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BUILDING AFRICA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY

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TRUSTED FOR 15 YEARS AS THE LEAD GENERATION<br />

PLATFORM FOR YOUR BUSINESS IN AFRICA<br />

SPONSOR PROFILES<br />

Spice VAS Africa is a leading Mobile Value Added Services<br />

company focused on the African market. With a proficiency<br />

in Voice services, Spice has over 25 successful deployments<br />

of its RBT, Mobile Radio and other voice platforms on a<br />

managed services model which has been achieved in a<br />

short span of just over 2 years. The company has recently<br />

expanded its product offering to Data & Messaging, with<br />

an impressive suite of services including its Master Content<br />

Provider program, and state of the art mCommerce solutions<br />

suite. Within a short span of two years, Spice has boosted its<br />

presence to over 12 countries (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa,<br />

Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Congo Republic, DRC,<br />

Rwanda, Chad & Gabon). A unique strength of Spice is its<br />

rich repertoire of local content, licensed from more than 500<br />

artists in Africa and its expanding portfolio of international<br />

content.<br />

Mahindra Comviva is the global leader in providing mobile<br />

financial and VAS solutions. Itís a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra<br />

and a part of the USD 15.9 billion Mahindra Group.<br />

With an extensive portfolio of solutions spanning mobile<br />

finance, content, infotainment, messaging, mobile data and<br />

managed VAS services, Mahindra Comviva enables service<br />

providers to enhance customer experience, rationalize costs<br />

and accelerate revenue growth. Its solutions are deployed by<br />

over 130 mobile service providers and financial institutions<br />

in over 90 countries and enrich the lives of over a billion<br />

people, globally. For more information, please visit www.<br />

mahindracomviva.com<br />

We are a world-leading satellite operator, providing<br />

reliable and secure satellite communications solutions to<br />

broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers<br />

worldwide. We own and operate a fleet of 51 geostationary<br />

satellites that are complemented by a network of teleports<br />

and offices located around the globe. This far-reaching<br />

infrastructure enables our customers to reach 99% of the<br />

world’s population and places SES at the heart of the global<br />

communications chain. We are headquartered in Luxembourg<br />

and operate worldwide through dedicated regional teams. We<br />

are listed on Euronext Paris and on the Luxembourg Stock<br />

Exchange (SESG). www.ses.com<br />

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in<br />

semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital<br />

convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales<br />

of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 222,000<br />

people in 205 offices across 71 countries, the company<br />

operates two separate organizations to coordinate its nine<br />

independent business units: Digital Media & Communications,<br />

comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications,<br />

Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions,<br />

and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting<br />

of Memory, System LSI and LCD. Recognized for its<br />

industry-leading performance across a range of economic,<br />

environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was<br />

named the world’s most sustainable technology company in<br />

the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index.<br />

Incorporated in 1994, MTN Group Limited is a JSE listed<br />

multinational telecommunications company, offering voice,<br />

data and ICT products and services to both individuals and<br />

businesses across 21 markets in Africa and the Middle<br />

East. MTN has mobile (GSM) licences in 21 countries and<br />

internet service provider (ISP) businesses in 13 countries.<br />

At the end of December 2011, MTN had 164.5 million<br />

subscribers and its revenue stood at R121.9 billion. With a<br />

market capitalisation of R271 billion, MTN is South Africa’s<br />

largest primary listed company. MTN’s vision is to be the<br />

leading telecommunications provider in emerging markets.<br />

The company continues to invest heavily in infrastructure to<br />

help bridge the digital divide in its markets. Since 2009, MTN<br />

has invested more than USD 230 million in fibre-optic cables<br />

across its operations.<br />

With a fleet of 31 high-power satellites, Eutelsat is a<br />

world leading satellite operator providing its customers<br />

with satellite resources to accompany the growth of fixed<br />

and mobile communications, broadband access and digital<br />

television.<br />

Eutelsat is putting into place exceptional means to help serve<br />

the African continent with six further satellites scheduled<br />

for launch by end 2015, three of which have high-power<br />

capacity dedicated to sub-Saharan Africa.<br />

Through a combination of technology leadership and total<br />

commitment to customer service, Eutelsat has earned<br />

a reputation for operational excellence and innovation.<br />

Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ<br />

over 750 commercial, technical and operational professionals<br />

from 30 countries.<br />

ZTE is a leading global provider of telecommunications<br />

equipment and network solutions. ZTE’s product range is the<br />

most complete in the world, covering virtually every sector<br />

of the wireline, wireless-terminal, and service markets. It<br />

is China’s only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares<br />

publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock<br />

Exchanges. ZTE was the only Chinese IT and telecoms<br />

manufacturer listed in Business Week 2005’s Information<br />

Technology 100 and was also included in BusinessWeek’s<br />

2006 ranking of China’s Top 20 Brands. ZTE was also<br />

awarded the “Most Promising Vender of the year” by Frost<br />

& Sullivan in its 2007 Asia Pacific ICT Awards. ZTE has<br />

achieved fast market share growth at home and abroad and<br />

a considerable proportion of ZTE’s growth is now coming<br />

from the international market. The company has established<br />

partnerships with over 500 operators in more than 120<br />

countries around the world.<br />

Global connections – local commitment.<br />

Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications<br />

equipment and services to mobile and fixed network<br />

operators. Over 1000 networks in more than 180 countries<br />

use our network equipment, and more than 40 percent of the<br />

world’s mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks.<br />

Our technology leadership, services leadership, global scale<br />

and rich history give us a unique winning position. With<br />

innovative technology, Ericsson has led the industry into the<br />

world of mobile broadband. We are one of the few companies<br />

worldwide that can offer end-to-end solutions for all major<br />

mobile communication standards. Our networks, telecom<br />

