Speakers

Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Republic of South Africa

Pinky Kekana

Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies

Republic of South Africa

Hon. Paula Ingabire

Minister of ICT & Innovation,

Republic of Rwanda

Shameel Joosub

CEO & Executive Director

Vodacom Group

Charles Molapisi

GCTIO

MTN Group

Alioune Ndiaye

CEO - Middle East and Africa

Orange

Juliet Mhango

Chief Human Capital Development & Transformation Officer

Cell C

Stéphane Richard

Chairman and CEO

Orange

Funke Opeke

CEO

MainOne

Siya Kolisi

Co-Founder

The Kolisi Foundation

Sonia Jorge

Executive Director - Alliance for Affordable Internet & Head of Digital Inclusion Program

The World Wide Web Foundation

Razvan Ungureanu

Chief Technology Officer

Airtel Africa

Mohamed Nasr

Assistant ICT Minister for Global Information Infrastructure (GII)

Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Egypt

Alan Winde

Premier of the Western Cape

Western Cape Government, City of Cape Town, South Africa

Prof. Tshilidzi Marwala

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg, Deputy Chair

Presidential 4IR Commission

Oyeronke Oyetunde

Head of Regulatory Affairs

MTN Group

Caecilia Nyamustwa

Director of Legal Services

Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe

John Omo

Secretary-General

African Telecommunications Union

Gaurang Tanna

Head, Policy Coordination and Integrated Planning

National Department of Health, South Africa

Miriam Altman

Professor of Practice 4IR, School of Economics, University of Johannesburg & Commissioner

National Planning Commission, South African Presidency

Daniel Kimmage

Principal Deputy Coordinator - Global Engagement Center

U.S. Department of State

Antonio Nunes

CEO

Angola Cables

Rapelang Rabana

‎Founder & CEO

Rekindle Learning

Zubin Chagpar

Head of Public Sector, Middle East & Africa

Amazon Web Services

Dr Ahmed Ogwell Ouma

Deputy Director

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Kuseni Dlamini

Chairman

Massmart

Fadi Pharaon

President – Middle East & Africa

Ericsson

Paul Meyer

CEO

The Commons Project

Jean Philbert Nsengimana

Former Minister of Youth and ICT, Rwanda & Managing Director-Africa

The Commons Project

Moustapha Cisse

Head of AI Centre

Google

Chris Bertish

Adventurer

Mavericks Big Wave Champion, SUP Trans Atlantic Paddler

Kris Senanu

Managing Director - Telkom Digital

Telkom Kenya

George Njuguna

CIO

Safaricom

German Cufre

Global Head, Digital Infrastructure Investments

International Finance Corporation

Steve Chege

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

Safaricom

Dejan Kastelic

Group Chief Technology Officer

Vodacom Group

Yael Maguire

Vice President - Engineering

Facebook

Nomso Kana

Commissioner for 4IR & Governor

Nuclear Energy Foundation Agency

Ibrahima Ba

Network Investments, Emerging Markets Lead

Facebook

Jorge Mendes

Chief Officer: Consumer Business Unit

Vodacom Group

Olusola Teniola

President

Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON)

Daniel Adaramola

Chief Information Security Officer

Unity Bank

Tunde Fafunwa

Lead Advisor

Digital Centre for Excellence at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Themba Phiri

