive / Qlik

Kemal Erman
Head of Cloud Infrastructure - Market Area Middle East & Africa / Ericsson

Jo Eyre
Marketing Director - Africa / iflix

Dan Finch
COO / Simplestream

Nathan Foster
Founder & CEO / Atlas Tower

Andreas Fruhen
CEO / M Kopa

Raffi Gabeyan
Head of Sales Development / NAGRA

Lorien Gamaroff
CEO / Bankymoon

Tim Genders
Development Executive / Project Isizwe

Shirley Gilbey
Head of Rise and Co-Creation / Barclays Africa

Jean-Philippe Gillet
Vice President and General Manager, Broadband / Intelsat

Dave Glass
Co-Founder / Electrum

Nomonde Gongxeka-Seopa
Independent Researcher / South African Communications Forum

Harish Goyal
CEO Africa / Zee TV

Ashley Grealish
Senior Engineering Manager / BBOXX

Raphael Grojnowski
Co-Founder / Mama Money

Akshay Grover
Chief Growth Officer / ISON Technologies

Jason Haddock
CTO / Sea Monster

Ellie Hagopian
Independent Consultant

Simon Hartley
Founder / WumDrop

David Hill
Principal Telecoms Engineer / SANReN

Reinhard Hiller
Managing Director / CPGR, Artisan Biomed

David Hoelscher
Director IoT Marketing / Huawei

Dr Margaret Hu
President of Global Wireless Network Marketing / Huawei

Steeve Huin
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships / Irdeto

Wayne Hull
Managing Director / Accenture

Lynette Hundermark
CEO / Useful and Beautiful

Paul Inglesby
Director / PI Telecoms-ICT

Duncan Irvine
Founder & CEO / Rapid Blue

Paula Jackson
Anglo American

Tom Jackson
Co-Founder / Disrupt Africa

Autram Jacobs
IT Portfolio Manager / Pioneer Foods

Rahul Jain
Co Founder / Peach Payments

Joost Jetten
Head of Cluster Sub Sahara Africa / Logitech

Dantagos Jimmy-Melani
Managing Director and Founder / Ndapunikwa Investments Management

Timo Jokiaho
Head of EMEA Telco Technology Office, Principal Technologist / Red Hat

Keith Jones
Cofounder / SW7

Julija Jurkevic
Senior Research Analyst / Kagan

Carole Kamaitha
Regional VP Sales, Africa, / SES Networks

Adama Kane
CEO / JokkoSanté

John Karanja
Founder / BitHub Africa

Emma Kaye
CEO / Bozza Media

David Keane
Senior Director, Media, Eastern Europe, Africa & Middle East / Akamai Technologies

Craig Kelly
CEO / AfricaXP

Andrey Kirillovich
Director of Integration and Projects / RSCC

Paulina Klotzbücher
Chief Digital Officer / Travelstart

Manuel Koser
Founding Partner / Silvertree Capital

Nvalaye Kourouma
Chief Digital Officer / Barclays RoA

Tor Kristiansen
EVP Principal Architect / Conax

Olaf Kroll
Executive Vice President, Business Development / Magine

Shinya Kukita
Chief Engineer, Global Business Unit / NEC Corporation

Shinya Kukita
Chief Engineer / NEC

Tebogo Legodi
Digital Lead / Sanlam

Alex Leigh
Group Chief Commercial Officer / Helios Towers Africa

Vasmi Madhav
Vice President & Head Product Management, Mobile Financial Solutions / Mahindra Comviva

Lepata Mafa
Director of Corporate Affairs and Chief Compliance Officer / Orange Botswana

Divyajeet Mahajan
CEO - Tower Business Unit / Econet Wireless Limited, Zimbabwe

Leo Manne
SVP Southern Africa / Trace TV

Paul Marszalek
Strategy & Business Development / Broadcasting Board of Governors

Deepak Mathur
EVP Global Sales, SES Video / SES

Peter Matthaei
CEO / Namola

Thecla Mbongue
Senior Analyst, Middle East & Africa / Ovum

Velani Mboweni
Co Founder and CEO / LÜLA

Gavin McDougall
Senior Solution Architect / Red Hat

Brad McGrath
Co Founder / Zoona

Benji Meltzer
CTO / Aerobotics

Johan Meyer
CEO / Wallettec

Tido Mhando
CEO / Azam Media Group

Peter Miller
Head of Retail / wiGroup

Sello Mmakau
Group Chief Information Officer / Airports Company South Africa

Dr Michael Mol
Founder / HelloDoctor

Michael Mol
Director / Hello Doctor

Phil Molefe
Chairperson / Board of the National Film and Video Foundation

Eric Monney
CEO / Homebase TV

James Munn
Vice President, Business Development – Sub-Sahara Africa / Qualcomm

Joseph Murithi
COO / Wananchi Telecom

Guy Murray-Bruce
Vice President / Silverbird Group

Myke Mwai Mugo
Director: On-Air Content Marketing & Research, Media Division / StarTimes

