Speakers

Funke Opeke

CEO

MainOne

Nitin Gajria

Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa

Google

Nic Rudnick

Group CEO

Liquid Intelligent Technologies

Ida Nganga

Regional Head

UNESCO Emerging Technologies for Development

Alderman James Vos

Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth

The City of Cape Town

Nastassha Dooks

Business Executive Head - SME & SOHO

Vodacom

Nina Triantis

Global Head of Telecoms, Media & Technology

Standard Bank

Siyabonga Mahlangu

Group Executive: Regulatory Affairs & Government Relations

Telkom

Nika Naghavi

Executive Director

MFS Africa

Mmaki Jantjies

Group Executive: Innovation & Transformation

Telkom

Andile Ngcaba

Founder & Executive Chairman

Convergence Partners

Habiba Ben Barka

Chief of Africa Section

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Simo Mkhize

CCO

Cell C

David Lofti

CEO

Evina

Prasanna Kumar Burri

Group Chief Information Officer

Dangote Group

Yonas Maru

Founder & MD

BCS Group

Timothy Were

Deputy ICT Director

Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs, Kenya

Benoit Denis

Senior Economist

European Investment Bank

Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy

Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Africa

Spotify

Fargani Tambeayuk

Head of Connectivity Policy

Meta

Sherry Zameer

Senior Vice President, Mobile Connectivity Solutions - Africa & Middle East

Thales

Abimbola Alale

MD & CEO

Nigerian Communication Satellite Limited

Nitesh Singh

Managing Director - Communication, Media & Technology Lead (CMT)

Accenture Africa

Samuel Kwabena Nkrumah

Head, Transmission & Transport

AirtelTigo Ghana

Stefano Cantarelli

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer

Mavenir

Juanita Clark

CEO

Digital Council Africa

Abdulmutallib Mohammed

Director, Network Operations

9Mobile

Jomo Erick

Infrastructure Sector Lead

African Leadership Academy

Onica Makwakwa

Head of Africa Region

Alliance for Affordable Internet & The World Wide Web Foundation

Olusegun Okuneye

Divisional CEO

ipNX Business

Olunfunso Somorin

Regional Principal Officer

African Development Bank

Dr Denisha Jairam Owthar

Chief Director: IT ( ie: Group CIO)

University of Stellenbosch

Prof. Thomas Magedanz

Director

Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems & Visiting Professor at University of Cape Town

Tope Akinwumi

Country Manager for Uber Nigeria

Uber

Tsonam Akpeloo

National Chairman, ICT Sector

Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GNCCI)

Fehintolu Olaogun

CEO and Co-founder

CredPal

Louis Manu

Co-founder, CCO & CTO

Wi-flix

Marie LORA-MUNGAI

Founder & CEO

Restless Global

Olamide Oguntoye

Policy Lead - Climate Innovation

Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

Joey Akan

Founder & Music Journalist

Afrobeats Intelligence

Danson Njue

Senior Research Analyst

Omdia

Chukwuma Osahor Covenant-Hero

Head, Digital Partnerships

Access Bank Plc

Jason De Carteret

Head of Development

Solarcentury Africa