Executive Head: Regulatory

Cell C

Karen Smit

Principal Specialist: Specific Needs

Vodacom

Siyabonga Mahlangu

Group Executive: Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations

Telkom

Herman Singh

CEO

Future Advisory

Herve Suquet

CTIO, Middle East and Africa

Orange

Aubrey Hruby

Senior Fellow, Africa Center. Co-founder

Africa Expert Network

Giovanni Chiarelli

CTO

MTN South Africa

Malik Melamu

CEO

MTN Sudan

Joel Randrianasolo

CTO

Telma Madagascar

Ronald Whelan

Chief Commercial Officer

Discovery Health

Eleanor Sarpong

Deputy Director and Policy Lead

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Kojo Boakye

Director, Africa Public Policy

Facebook

Emmanuel Lubanzadio

Head of Public Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa

Twitter

Katherine Getao

CEO

ICT Authority, Kenya

Dr. Bitange Ndemo

Chairman of the Blockchain and Artificial intelligence Taskforce

Government of Kenya

Istvan Bozsok

Head, Telecommunication Networks & Spectrum Division

International Telecommunication Union

Tunde Fafunwa

Lead Advisor

Digital Centre for Excellence, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Jean-Luc Vuillemin

Executive Vice President - International Networks; Chairman OINIS Africa; & Chairman

Chairman Orange Marine

Stafford Masie

General Manager

WeWork South Africa

Onica Makwakwa

Head of Africa

Alliance for Affordable Internet

Ranjith Cherickel

Founder & CEO

icolo.io

Temidayo Oniosun

Managing Director

Space in Africa

Abimbola Alale

Managing Director

Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited

Emma Wade-Smith

Her Majesty's TRade Commissioner for Africa

Department for International Trade

Unathi Mtya

Chief Technology Officer

Grindrod Bank

Shoaib Khan

CTO

Cable & Wireless (Seychelles)

