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8 - 12 November 2021
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Day 3 - Virtual AfricaCom 2020

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09:00 - 09:055 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
Chair's Opening Remarks
  • Jan Vermeulen - Editor At Large, MyBroadband
09:05 - 09:2520 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
Cloud Computing’s Role in the Growth and Resilience of the African Continent
  • Zubin Chagpar - Head of Public Sector, Middle East & Africa, Amazon Web Services
09:25 - 10:1550 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
Panel: Africa’s Digital Decade: exploring the big trends for the next 10 years
  • Jan Vermeulen - Editor At Large, MyBroadband
  • Tunde Fafunwa - Lead Advisor, Digital Centre for Excellence at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
  • Jimmy Nguyen - Founding President, Bitcoin Association
  • Razvan Ungureanu - Chief Technology Officer, Airtel Africa
10:15 - 10:205 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
Nurturing an ecosystem for Africa’s Silicon Cape
  • Alan Winde - Premier of the Western Cape, Western Cape Government, City of Cape Town, South Africa
10:20 - 10:3010 mins
Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote
Virtual AfricaCom Awards Part II
    10:30 - 11:3060 mins
    Huawei Forums
    IP Network Forum
    • Samuel Chen - Vice President, Southern Africa Region, Huawei
    • Hugh Ujhazy - Vice President, IOT & Telecom, IDC
    • Joachim Horn - Chief Technology and Information Adviser, Smart and PLDT
    • Tony Hu - Vice President, Data Communication Product Line, Huawei
    • Zoltan Miklos - General Manager of Network Planning, MTN SA
    11:50 - 12:3040 mins
    Digital Infrastructure Investment
    Panel: The impact of foreign investment in Africa’s digital infrastructure journey
    • Aubrey Hruby - Senior Fellow, Africa Center. Co-founder, Africa Expert Network
    • Mohamed Nasr - Assistant ICT Minister for Global Information Infrastructure (GII), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt
    • Linda Munyengeterwa - Director for Infrastructure for Africa and the Middle East, International Finance Corporation
    • Eric Osiakwan - Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital
    • Jane Coffin - Senior Vice President - Internet Growth, The Internet Society
    12:30 - 13:1545 mins
    Digital Infrastructure Investment
    NETWORKING LUNCH
      13:15 - 13:4025 mins
      Digital Infrastructure Investment
      Fireside Chat: Smart Cities – transforming a metropolis through digital infrastructure
      • Riad Hartani - Co-Founding Partner, Xona Partners
      • Omeshnee Naidoo - Director of Information Systems, City of Cape Town
      Day 2 - Virtual AfricaCom 2020
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