services and multimedia solutions make it easier for people,<br />

across the world, to communicate. And as communication<br />

changes the way we live and work, Ericsson is playing a<br />

key role in this evolution. Using innovation to empower<br />

people, business and society, we are working towards the<br />

Networked Society, in which everything that can benefit<br />

from a connection will have one. Communication is changing<br />

the way we live and work. Ericsson plays a key role in this<br />

evolution, using innovation to empower people, business<br />

and society. Our vision is to be the prime driver in an allcommunicating<br />

world.<br />

Intelsat is the leading provider of fixed satellite services<br />

worldwide. Intelsat supplies video, data and voice<br />

connectivity for leading media and communications<br />

companies, Internet Service Providers and government<br />

organizations. Intelsat’s terrestrial network of eight<br />

strategically-located teleports and over 28,000 miles<br />

of leased fiber complements a global satellite fleet of<br />

approximately 50 satellites, covering 99% of the world’s<br />

population. Intelsat utilizes a fully integrated satellite<br />

operations model, enabling global delivery from a single<br />

platform.<br />

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and<br />

governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading<br />

innovator in the field of networking and communications<br />

technology, products and services. The company is home to<br />

Bell Labs, one of the world’s foremost R&D organizations,<br />

responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the<br />

networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent<br />

is committed to making communications more sustainable,<br />

more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our<br />

mission - Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.<br />

Convergence Partners is a specialist ICT investor and<br />

innovator in Africa.<br />

As a sector focused investor, Convergence Partners has a<br />

proven track record of adding value to investee companies<br />

and developing new investment opportunities. We have a<br />

strong focus on ICT infrastructure projects that increase<br />

availability of communications, broadband services and new<br />

technology offerings in Africa.<br />

Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that<br />

helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by<br />

proving that amazing things can happen when you connect<br />

the previously unconnected. At Cisco customers come first<br />

and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting<br />

customer partnerships and working with them to identify<br />

their needs and provide solutions that support their success.<br />

The concept of solutions being driven to address specific<br />

customer challenges has been with Cisco since its inception.<br />

Cisco is shaping the future of the Internet by creating<br />

unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers,<br />

employees, investors and ecosystem partners. Information<br />

about Cisco can be found at www.cisco.com. For on-going<br />

news, please go to www.thenetwork.cisco.com<br />

At Liquid Telecom we believe that technology has the power<br />

to transform and we believe that technology should be for<br />

everyone. That’s why we’re working hard to build networks<br />

throughout Africa that connect people, companies and countries<br />

to each other and to the rest of the world. The Liquid Telecoms<br />

Group is a Mauritius registered group of companies with<br />

additional management offices in the UK and with sales and<br />

operations in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya,<br />

Uganda, Rwanda ,Nigeria and DRC. Liquid Telecom was created<br />

to provide African mobile network operators with high quality<br />

international wholesale services for voice, data and internet<br />

connectivity. We have Network Operation Centres in Sandton<br />

South Africa, London UK, Harare Zimbabwe, Lusaka Zambia with<br />

technical support throughout the region. It is an open access<br />

network and is available to licensed telecommunications entities<br />

throughout the region. Liquid also own and manage the largest<br />

carrier neutral data centre in east Africa, used by mobile network<br />

operators, ISP, governments and corporations for the secure<br />

storage and management of their critical data.<br />

O3b Networks is the first global satellite service provider<br />

capable of providing fiber like capacity with latencies lower than<br />

long haul fiber to virtually any location of your choosing. Using<br />

our global network of International POP’s, regional Gateways<br />

and Local Satellite Access, O3b can provide you with high-speed<br />

carrier class access between your network PoPs’ and the core<br />

of the Internet and Internet content services. With investments<br />

and operational support from SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC<br />

Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen<br />

& Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina,<br />

Luxempart and Satya Capital, the O3b system will provide Telcos<br />

and ISPs with a low-cost, high-speed alternative to connect their<br />

3G/4G/LTE/CDMA networks, WiMAX networks and fixed-line<br />

networks to the rest of the world. The O3b product portfolio<br />

consists of IP Trunking solutions that are targeted at Incumbent<br />

Telcos and ISPs, Mobile Backhaul solutions for major tier-1<br />

cellular operators as well as maritime solutions for cruise ships,<br />

survey vessels and the Oil and Gas industry.<br />

GlobalSMSC(TM) is a complete Messaging solution, out scaling<br />

to be a Next Generation Network(NGN). GlobalSMSC is an<br />

GSMA Open Connectivity Compliant SMS Hub and it operates<br />

it’s own SMSC, and provides state of the art IP Convergence<br />

Infrastructure. GlobalSMSC Provides complete end-to-end<br />

solution from application development, gateway provisioning,<br />

HLR Management, and Telecom Infrastructure management.<br />

GlobalSMSC also provides real-time Mobile number portability<br />

discovery and intelligent routing systems. GlobalSMSC is also<br />

a strong proponent of GSMA OneAPI and other open source<br />

standardization of the telecom fraternity. The vision of the<br />

GlobalSMSC is to provide ONE integrated network for mobile<br />

operators and enterprises alike for seamless deployment of<br />

SMS & Data Services. GlobalSMSC envisages to share the<br />

network and technology infrastructure with Mobile operators<br />

and enterprise customers, and drive aspects of mobile<br />

technologies focusing seamless, end-to-end SMS and data<br />

delivery. GlobalSMSC complements and supports to enable Open<br />

Source infrastructure by providing a coherent network assets,<br />

Technology Platforms, services and solutions that the operator<br />

community is going to require for successful deployment and in<br />

order to deliver mobile messaging and data services technology<br />

quickly and cost-effectively and serve the benefits of the<br />

end-user.<br />

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