Speakers

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Mayor of Freetown

Republic of Sierra Leone

Neelesh Pratap Singh

Group Chief Information Officer

Airtel Africa

Mercy Wanjau

Acting Director General

Communications Authority of Kenya

Dejan Kastelic

Group CTO

Vodacom

Alastair Long

Her Majesty’s deputy Trade commissioner, Africa

Department for International Trade

Cathy Smith

Managing Director

SAP Africa

Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

Member of Parliament - The Klottey-Korle Constituency

The Republic of Ghana

Sérgio Pimenta

Regional Vice President for Africa

International Finance Corporation

Habiba Ben Barka

Chief of Africa Section

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development

Miriam Altman

Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner

National Planning Commission, South African Presidency

Razvan Ungureanu

CTO

Airtel Africa

Tracy Bolton

COO

SAP Africa

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Angela Wamola

Acting Head of Sub Saharan Africa

GSMA

Noaf Ereiqat

Director - Business Development for META

Netflix

Ian Paterson

Chief Investment Officer

Africell Group

Onica Makwakwa

Regional Co-ordinator - Africa

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Amolo Ng'weno

CEO

BFA Global

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa

Twitter

German Cufre

Global Manager for Telecom, Media and Technology investments

International Finance Corporation

Olutomi Olutola

Regional Connectivity and Digital Advisor - Bureau of Development, Democracy and Innovation

USAID

Paula Hunter

Executive Director

Mojaloop Foundation

Bill Lenihan

CEO

ZOLA Electric

Charley Lewis

Councillor

ICASA

Alex Okosi

Managing Director - EMEA Emerging Markets

YouTube

Omar Hagrass

CEO

Trella

Tony Tiyou

Founder & CEO

Renewables in Africa

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director & Policy Lead

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Olusola Teniola

National Coordinator - Nigeria

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Dr Olufunso Somorin

Regional Principal Officer

African Development Bank

Ofentse Mokwena

Strategic Projects Lead

Uber SSA

Dion Jerling

Managing Director

Connect Earth

Kevin Kent

CEO

Critical Facilities Efficiency Solutions

Kalvin Bahia

Principal Economist

GSMA

Kagiso Mothibi

Fintech lead

FSCA

Raphael Dana

Co-Founder

Gozem

Yehia El Amine

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Inside Telecom

Paula Gilbert

Editor

Connecting Africa

Aniel Jhingoeri

Regional Vice President EMEA Sales and Head of Embedded Platforms and Digital Endpoints

Radisys

Chérine Magora

Director of Distribution Partnerships - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan

TikTok - ByteDance

Shoaib Khan

Chief Technical Officer

Cable & Wireless Seychelles

Paul Hjul

Managing Executive

Hjul Consulting

Tom Cuthell

Event Director, Africa Tech Festival

Informa Tech

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader - Advanced Digital Services

Omdia

Raphael Dana

Co-Founder

Gozem

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO

AZA Finance

Kiringai Kamau

South-South Secretariat Lead

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)

Steve Song

Policy Advisor

Mozilla

Hendrik Malan

Africa CEO

Frost & Sullivan

Alice Munyua

Director of Africa Innovation

The Mozilla Foundation

Imelda Ngunzu

Manager, Market development

Mastercard

Kenechi Okeleke

Director, Social and Regional Research

GSMA

Temidayo Oniosun

Founder & Managing Director

Space in Africa

Jan Pilbauer

CEO

BankservAfrica

Matt Read

Chief Analyst, Service Provider Markets

Omdia

Tinashe Ruzane

CEO and Co-founder

FlexClub

Jonathan Nickell

COO

3Vision

Albert Lysko

Principal Researcher

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Angus Brown

Fintech Enrepreneur

Minit Money

Lorien Gamaroff

Founder CEO

Centbee

Shirley Gilbey

Dealmaker

Uk Department for International Trade

Olamide Oguntoye

Tech Policy Lead

The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Hon. Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams

Minister of Communications

Republic of South Africa

Hon. Huria Ali Mahdi

National ICT and Digital Economy Sector

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Hon. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation

Republic of Rwanda

Hon. Pedro Lopes

Secretary of State for Digital Economy

Government of Cabo Verde

Deputy Minister Ghada Labib

Institutional Development

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Debbie Schäfer

Provincial Minister of Education

Western Cape Government

Shameel Joosub

Chief Executive Officer and executive director of Vodacom Group

Vodacom Group

Sekou Drame

CEO

Sonatel Group

Nitin Gajria

Director - Sub-Saharan Africa

Google

Mariam Cassim

Group Chief Executive Officer

Vodacom Financial and Digital Services

Nic Rudnick

CEO

Liquid Telecom

Patricia Mugabe

Head Strategy, Innovation and Product Development

BancABC Zimbabwe

Hon. Joe Mucheru

Cabinet Secretary

Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

Hon. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams,

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Republic of South Africa

Amith Maharaj

Group Technology Executive

MTN Group

Hon. Pedro Lopes

Secretary of State for Digital Economy

Government of Cabo Verde

Alioune Ndiaye

CEO, Middle East and Africa

Orange

Funke Opeke

CEO

Main One

Tejumola Abisoye

CEO & Executive Secretary

Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF)

Lillian Barnard

Director for Public-Sector

Microsoft

Paul Michael Scanlan

CTO

Huawei

Boutheina Guermazi

Director, Regional Integration Africa and MENA

The World Bank

Asif Valley

National Technology Officer

Microsoft

Sonia Jorge

Executive Director - Alliance for Affordable Internet & Head of Digital Inclusion Program,

The World Wide Web Foundation

Fadi Pharaon

President – Middle East & Africa

Ericsson

Dorsaf Bejaoui

CHRO

Tunisie Telecom

Sylvie LaPerriere

Lead, Global Network Acquisition

Google

Onajite Emerhor

Head of Google Start-ups Africa

Google

Unathi Mtya

Chief Technology Officer

Grindrod Bank

Stephane Duproz

Chief Executive Officer

Africa Data Centres

Nicholas Williams

Head, ICT Division

African Development Bank

Puso Manthata

Chief Strategy Officer

Vodacom

Fargani Tambeayuk

Head of Connectivity Policy

Facebook

Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings

Member of Parliament - The Klottey-Korle Constituency

The Republic of Ghana

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Mayor of Freetown

Republic of Sierra Leone

Yehia Alamine

Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Inside Telecom

Hon. Huria Ali Mahdi

National ICT and Digital Economy Sector

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Innovation and Technology

Miriam Altman

Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner

National Planning Commission, South African Presidency

Tim Andrews

Digital Enablement Executive

Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator

Caroline Asiimwe

Regional Technical Manager - Markets & Value Chains

Farm Africa

Caroline Asiimwe

Regional Technical Manager - Markets & Value Chains

Farm Africa

Kalvin Bahia

Principal Economist

GSMA

Tracy Bolton

COO

SAP Africa

German Cufre

Global Manager for Telecom, Media and Technology investments

International Finance Corporation

Tom Cuthell

Event Director, Africa Tech Festival

Informa Tech

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Massmart

Sekou Drame

CEO

Sonatel Group

Onajite Emerhor

Head of Google Start-ups Africa

Google

Noaf Ereiqat

Director - Business Development for META

Netflix

Tien Fu

Senior Video Producer

Informa Tech

Nitin Gajria

Director - Sub-Saharan Africa

Google

Alan Geldenhuys

Executive Director

TinSky

Paula Gilbert

Editor

Connecting Africa

Shirley Gilbey

Dealmaker

Uk Department for International Trade

Pushkar Gokhale

Chief Digital & Strategy Officer

Telkom

Scott Good

Senior Product Manager

Land Mobile Intelsat

Dev Govender

Director Financial Services

PWC

Boutheina Guermazi

Director, Regional Integration Africa and MENA

The World Bank

Warren Hero

Chief Information and Digital Officer

Webber Wentzel

Paul Hjul

Managing Executive

Hjul Consulting

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader - Advanced Digital Services

Omdia

Maxine Holt

Senior Director

Omdia

Neville Hounsom

Africa Growth & Innovation Leader

Deloitte

Paula Hunter

Executive Director

Mojaloop Foundation

Bemi Idowu

Managing Director

Talking Drum Communications

Bemi Idowu

Managing Director

Talking Drum Communications

Hon. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation

Republic of Rwanda

Vernon Irvin

EVP and CRO

Everbridge

Dion Jerling

Managing Director

Connect Earth

Aniel Jhingoeri

Regional Vice President EMEA Sales and Head of Embedded Platforms and Digital Endpoints

Radisys

Mark Joseph

Africa TMT Leader

Deloitte

Kiringai Kamau

South-South Secretariat Lead

Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)

Dejan Kastelic

Group CTO

Vodacom

Jito Kayumba

Economic and Private Sector Development Advisor to the President of the Republic of Zambia

