Speakers

Alderman Geordin Hill-Lewis

Executive Mayor of Cape Town

The City of Cape Town

Dejan Kastelic

Chief Technology Officer

Vodacom

Nic Rudnick

Group CEO

Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Funke Opeke

CEO

MainOne

Nika Naghavi

Executive Director

MFS Africa

Andile Ngcaba

Founder & Executive Chairman

Convergence Partners

Amadou Diallo

CEO, Middle East & Africa

DHL Global Forwarding

Nitin Gajria

Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa

Google

Alderman James Vos

Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth

The City of Cape Town

Nastassha Dooks

Business Executive Head - SME & SOHO

Vodacom

Nina Triantis

Global Head of Telecoms, Media & Technology

Standard Bank

Abimbola Alale

MD & CEO

Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited

Siyabonga Mahlangu

Group Executive: Regulatory Affairs & Government Relations

Telkom

Ida Nganga

Regional Head

UNESCO Emerging Technologies for Development

Timothy Were

Deputy ICT Director

Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Massmart

David Lofti

CEO

Evina

Prasanna Kumar Burri

Group Chief Information Officer

Dangote Group

Moustapha Mamy DIABY (Ing)

Senior Advisor, ICT and Digital Transformation

African Union Commission

Mmaki Jantjies

Group Executive: Innovation & Transformation

Telkom

Koyor Bariboloka

Deputy Director

Central Bank of Nigeria

Simo Mkhize

CCO

Cell C

Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy

Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa

Spotify

Stefano Cantarelli

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Mavenir

Nollie Maoto

Chief Data and Analytics Officer – Merchant Services

FNB South Africa

Jomo Erick

Infrastructure Sector Lead

African Leadership Academy

Dr Denisha Jairam Owthar

Chief Director: IT ( ie: Group CIO)

University of Stellenbosch

Raphael Dana

Co-Founder, Co-CEO

Gozem - Africa's Super App

Hannah Subayi Kamuanga

Country Officer, DRC

Proparco

Rajat Kotra

Group Director of Data Analytics & AI

Informa

Solomon O. Ayodele

Head, Innovation | Corporate Transformation Office

ALATbyWEMA | WEMA Bank

Prof. Tawana Kupe

Vice-Chancellor and Principal

University of Pretoria

Dr. Frannie LEAUTIER

CEO

SouthBridge Investments

Eugene Ras

Head of Data & Analytics

Distell Group

Prof. Thomas Magedanz

Director

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems & Visiting Professor at University of Cape Town

Louis Manu

Co-founder, CCO & CTO

Wi-flix

Marjorie Saint-Lot

Country Manager for Uber Ghana and the Ivory Coast

Uber

Steve Uma

CIO and Head, Information Services and Technology

NSIA Insurance Limited

Hisham Mohamed

Egypt Chief Information Security Officer

Emirates NBD Egypt

Omeshnee Naidoo

Director of Information Systems and Technology

City of Cape Town

Hosea Naturinda Makuru

Regional Information Security Officer – East Africa

Standard Bank Group

Michael Njenga Gitau

General Manager, Information Technology

CFAO Group, Kenya

Tope Ogundipe

Co-Founder & Director

Tech Societal

Fehintolu Olaogun

CEO and Co-founder

CredPal

Jeannette Roberes, M.Ed.

Chief Academic Officer

Bearly Articulating

Janet Sawari

CEO & Founder

The AI Review

Confidence Staveley

Executive Director & Founder

Cybersafe Foundation

Andrew McDonald

People Director

MOHARA

Stefan Steffen

Executive of Data Science

Telkom Group

Tope Akinwumi

Country Manager for Uber Nigeria

Uber

Uwem Uwemakpan

VP, Fund Operations

Ingressive Capital

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

John Kamara

Founder and CEO Adanian Labs & Founder and CEO, AICE

Adanian Labs/AI Centre of Excellence (AICE)

Chilufya Mutale

Co-Founder and CEO

PremierCredit

Olamide Oguntoye

Policy Lead - Climate Innovation

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Marie LORA-MUNGAI

Founder & CEO

Restless Global

Habiba Ben Barka

Chief of Africa Section

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Unguec Stephen Kang

A/Director

National Communications Authority

Dino Bernicchi

Data Science Strategy Consultant

Independent

Juanita Clark

CEO

Digital Council Africa

Pavesh Govender

Managing Executive Internet of Things (IoT) Africa

Vodacom

Samuel Mbonu

Group Chief Information Officer

Tangerine Africa

Kabelo Makwane

Managing Executive; Cloud, Hosting & Security

Vodacom Business Africa

Olunfunso Somorin

Regional Principal Officer

African Development Bank

Samuel Kwabena Nkrumah

Head, Transmission & Transport

AirtelTigo Ghana

Tsonam Akpeloo

National Chairman, ICT Sector

Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GNCCI)