Kevin Zhang

CMO - ICT Infrastructure

Huawei

Jimmy Nguyen

Founding President

Bitcoin Association

Clive Charlton

Head of Solution Architecture - Sub-Saharan Africa

Amazon Web Services

Thabo Mashegoane

President

IITPSA

Muhumbulo Mmbwenga

General Manager, Digital Radio

TransNet Freight Rail

Selorm Adadevoh

CEO

MTN Ghana

Linda Munyengeterwa

Director for Infrastructure for Africa and the Middle East

International Finance Corporation

Atsushi Yamanaka

Chief Advisor

Rwanda ICT Innovation Ecosystem Strengthening Project

John Marshall

CEO, World Ethical Data Forum & Executive Director

World Ethical Data Foundation

Mark Shuttleworth

Founder & CEO

Canonical

Joel Smith

COO

The Kolisi Foundation

Rachel Kolisi

Co-Founder

The Kolisi Foundation

Cherie Blair QC

Founder

Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

Mahlatse Mashua

CEO

The Kolisi Foundation

Yonas Maru

Managing Director

BCS Group

Richard Ullenius

VP & Head of Global Solutioning

CSG

Aniel Jhingoeri

Head of Platforms and Devices

Radisys

Patrick Byamungu

Co-founder and Director

La Difference

Jane Coffin

Senior Vice President - Internet Growth

The Internet Society

Alderman James Vos

Mayoral Committee Member, Economic Opportunities and Asset Management

City of Cape Town

Marcus Tay

Chief Tech Director

Huawei Cloud - Africa Region

Caroline Puygrenier

Director Strategy & Business Development, Connectivity

Interxion

Schalk Visser

CTO

Cell C

Riad Hartani

Co-Founding Partner

Xona Partners

Jean-Claude Tshipama

Business Development Director

Konnect Africa

Lawrence Boya

Smart City Leader, City of Johannesburg

City of Johannesburg

Saint Doe-Tamakloe

CCO

MTN South Sudan

Deemah Alyahya

Digital Economy & Innovation Advisor, Founder

WomenSpark

Stephen Song

Fellow

Mozilla Foundation

Leanne Da Cerca

Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Unit

MTN

Abdou Dia

CEO

VTS

Khetan Gajjar

Executive Head: Fixed & Mobile (Technical & Commercial) Lead

Vodacom

Dion Jerling

Managing Director

Connect Earth

Hussain Nabee

Technology Executive

Vodacom

Sterling Perrin

Principal Analyst

Heavy Reading

Lucky La Riccia

Head of Digital Services

Ericsson Middle East and Africa

Dr Fang Liangzhou

CMO - Digital Power

Huawei

Nitesh Singh

Managing Director and Lead for Communications, Media & Technology

Accenture Africa

Alex Botting

Director, International Programs

Open RAN Policy Coalition

Nathan Smith

VP Product/Business Development

Reliance Jio

Amrit Heer

Head of Business for Europe & Middle East

Parallel Wireless

Ian Schnetler

Chief Fire Officer

City of Cape Town

Pieter van der Westhuizen

Group Technology Executive

MTN

Mark Walker

Associate Vice President

IDC

Eldrid Jordaan

Founder & CEO

GovChat.Org

Raul Martinez

Chief Commercial Officer

Upstream

Philipp Zindler

Director: Africa

Deloitte

James Vos

Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities

Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Opportunities

Omeshnee Naidoo

Director of Information Systems

City of Cape Town

Chen Kuan-Hong

Chief Consultant, National Broadband and Full-fiber Analysis Office

Huawei

Shannon Smuts Brauer

Founder & CEO

Pure Good Food

Joylynn Kirui

Principal Cyber Security Assurance Officer

Safaricom

Nicholas Naidu

Managing Executive: Technology Strategy, Architecture & Assurance

Vodacom Group

Heather Johnson

Vice President for Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility

Ericsson

Fida Kibbi

Vice President, Head of Marketing & Communications

Ericsson Middle East & Africa

Samuel Chen

Vice President, Southern Africa Region

Huawei

Maxim Nartov

Business Development Director

Nexign

Martin Labbé

Tech Sector Development Coordinator

International Trade Centre

Zhengzhou .

Director, Overseas Business Development

Unisoc

Tomiwa Aladekomo

CEO

Big Cabal Media

Eva Andren

VP and Head of Managed Services, Market Area Middle East and Africa

Ericsson

Dr. Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey

Chief Executive Officer

Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications

Juma Assiago

Head of Safer Cities Programme

UN-Habitat

Mamadou Bamba

CEO

Orange Côte d’Ivoire

Lu Baoqiang

Vice President Delivery & Service of Southern Africa Carrier Business

Huawei

Lu Baoqiang

Vice President Delivery & Service of Southern Africa Carrier Business

Huawei

Sigal Barda

VP Product, Head of 5G Portfolio

Ribbon

Jérôme Barré

CEO

Orange Wholesale & International Networks

Havar Bauck

Founder

HotelOnline

Israel Bimpe

Director, Africa Sales & Customer Success

Zipline

Clint Brown

Vice President, Sales and Market Development, SES Video Africa

SES

Colin Bryce

Director, Mobile Network Engineering

Commscope

Leo Chen

President, Southern African Region

Huawei

Yoyo Chen

Global VP

Tozed

Bernard Chiira

Director, Innovate Now

Global Disability Innovation Hub

Tom Cuthell

Event Director, Africa Tech Festival

Informa Tech

Rabih Dabboussi

Global Sales and Marketing Director

Rakuten Mobile

Grégoire de Padirac

Principal

Orange Ventures Africa

George Debbo

Independent Telecommunications Consultant

George Debbo Telecom

Tidjane Deme

General Partner

Partech

Pierre DeWet

Group Health and Safety Officer

Digicall Group (Contractor managing the Transport Information Centre for the City of Cape Town)

Sékou Dramé

CEO

Sonatel Group

Lyndsey Duff

Senior Lead - Africa

what3words

Chris Fabian

Co-Founder, Giga; Senior Adviser, UNICEF Innovation; Co-Lead

UNICEF Ventures

Amman Fissehazion

Chairman at Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters & CEO

EBS TV

Valentine Gaudin-Muteba

Managing Director Southern Africa & Regional Director Anglophone Africa

TRACE

Paolo Gemma

Chairman of ITU-T SG5 WP2 Environment, Energy Efficiency and the Circular Economy