Edgar Mwampinge
Founder / Worknasi

Vimal Naikeny
CTO, Cloud & Digital Business / Huawei

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

Themba Ndlwana
MD / Sports Media Africa

Barnabas Ndyanabo Bwali
GM Network Projects / Airtel Tanzania

Emmanuel Noah Jr.
Founder, CEO / BenBen

Lexi Novitske
Principal Investment Officer / Singularity Investments Africa

Tim Nuy
Deputy CEO / My Bucks

Eugene Nyagahene
Chairman / TELE10 group

Margaret O'Connor
Chief Strategist / Impact Brands Africa

Chijoke Obuna
Head of Voice / Globacom

Chidi Okpala
Atlas Mara

Temitope Ola
Founder / EDACY

Mark Oliver
Head of Consulting, EMEA / Ovum

Pat Olvera
Creative Director / TBWA\ Khanga Rue

Tariq Omar
Head of PBS for Turkey Middle East and Africa / Google

Nnamdi Oranye
Media Contributor / CNBC Africa

Maurice Otieno
General Manager / Mettā

Raj Pai
Managing Director / Global Environment Fund

Aisha Pandor
Co-founder and CEO / SweepSouth

Dobek Pater
Managing Director / Africa Analysis

Laurent Petit
VP Commercial, Africa / SES

Kobus Pienaar
General Manager, Information Technology / Wesizwe Platinum Limited

Craig Price
Senior Vice President, International Projects – HKT Global Development Services / PCCW Global

Daniel Price
Mobile Distribution Director / Perform Group

Matt Puttman
Co Founder / Ikhokha

Malcolm Ramsay
Founding Partner & CTO / Pixellife

Janine Rebelo
Chief Product Officer / Liquid Telecom SA

Matthew Reed
Practice Leader, Middle East and Africa / Ovum

Andrew Rudge
CEO / The Reach Trust

Bogdan Sacuiu
Chief Commercial Officer / Seamless Distribution Systems

Prof. H Sama Nwana
Emeritus Executive Director / Dynamic Spectrum Alliance

Amit Sanyal
Executive Head, Consumer Value Solutions / Mahindra Comviva

Elias Schulze
Executive Chairman & Co-founder / Kana TV

Kumaran Selvarajalu
Head: Solutions (Payments) / FirstRand Bank

Bhavin Shah
Regional Director, EMEA / Telekom Malaysia

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

Bradley Shaw
Regional Manager - MEA / NuRAN Wireless

Kris Shirley
Accounting Fellow, Office of the Chief Accountant / U.S. SEC

Robyn Smith
Chief Content Strategist / Econet Media

Hanlie Smuts
Group Executive / aYo Holdings

Ryan Solovei
CEO / Kwesé Play

Sukesh Soman
Technologist / Torry Harris Business Services

Keith Sonnet
Chief Executive / Computer Aid

Russell Southwood
CEO / Balancing Act

Taryn Springhall
Editor / eHealth News

Brett St Clair
Head of Digital Product / Barclays Africa

Nikolai Stankau
Director Business Development, EMEA Telco Vertical / Red Hat

Phil Stone
Director, Strategic Team / Sensus

Thomas Switala
Managing Consultant / Detecon International

Anuj Tanna
Director, Mobile Financial Services / Telkom Kenya

Yaron Tchwella
Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing / Global IP

Oren Tepper
Vice President Sales - Africa / AMOS Spacecom

Evan Thomas
Chief Executive Officer / SweetSense Inc.

Chafic Traboulsi
Vice President & Head of Networks - Market Area Middle East & Africa / Ericsson

Mosiuoa Tsietsi
Senior Lecturer: Computer Science / Rhodes University

George Twumasi
CEO / ABN

Elo Umeh
CEO / Terragon Group

Rushil Vallabh
MD and Co-founder / Secha Capital

Stephen Valvona
Director / Lloyds Bank

Frans Van der Colff
Director / Fruit and City Africa

Pierre van der Hoven
Founder and CEO / Tuluntulu

G-J van Rooyen
CEO / Custos Media Technologies

Werner Van Rooyen
Head of Marketing and Growth / LUNO

Cees van Versendaal
Executive Sales Manager / Mware Solutions

David Venn
CEO / Spectranet

Pieter Vorster
Chief Data Officer / Barclays Africa

Brian Watamu
SAFARICOM

Wessel Wessels
Group COO / Distributed Power Africa

Adam White
Founder / Digital Matatus

Megan Yates
Chief Scientist / Ixio Analytics

Lee Yee
Head of Software Marketing / Huawei

Hu Yoshida
Global Chief Technology Officer / Hitachi Vantara

Wilfried Yver
OMEA Big Data Leader / Orange

Madeline Zhu
Head of Partnerships / WhereIsMyTransport

Marek Zmyslowski
CEO and Founder / HotelOga

2017 Sponsors:

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Huawei
• Ericsson

GOLD SPONSORS:
• ARRIS Solutions
• Avanti
• Coriant
• Equatel Health
• Global IP
• Hitachi Vantara
• Intelsat
• NEC
• Qlik Master Reseller
• Red Hat
• SELTA
• SES
• Torry Harris Business Solutions
• YahClick

SILVER SPONSORS:
• iSON Technologies
• Magine
• Mware Solutions
• RSCC
• Seamless Distribution Systems (SDS)
• Sensus
• Telepin Software

AFRICOM 20/20 LEAD STREAM SPONSORS:
• Microsoft
• LEAD STREAM SPONSOR - IOT
• Sqwidnet

COFFEE POINT SPONSORS:
• Ace Consortium
• BTC
• Liquid Telecom

EVENT GUIDE SPONSOR:
• Amos by Spacecom

REGISTRATION SPONSOR:
• Arbor Networks

FOUNDING AWARD SPONSOR:
• PCCW Global

AFRICOM AWARDS SPONSORS:
• Intelsat
• Orange

LEADERSIN AFRICA SUMMIT SPONSORS:
• Detecon International
• Tata Communications Transformation Services

THE VILLAGE:
• Gfi Informatique
• Interxion
• Lycamobile
• Mobileum
• Redknee
• Siae Microelettronica
• Tata Communications Transformation Services
• Telecom Egypt

CONNECTIVITY STAGE SPONSORS:
• Gemalto
• Infrasat
• Terragon Group
• Vasonomics