Agenda - Day 3 - Virtual AfricaCom 2021

09:00 - 09:055 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

Chair's Opening Remarks

09:05 - 09:2015 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

SA’s National Infrastructure Plan 2050

Miriam Altman - Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner, National Planning Commission, South African Presidency

09:20 - 09:4020 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

Keynote Presentation

09:40 - 10:2545 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

Panel: Fintech futures: Africa’s disruptive centrepiece is redefining banking

10:25 - 11:1045 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

accelerateHER Africa: Shaping the Future of Africa & Leading Through Adversity

11:10 - 11:3525 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

accelerateHER Africa: Tech for Humanity & Change for Good

11:30 - 11:5020 mins

Digital Infrastructure Investment

Presentation

11:30 - 11:355 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Chair's Opening Remarks

11:35 - 11:4510 mins

Africa Tech Festival Headline Keynote

Virtual AfricaCom Awards Part II

11:35 - 11:5520 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Keynote Presentation

11:50 - 12:1525 mins

Digital Infrastructure Investment

Fireside chat: Building critical operator - OTT partnerships

Jonathan Nickell - COO, 3Vision
Noaf Ereiqat - Director - Business Development for META, Netflix

11:55 - 12:4550 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Panel: Survive or Thrive? Modern business models for the 21st century telco

Paul Hjul - Managing Executive, Hjul Consulting
Ian Paterson - Chief Investment Officer, Africell Group
Razvan Ungureanu - CTO, Airtel Africa
Shoaib Khan - Chief Technical Officer, Cable & Wireless Seychelles

12:15 - 13:0045 mins

Digital Infrastructure Investment

Panel: Lighting Africa - Closing the electricity deficit to deliver energy for all

12:45 - 13:1025 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Fireside chat: Exploring Africa’s post-COVID telecoms landscape

Matt Read - Chief Analyst, Service Provider Markets, Omdia
Steve Song - Policy Advisor, Mozilla

13:00 - 13:4545 mins

Digital Infrastructure Investment

NETWORKING LUNCH

13:10 - 13:4535 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

NETWORKING BREAK

13:45 - 14:1025 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Fireside chat: Enhancing service provider competitiveness through the power of AI

14:00 - 14:2525 mins

Connecting the Next Billion

Fireside chat: accelerateHER Africa: Closing the Digital Divide & Addressing Digital Poverty

14:10 - 15:0050 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Panel: OTT Services - African telcos and the battle for media supremacy

Yehi El Amine - Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Inside Telecom
Kenechi Okeleke - Director, Social and Regional Research, GSMA

14:25 - 15:1045 mins

Connecting the Next Billion

Panel: Affordability Matters: African connectivity is a necessity, not a luxury

Temidayo Oniosun - Founder & Managing Director, Space in Africa
Alice Munyua - Director of Africa Innovation, The Mozilla Foundation
Onica Makwakwa - Regional Co-ordinator - Africa, Alliance for Affordable Internet
German Cufre - Global Manager for Telecom, Media and Technology investments, International Finance Corporation

15:00 - 15:4545 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Panel: The rise of Africa’s SuperApps - Telcos new ‘one-stop-shop’

Paula Gilbert - Editor, Connecting Africa
Raphael Dana - Co-Founder, Gozem

15:10 - 15:3525 mins

Connecting the Next Billion

Fireside chat: Social Media in Africa: A coming-of-age story

Emmanuel Lubanzadio - Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa, Twitter

15:45 - 15:505 mins

Telcos of Tomorrow: The Evolution of African Telecoms

Closing Remarks

Day 3 - Virtual AfricaCom 2021Thursday, 11 November 2021

Day 3 - Virtual AfricaCom 2021Thursday, 11 November 2021