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Day Two

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Day Two

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09:55 - 10:005 mins
West Africa Com 2020
Chairperson’ Opening Remarks
  • Mariam Tendou Kamara - Founder & Managing Director, Baantou & MadameDigital
10:00 - 10:1515 mins
West Africa Com 2020
Leveraging high bandwidth satellite connectivity to deliver coverage to the most remote markets
  • Patrice Muntu - Regional Director, Sales Engineering Africa, Intelsat
10:15 - 11:0550 mins
West Africa Com 2020
Panel discussion: Boosting Digital Inclusion to Fill the Technology Skills Gap
  • Mariam Tendou Kamara - Founder & Managing Director, Baantou & MadameDigital
  • Onica N. Makwakwa - Head of Africa, Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), World Wide Web Foundation
  • Anthony Emebo - Vice President Marketing & Digital Skills Coach, The Star Factor Effect & Sanstonz
  • Nils Kaiser - Founder, Digital Development Advisor, Kaikai - ICT4D and Digital Development
  • Dr Nicolas Poussielgue - CEO, Dakar Institute of Technology
10:25 - 10:3510 mins
Connectivity Workshops
Opening Remarks
  • Hans Geldenhuys - Managing Sales Director, Africa, Intelsat
10:35 - 11:0025 mins
Connectivity Workshops
Fireside Chat: Implications of Solving West Africa’s Connectivity Conundrum
  • Thecla Mbongue - Senior Research Analyst, Omdia
  • Patrice Muntu - Regional Director, Sales Engineering Africa, Intelsat
  • Samba Laobe THIAM - Head of Transport Division, Orange Mali
11:00 - 11:2020 mins
Connectivity Workshops
Addressing the Burgeoning African Market
  • Line Onoue-Oliveira - Senior Sales Director, Africa, Intelsat
11:05 - 11:3025 mins
West Africa Com 2020
Fireside chat: Teachers are great telecom customers!
  • Jim Teicher - CEO, Cybersmart Africa
  • Dr Momar Dieng - CEO, Africa Web Services
11:20 - 12:0040 mins
Connectivity Workshops
Panel Discussion: Closing the West African Connectivity Gap: A Roadmap for Inclusive Growth
  • Koffi Fabrice DJOSSOU - Board Member, ICET/Federal University of Technology of Minna, Nigeria
  • Awa Mbaye - Sales Director, West Africa, Intelsat
  • Assane Diop - Digital Customer Experience Manager, Expresso Telecom
11:30 - 11:5020 mins
West Africa Com 2020
Networking Break and Virtual Expo Visit
    11:50 - 12:1020 mins
    West Africa Com 2020
    OTT – If you can’t fight them, join them!
    • Izu Osuigwe - CEO, Forest Digital TV
    12:00 - 12:5555 mins
    Connectivity Workshops
    Networking Break
      12:10 - 12:5545 mins
      West Africa Com 2020
      Panel discussion: How to monetise media in a digital world
      • Clare Kandola - Founder and CEO, The Vidya Collective
      • Yetunde Falade - Director of Corporate Affairs and Marketing, Pineapple TV
      • Ibrahima KANE - Co-founder, Gaynako
      • Polus Agathon KOUI - Social Media Manager at RTI Digital, Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI)
      12:55 - 13:2025 mins
      West Africa Com 2020
      Fireside chat: Mobile money, what’s the next step?
      • Mariam Tendou Kamara - Founder & Managing Director, Baantou & MadameDigital
      • Malick SYLLA - Head of QoS and Coverage Department, Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post (ARTP)
      12:55 - 13:005 mins
      Connectivity Workshops
      Afternoon Opening Remarks
      • Lare Atcha-Oubou - Regional Director, North and West Africa, Intelsat
      13:00 - 13:2525 mins
      Connectivity Workshops
      Fireside chat: Imagine Connectivity Anywhere
      • Paula Gilbert - Editor, Connecting Africa
      • Sharedh Naicker - Senior Account Director, Africa, Intelsat
      13:20 - 13:4020 mins
      West Africa Com 2020
      Networking Break and Virtual Expo Visit
        13:25 - 13:4520 mins
        Connectivity Workshops
        Enabling a Brighter Tomorrow in Africa
        • Christian Ilunga - Principal Sales Engineer, Intelsat
        13:40 - 14:2545 mins
        West Africa Com 2020
        Panel discussion: Digital Access: The future of financial inclusion in West Africa
        • Mariam Tendou Kamara - Founder & Managing Director, Baantou & MadameDigital
        • Dr. Oyewole Babafemi - Board of Directors, Orabank Benin, FINADEV Benin and Supreme Microfinance Bank, Lagos
        • Kalenzi Cornelius - Post Doctoral Researcher & Fellow, World Economic Forum, KAIST Korea Policy Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
        • Odunayo Eweniyi - Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, Piggyvest
        13:45 - 14:2540 mins
        Connectivity Workshops
        Panel Discussion: The challenges and opportunities of delivering mobile broadband services in Rural and Remote areas
        • Omer Mbadi - Journaliste économique, correspondant au Cameroun, Jeune Afrique
        • Christian Ilunga - Principal Sales Engineer, Intelsat
        • Lare Atcha-Oubou - Regional Director, North and West Africa, Intelsat
        • Samba Laobe THIAM - Head of Transport Division, Orange Mali
        14:25 - 14:4015 mins
        West Africa Com 2020
        Healthcare and Economic Growth in Africa: Digital Health
        • Raindolf Owusu - Founder, Bisa Mobile Health
        14:25 - 14:305 mins
        Connectivity Workshops
        Closing Remarks
        • Lare Atcha-Oubou - Regional Director, North and West Africa, Intelsat
        14:40 - 14:5515 mins
        West Africa Com 2020
        Why ‘Super Apps’ will win African markets
        • Emeka Ajene - Co-Founder & Managing Director, Gozem
        14:55 - 15:005 mins
        West Africa Com 2020
        Close of West Africa Com Day 2
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