ITU

Zachariah George

Partner and Chief Investment Officer

Startupbootcamp Africa

Onur Goker

Principal, IFC Global Infrastructure Fund

IFC Asset Management Company

Akinwale Goodluck

Head of Africa

GSMA

Jaco Groenewald

Head: Operations, Public Emergency Communications Centre

City of Cape Town

Maureen Grosvenor

Director

GroKlub

ONUR GÜVEN

Senior Manager, Mobile Financial Services

Turkcell

Sacha Haider

Principal

Global Ventures

Stone He

President

Africa Cloud & AI Business Group, Huawei

Paul Hjul

Managing Executive

Hjul Consulting

Adrian Ho

Practice Leader

Omdia

Michelle Hoogenhout

Senior Data Scientist & Co-founder Ingane Health

Galvanize Inc.

Joachim Horn

Chief Technology and Information Adviser

Smart and PLDT

Stephen Horn

Director & Producer, Politically Aweh

Bouncing Biscuit Studios

Tony Hu

Vice President, Data Communication Product Line

Huawei

Dr Amanat Hussain

Executive Chairman

Issured

KHaled Ismail

Co-Founder

Algebra Ventures

Khaled Ismail

Founder and Chairman

Himangel

Mike Jensen

Managing Director

Independent ICT Consulting

Peng Jianhua

President, Digital Power Product Line Site Energy Domain

Huawei

Gavin Kandier

Digital Transformation Officer

Netcare

Clare Kandola

Founder and CEO

The Vidya Collective

Craig Kelly

CEO

AfricaXP

Steven Koltai

Founder

Koltai & CO

Jeni Kostova

Group Executive: Marketing

AYO Technology Solutions

Kenza Lahlou

General Partner

Outlierz Ventures

Michael Langeveld

Vice President, Huawei Cloud, Africa Region

Huawei

Tracy Larkin Thomason

Deputy Director

Nevada Department of Transportation

Estelle-Mare Le Keur

Head: Service Quality, Public Emergency Communications Centre

City of Cape Town

Dr Jinshan Liu

Senior Director, 5G Marketing and Solutions

Huawei

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit

Chief Finance Service Officer, MPESA Africa CEO

Kenya Safaricom

Mohamed Madkour

Vice President, Carrier BG Marketing and Solution Sales Dept.

Huawei

Cherine Magora

Strategic Partnership Director Middle East & Africa

TikTok

James Maina

Expert Intelligent Collaboration Sales Dept.

Huawei

Imran Malik

VP, Global Sales Fixed Data, SES Networks

SES

Steven Markovitz

Producer

Big World Cinema

Tsitsi Masiyiwa

Co-Founder, Higherlife Foundation

Higherlife Foundation

James Matai

Network Director

Kenya Safaricom

Maimouna Mbacke

Strategy Consultant and Board Member

Women Investment Club

Thecla Mbongue

Senior Research Analyst

Omdia

Zoltan Miklos

General Manager of Network Planning

MTN SA

Baratang Miya

Founder and CEO

GirlHype

Simo Mkhize

CCO

Cell C

Djo Moupondo

Chairman

La Clique Music Group

Norman Moyo

Group CEO

Distributed Power Africa

Joe Munene

Managing Director, Broadcast Division

The Standard Group PLC

Julio MUPEMBA

I&P Acceleration Technologies Program Coordinator

Investisseurs & Partenaires – I&P

Amos Mwongera Mutiga

Co-Founder and Director

Red Brick Africa

Phyllis Mwangi

National Coordinator

International Trade Centre - SheTrades

Esther Mwikali

General Manager

Metta

Alexandre N'DJORE

Founder and CEO

Digitech Group Africa

Merlin Naicker

Group Executive: SABC Television

South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

Kashira Naidoo

Associate: Alternative Equity Investments

Nedbank

Paola Audrey Ndengue

Founder & Producer

Pannelle & Company

Tsakane Ngoepe

Chief of Staff

M – Kopa

Chris Nicoll

Senior Principal Analyst

Omdia

Danson Njue

Senior Research Analyst

Omdia

Franklin Ocharo

HOD of Home business Dept.

