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8 - 12 November 2021
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Day 2 - Virtual AfricaCom 2021

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Day 2 - Virtual AfricaCom 2021

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09:00 - 09:055 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
InformaTech Welcome
    09:05 - 09:2520 mins
    Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
    Keynote: Telco 2.0 - A consumer-focussed business model for pan-African growth
      09:25 - 09:4520 mins
      Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
      Keynote
        09:45 - 10:3550 mins
        Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
        Panel: Paving the road to a 5G-enabled Africa
        • Paula Gilbert - Editor, Connecting Africa
        • Charley Lewis - Councillor, ICASA
        • Angela Wamola - Acting Head of Sub Saharan Africa, GSMA
        10:35 - 11:0025 mins
        Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
        Fireside chat: Exploring solutions for Africa’s spectrum headache
          11:00 - 11:2525 mins
          Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
          Fireside chat: Paper to Practice - Unleashing the continent-changing potential of the AfCFTA
            11:25 - 11:305 mins
            Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
            Chair's Closing Remarks
              11:30 - 11:4010 mins
              Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
              Virtual AfricaCom Awards Part I
                11:30 - 11:5020 mins
                Connecting the Next Billion
                Opening Keynote
                  11:50 - 12:1525 mins
                  Connecting the Next Billion
                  Creating new markets by democratizing access to affordable broadband
                    12:15 - 13:0045 mins
                    Connecting the Next Billion
                    Panel: Africa’s evolving connectivity models in 2021 and beyond
                    • Temidayo Oniosun - Founder & Managing Director, Space in Africa
                    • Miriam Altman - Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner, National Planning Commission, South African Presidency
                    • Albert Lysko - Principal Researcher, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
                    13:00 - 13:4545 mins
                    Connecting the Next Billion
                    NETWORKING LUNCH
                      13:45 - 14:3045 mins
                      Connecting the Next Billion
                      Panel: None Left Behind: Why connectivity remains the foundation of Africa’s digital economies
                      • Kalvin Bahia - Principal Economist, GSMA
                      • Mercy Wanjau - Acting Director General, Communications Authority of Kenya
                      14:30 - 15:1545 mins
                      Connecting the Next Billion
                      Panel: Why authentic African stories are a critical piece of the 4IR
                      • Alex Okosi - Managing Director - EMEA Emerging Markets, YouTube
                      • Olutomi Olutola - Regional Connectivity and Digital Advisor - Bureau of Development, Democracy and Innovation, USAID
                      • Chérine Magora - Director of Distribution Partnerships - Middle East, Africa & Pakistan, TikTok - ByteDance
                      15:15 - 15:4530 mins
                      Connecting the Next Billion
                      Fireside chat: Connecting off-grid markets to bring Africa’s next billion online
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