Charlotte Kepadisa

Head of Big Data & AI

Safaricom

Fargani Tambeayuk

Head of Connectivity Policy

Meta

Abdulmutallib Mohammed

Director, Network Operations

9Mobile

Miranda Perumal

Senior Director, head of Digital Partnerships, Fintech & Ventures, SSA

Visa

Kennedy Mubita

Member, Lead Africa

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered Bank

Joey Akan

Founder & Music Journalist

Afrobeats Intelligence

Benoit Denis

Senior Economist

European Investment Bank

Patricia Mugabe

Head of Digital Transformation, Innovation and Product Development

BancABC Zimbabwe

Mustapha Louni

Senior Vice President, Middle East, Africa & Greater India

Uptime Institute

Edmund Higenbottam

Managing Director

Verdant Capital

Sherry Zameer

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

Thales

Sizwe Gwala

Head of Data Govenance

Absa Group

Onica Makwakwa

Head of Africa Region

Alliance for Affordable Internet & The World Wide Web Foundation

Olusegun Okuneye

Divisional CEO

ipNX Business

Zechariah Leke Akinpelu

Chief Information Security Officer

Unity Bank

Simit Naik

Director, Commercial & Strategy

nChain

Danson Njue

Senior Research Analyst

Omdia

Lavina Ramkissoon

Chairperson & Co Founder

Fintech Association of South Africa

Mariam Tendou Kamara

Founder & Managing Director

BAANTOU

Nitesh Singh

Managing Director - Communication, Media & Technology Lead (CMT)

Accenture Africa

Chukwuma Osahor Covenant-Hero

Head, Digital Partnerships

Access Bank Plc

Autram Jacobs

IT Infrastructure and Operations Manager

PepsiCo Sub-Saharan Africa

Wiza Jalakasi

VP, Global Merchant Business

Chipper Cash

Yonas Maru

Founder & MD

BCS Group

Andisa Liba

Chief People Officer

Floatpays

William Mzimba

Chief Officer

Vodacom Business Africa

Andrew Bourne

Regional Manager, Africa

Zoho Corporation

Ian Williams

Software Consultant for Europe

Motorola Solutions

Adedana Ashebir

Regional Director, Africa and Middle East

Village Capital

Dr Rutendo Hwindingwi

Africa Managing Director

Elev8

Toyosi Odukoya

Head of Business Intelligence

Mastercard Foundation

Charles Murito

Regional Director, Government Affairs & Public Affairs, Sub Saharan Africa

Google

Thecla Mbongue

Senior Analyst

Omdia

Sinal Govender

Co-founder

life.file

Werner Leithgöb

Head of Functional, Technical and Integration for Programme Horizon

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa

Ahmed Ashour

Co-Founder and CEO

Pylon

Jess Anuna

Founder and CEO

Klasha

Andrews Akwasi Agbleke

CEO

Zeme Consult

Ernest Darkoh

Co-Founder

BroadReach Group

Olugbenga Adelana

Head, Agribusiness and Export Finance

Wema Bank

Yolanda Cuba

Group Vice President Southern & East Africa Region

MTN

Miriam Altman

Professor of Practice 4IR

University of Johannesburg

Chris Fabian

Co-founder & Co-Lead

Giga - UNICEF

Zaheer Hamid

Academic Director

MANCOSA - Honoris United Universities institution

Mohamed Al Fowey

CTO

Telecom Egypt

Moses Bayingana

Acting Director, Department of Infrastructure and Energy, African Union

African Union

Marius Engelbrecht

Senior Strategy Consultant (East and Southern Africa)

Huawei Technologies

Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou

CEO

National Agency of Information Society (ANSI)

Brenda Gunde

Global Senior Technical Specialist for ICT4D

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

Benjamin Hou

President of Huawei Northern Africa Carrier Business Dept

Huawei

Chen Hui

Deputy Director of Industry and Planning Research

Institute of CAICT

Martin Karanja

Director, GSMA Innovation Fund

GSMA

Christopher Kemei

DIRECTOR, UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND

Communications Authority of Kenya

Lassina Konate

Director Digital Economy and Telecommunications

Ministry Digital Economy

Hui Li

Deputy Director of Institute of Industry and Planning of CAICT

China, CAICT Institute

Lu Libo

President - Network Marketing & Solution Sales

HUAWEI

Gary Lu

President of Network Marketing & Solution Sales

Huawei

Karima Mahmoudi

Director General

Instance Nationale des Télécommunications, Tunisia

Chris Meng

Vice President of Northern Africa Carrier Business Dept

Huawei

Baratang Miya

CEO

Girlhype - African Girls Code

Muzi Ntombela

CIO

Centre for Public Service Innovation

Euanne Oberholzer

Event Moderator

HUAWEI

Franklin Ocharo

HOD of Home business department

Kenya Safaricom

John Omo

Secretary-General

African Telecommunications Union

Sunil Piyarlall

Executive, Network Architecture and Modelling

Openserve - A Division of Telkom SA SOC Ltd

Norbert Prihoda

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Tunisie Telecom

Matt Reed

Chief Analyst - Service Provider Markets

Omdia

Matthew Reed

Ovum

Melissa Slaymaker

Global Talent Hub Director

Women in Tech Global Movement

Moktar Tabouri

Broadband Deputy Director

Orange