Kenya Safaricom

Temitope Okupe

Project Management Officer

Community Development Links Initiative

Eric Osiakwan

Managing Partner

Chanzo Capital

Izu Osuigwe

CEO

Forest Digital TV

Remy Pascal

Principal Analyst, Mobile Infrastructure

Omdia

Dobek Pater

Business Development Director

Africa Analysis

Izak Phillippus Botha

Chief Expert, Digital Power Solution

Huawei

Immanuel Pillay

Senior Manager: Networks and Telecommunications

eThekwini Municipality

Sunil Piyarlall

Technical Lifecycle Executive

South Africa Telkom

Neil Pursey

Hoorah Digital

Charles Qiu

Vice Director, Access Network Marketing & Solution Sales Dept.

Huawei

Lin Ranhao

CEO

Tele1

Srinivas Rao

Chief Digital Officer

Nigeria MTN

Alvin Rapea

Secretary for Police

Civilian Secretariat for Police Service, Government of South Africa

Sharoda Rapeti

Non-Executive Partner

FTI Consulting

Matt Reed

Practice Leader - Middle East and Africa

Omdia

Ken Rehbehn

Directing Analyst, Critical Communications

Omdia

Louis Richards

Ecosystem Partnership Director, EMEA

PCCW Global

Paolo Rizzardini

Chief Commerical Officer and Executive Board Member

Mondia

Elizabeth Rossiello

CEO & Founder

AZA

Paul Michael Scanlan

CTO, Carrier BG

Huawei

Tony Sceales

Head of Programme Development for the 5G Testbeds and Trials Programme

DCMS (UK Department for Culture, Ministry and Sports)

He Shi

Director, Southern Africa Cloud & AI Business

Huawei

Russell Southwood

CEO

Balancing Act

Ido Sum

Partner

TLcom Capital

Kobus Swanepoel

Head: Stakeholder Management of the Transport Directorate

City of Cape Town

Dikah Sylvester

GM of Fixed Network

Ghana Vodafone

Aniko Szigetvari

Founding Partner

Atlantica Ventures

Dario Talmesio

Research Director - Service Provider Strategies, Regulation, 5G Accelerator

Ovum

Elizabeth Tchoungui

Executive Director CSR, Diversity and Philanthropy, Orange. Deputy Chair for the Orange Foundation

Orange

Pablo Tomasi

Principal Analyst

Omdia

Chafic Traboulsi

VP and Head of Networks

Ericsson Middle East and Africa

Tracey Turner

Founder & CEO

Copia Global

Hugh Ujhazy

Vice President, IOT & Telecom

IDC

David van Dijk

Head of Secretariat

African Business Angel Network (ABAN)

Hugo van Zyl

Managing Executive for Mobile Network in Consumer

Telkom

Alexey Vedin

Director

Nexign

Jan Vermeulen

Editor At Large

MyBroadband

Maropeng Vushangwe

Director & Cinematographer

TeddyBling Pictures

Abe Wakama

CEO, IT News Africa

IT News Africa

Edwin Wang

Vice President, Wireless Network Marketing and Solution Sales

Huawei

Chris White

Electrification Manager - Europe

Ford

Alex Wong

Senior Strategy Advisor and Lead, Giga

ITU

Lulu Wood

Co-Founded and CMO

Afrishop

Shiela Yabo

Program Manager

UCT GSB Solution Space

Wang Yifan

President - Service & Software Marketing & Solution Sales Dept.

Huawei

Wang Yifan

President of Huawei's Service & Software Marketing & Solution Sales Dept

Huawei

Ammin Youssouf

CEO

Afrobytes

Dean Yu

Vice President, Southern Africa Region

Huawei

Shawn Yu

Vice President, Wireless Network Marketing and Solution Sales

Huawei

Guy Zibi

Founder and Principal

Xalam Analytics