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8 - 12 November 2021
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Day 1 - Virtual AfricaCom 2020

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Day 1 - Virtual AfricaCom 2020

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11:30 - 11:355 mins
Connecting the Next Billion
Chair's Opening Remarks
  • Dion Jerling - Managing Director, Connect Earth
11:35 - 11:5520 mins
Connecting the Next Billion
The new paradigms for connecting the next billion
  • Yael Maguire - Vice President - Engineering, Facebook
11:55 - 12:0510 mins
Connecting the Next Billion
Protecting critical connectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Steve Chege - Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Safaricom
12:05 - 12:4035 mins
Connecting the Next Billion
Fireside chat: The critical role of policy in creating competitive telecoms markets
  • Stephen Song - Fellow, Mozilla Foundation
  • Onica Makwakwa - Head of Africa, Alliance for Affordable Internet
  • Caecilia Nyamustwa - Director of Legal Services, Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe
12:40 - 13:4060 mins
Connecting the Next Billion
NETWORKING LUNCH
    13:40 - 14:2040 mins
    Connecting the Next Billion
    Panel: Rewriting the telco strategy handbook: What changing market conditions mean for African operators
    • Paul Hjul - Managing Executive, Hjul Consulting
    • Selorm Adadevoh - CEO, MTN Ghana
    • Richard Ullenius - VP & Head of Global Solutioning, CSG
    • Matt Reed - Practice Leader - Middle East and Africa, Omdia
    14:20 - 14:4525 mins
    Connecting the Next Billion
    Fireside Chat: The Journey of Building a Successful Emerging Market Telco
    • Adrian Ho - Practice Leader, Omdia
    • Malik Melamu - CEO, MTN Sudan
    14:45 - 15:2540 mins
    Connecting the Next Billion
    Panel: Are integrated submarine-fibre-satellite strategies the future of African connectivity?
    • Temidayo Oniosun - Managing Director, Space in Africa
    • Antonio Nunes - CEO, Angola Cables
    • Jean-Luc Vuillemin - Executive Vice President - International Networks; Chairman OINIS Africa; & Chairman, Chairman Orange Marine
    • Istvan Bozsok - Head, Telecommunication Networks & Spectrum Division, International Telecommunication Union
    15:25 - 15:305 mins
    Connecting the Next Billion
    Chair's Closing Remarks
    • Dion Jerling - Managing Director, Connect Earth
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