Presidency of the Republic of Zambia

Shoaib Khan

Chief Technical Officer

Cable & Wireless Seychelles

Joylynn Kirui

Senior Cloud Security Advocate

Microsoft

Bill Kleyman

Executive Vice President - Digital Solutions

Switch

Bill Kleyman

Executive Vice President - Digital Solutions

Switch

Mallory Knodel

CTO

Center for Democracy and Technology

Tanya Knowles

Business Manager

Adhara

Deputy Minister Ghada Labib

Institutional Development

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology

Tobi Lafinhan

Co-Founder & CEO

Venture for Africa

Sylvye LaPerriere

Lead, Global Network Acquisition

Google

Bill Lenihan

CEO

ZOLA Electric

Charley Lewis

Councillor

ICASA

Amelia Liu

Chief Operating Officer

Starwin

Coenie Louw

Technical Operations Manager

Ozow

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa

Twitter

Albert Lysko

Principal Researcher

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Chérine Magora

Director of Distribution Partnerships - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan

TikTok - ByteDance

Amith Maharaj

Group Technology Executive

MTN Group

Onica Makwakwa

Regional Co-ordinator - Africa

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Hendrik Malan

Africa CEO

Frost & Sullivan

Psuo Manthata

Chief Strategy Officer

Vodacom

Lesego Masethe

CEO

Brain Waves Company

Stuart Mills

VP Trailhead & Ecosystem EMEA

Salesforce

Ofentse Mokwena

Strategic Projects Lead

Uber SSA

Hon. Joe Mucheru

Cabinet Secretary

Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

Patricia Mugabe

Head Strategy, Innovation and Product Development

BancABC Zimbabwe

Alice Munyua

Director of Africa Innovation

The Mozilla Foundation

Kellie Murungi

Chief Investments Officer

East African Power

Nika Naghavi

Executive Director

MFS

Sharedh Naicker

Senior Account Director

Intelsat

Abdallah Nassar

Director of Engineering & Network Development

Orange Cameroun

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams,

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Republic of South Africa

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Amolo Ng'weno

CEO

BFA Global

Jonathan Nickell

COO

3Vision

Tim Nuy

Founder

Finclusion

Chib Nwokonkor

CEO

Zanshuri

Alex Okosi

Managing Director - EMEA Emerging Markets

YouTube

Olutomi Olutola

Regional Connectivity and Digital Advisor - Bureau of Development, Democracy and Innovation

USAID

Temidayo Oniosun

Founder & Managing Director

Space in Africa

Diana Onyango

Technical Manager - Livestock and Rangelands

Farm Africa

Diana Onyango

Technical Manager - Livestock and Rangelands

Farm Africa

Rene Parker

CEO -Director- Co Founder

RLabs *Reconstructed Living Lab

Jan Pilbauer

CEO

BankservAfrica

Sérgio Pimenta

Regional Vice President for Africa

International Finance Corporation

Jack Pouchet

Vice President Sales

Natron Energy

Jack Pouchet

Vice President Sales

Natron Energy

Neelesh Pratap Singh

Group Chief Information Officer

Airtel Africa

Srinivas Rao

Chief Digital Officer

MTN Nigeria

Matt Read

Chief Analyst, Service Provider Markets

Omdia

Louis Richards

Ecosystem Partnership Director, EMEA Console Connect

PCCW Global

Louise Richards

Ecosystem Partnership Director, EMEA Console Connect

PCCW Global

Valerie Risk

VP Public Warning

Everbridge

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO

AZA Finance

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO

AZA Finance

Prashant Roy

Senior Data Analyst

Pentation Analytics

Tinashe Ruzane

CEO and co-founder

FlexClub

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director & Policy Lead

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Debbie Schäfer

Provincial Minister of Education

Western Cape Government

Viradh Singh

Africa Cloud Leader

Deloitte

Viradh Singh

Africa Cloud Leader

Deloitte

Merise Snyders

SBG Salesforce Group COE Lead & Platform Owner,

Standard Bank

Dr Olufunso Somorin

Regional Principal Officer

African Development Bank

Steve Song

Policy Advisor

Mozilla

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

Johan Steyn

Lead Architect Automation

PWC South Africa

Olusola Teniola

National Coordinator - Nigeria

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Tony Tiyou

Founder & CEO

Renewables in Africa

Razvan Ungureanu

CTO

Airtel Africa

Charl van der Walt

Global Head of Security Research

Orange Cyberdefense

Chris Wehbe

CEO

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