West Africa Com 2018 | 10 July 2018 | Radisson Blu Hotel , Route de la Corniche O, Dakar 16868, Senegal

West Africa Com unites the West African Francophone and Anglophone Technology, Media and Telecoms Markets. The event makes sense of how the telco value chain can leverage its assets to deliver low cost broadband connectivity and digital services to the consumers and enterprises of West Africa.

What's new for 2018?

Technology in Focus Sessions
Receive a whirlwind tour of real IoT implementation case studies, master the art of big data analytics and size up new opportunities across fintech and agri-tech.

Seed Start-up Investment Working Group
Working with the regions’ leading investors and accelerators to effectively fund the most innovative new tech ventures.

2018 Speakers

Hon. Abdoulaye Bibi Baldé
Minister of Communications, Telecommunications, Postal Services and the Digital Economy at Republic of Senegal

Amadou Mahktar Fall
GM | Head, Economic Regulation, Products and Services, Compliance at Airtel Africa

Airtel Africa
Souleymane Diallo, CEO at ATEL Mali

Sami Said
Chief Information Security Officer at Tunisie Telecom

Mademba Diouf
Chief Corporate & Customer Care Officer at Expresso Telecom

Bitilokho Ndiaye
Technical Advisor at Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications - Republic of Senegal

Sam Koranteng
Senior Manager, Regulatory and Compliance at MTN Ghana

Malick Sylla
Head of Service Quality Monitoring and Operators at Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Agency (ARTP)

Marieme Diop
VC Investor in African Tech startups

Sasha Rubel Diamanka
Regional Advisor for Communication and Information at UNESCO

Alassane DIAGNE
Advisor to the General Director, State Computer Agency of Senegal

Ali Drissa BADIEL
Area Representative for West Africa, International Telecommunications Union

Eric Osiakwan
Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital

Johnson Aderonmu
Chief Technical Officer, Internet Solutions Nigeria

Morenikeji Aniye
Founder & CEO, Hotspot Network Limited

Daniel Asare-Kyei
Chief Executive Officer, Insyt

Lare Atcha-Oubou
Regional Director, North and West Africa, Intelsat

Maxime Bayen
Insights Director - Ecosystem Accelerator, GSMA

Babacar BIRANE
Co-Founder & CEO, Baobab Entrepreneurship

Emmanuel Bocquet
CEO, xCommerce.sn

Omar Cissé
CEO at InTouch SA

Ayotunde Coker
Managing Director, Rack Centre

Coura Fall
Chief Marketing Officer Content and Multimedia Services, Sonatel

Sahifoulaye Kone
Director of Digital, RTI

James Lasbrey
Carrier Relations Director, Nexmo

Edem Mathey-Apossan
Head Mobile Money, Moov Togo

Thecla Mbongue
Senior Research Analyst, Ovum

Seynabou Nakoulima
Head of Cloud Computing and Datacenter Services at Sonatel

Mamadou Ndione
CIO, MIT University Dakar

Chris Read
Portfolio Manager, Connecting Africa

Sam Sarpong
Consultant, Former COO, GCB Bank Ltd

Rokhaya Solange Ndir
Head of Division, Digital Ecosystem Relations, Orange Sénégal, Sonatel

Russell Southwood
CEO, Balancing Act

Samba SOW
CEO at Sudpay

Mariam Tendou Kamara
Co-Founder, WAFRICA

Oren Tepper
Vice President Sales - Africa, AMOS Spacecom

Megan Yates
Chief Scientist, Ixio Analytics

2018 Sponsors & Exhibitors

PARTNER SPONSOR:
• INTELSAT

GOLD:
• AMOS by Spacecom

HOST OPERATOR PARTNER & DRINKS SPONSOR:
• Sonatel

NETWORKING LUNCH HOST :
• Nexmo

SILVER:
• SENTECH
• PCCW Global

EXHIBITORS:
• Afripipes
• AMOS Spacecom
• Dolphin Telecom
• SANGOMA
• sonatel
• SPARKLE
• YOFC