BUILDING AFRICA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY

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Co-located with: 6TH ANNUAL PROMOTING <strong>DIGITAL</strong> EXCELLENCE IN AFRICA CHECK OUT THIS YEAR’S CATEGORIES – INCLUDING 4 NEW AWARDS Network Improvement - User Experience – Cost Efficiency – Rural Telecoms – Connectivity Solution – Marketing Campaign – Mobile Marketing – Best App – Digital Music – Mobile Money – Most Innovative Service – Pan African Initiative – Industry Personality – Changing Lives Award - More details on www.africacom-awards.com 2012 HALL OF FAME BEST NETWORK IMPROVEMENT Helios Towers Africa – Shared Telecoms Infrastructure BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN: Prezence Digital – #Mandelastory MOST INNOVATIVE SERVICE: Orange – Deezer 13 NOVEMBER 2013 Find out more on www.africacomawards.com 16TH ANNUAL 12-14 NOVEMBER 2013 CTICC CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA WWW.COMWORLDSERIES.COM/AFRICA FREE EXHIBITION PASSES: register for your free 3-day ticket at www.africa.comworldseries.com/free-exhibition-pass/ VENUE DETAILS Cape Town International Convention Centre Convention Square, 1 Lower Long Street, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa t: +27 (0) 21 410 5000 f +27 (0) 212 410 5001 e info@cticc.co.za 3 EASY WAYS TO REGISTER TO ATTEND AFRICACOM: 1. Online: www.comworldseries.com/africa 2. Email: itmevents@informa.com 3. Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7017 5506 Please Quote Your Priority Code When Booking: I7AX9 / Scan this to contact Customer Services SEPARATELY BOOKABLE SEMINARS 3 WiMAX Forum WiMAX Africa 3 Fibre Optics Seminar Hosted by Corning To register please visit www.comworldseries.com/africa Reduced rate Accommodation has been negotiated for attendees of AfricaCom at various hotels in Cape Town. Please go to the accommodation section of the website to take advantage of these special rates. If you are Operator (CXO/Director/ Head) or Enterprise (CIO/IT Director) – contact aleksandra.mikula@ informa.com (before 26th October) for a VIP pass which gives you access to whole 3 day event! CHOOSE YOUR AFRICA COM TICKET OPTION BELOW. FOR GROUP DISCOUNTS PLEASE CALL + 44(0) 207 017 5148 STEP 1. Chose which Group category you belong to from the 4 listed here. STEP 2. Choose which ticket option you’d like from the list below STEP 3. Take advantage of the Early Bird and save up to US$ 599 by booking before the cut-off. GROUP 1 African Operators, Broadcasters, Service- Providers, Enterprise CIOs/Head of IT/ Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators GROUP 2 International Operators Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators GROUP 3 All other African businesses GROUP 4 All other International businesses PLATINUM PASS - YOUR TICKET TO THE ULTIMATE AFRICA COM EXPERIENCE. FREE to African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/ Coders, Regulators Africa Com 3 day conference: AfricaCom Keynotes, Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub, Digital Music Africa, LTE Africa and Mobile Money | Africa Cast 3 day | AfricApps 3 day | Cloud & Big Data & Mobility 2 day | Africa Com Exhibition | Africa Com Masterclasses AFRICA COM 3 DAY PASS FREE to Operators & Regulators Africa Com 3 day conference: AfricaCom Keynotes, Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub, Digital Music Africa, LTE Africa and Mobile Money | Africa Com Exhibition | Africa Com Masterclasses AFRICA CAST FREE to Broadcasters & Service Providers Africa Cast 3 day: Including AfricaCom Keynotes, Multiplatform Special Focus Day, Africa Com Exhibition and Africa Com Masterclasses Africa Cast 2 day: Including AfricaCom Keynotes, Africa Com Exhibition and Africa Com Masterclasses Early Price - Up to 26th Oct FREE Early Price - Up to 26th Oct FREE GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Standard Price - After 26th Oct US$599 +14% VAT Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$2,018 + 14% VAT Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$2,378 + 14% VAT Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$2,018 + 14% VAT Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$2,378 + 14% VAT Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$3,338 + 14% VAT GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3 GROUP 4 Standard Price - After 26th Oct US$399 + 14% VAT African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/ Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators Early Price - Up to 26th Oct Standard Price - After 26th Oct Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$1,798 + 14% VAT Early Price - Up to 5th Oct Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$2,098 + 14% VAT ALL OTHER BUSINESSES Standard Price - After 5th Oct FREE US$499 + 14% VAT US$1,599 + 14% VAT US$1,899 + 14% VAT FREE US$299 + 14% VAT US$1,099 + 14% VAT US$1,399 + 14% VAT Multiplatform Special Focus Day Only FREE US$199 + 14% VAT US$649 + 14% VAT US$799 + 14% VAT AFRICAPPS FREE to Application Developers / Coders AfricApps 3 day: Including AfricaCom Keynotes, Mobile Marketing Special Focus Day, Africa Com Exhibition and Africa Com Masterclasses AfricApps 2 day: Including AfricaCom Keynotes, Africa Com Exhibition and Africa Com Masterclasses African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/ Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators Early Price - Up to 26th Oct Standard Price - After 26th Oct Early Price - Up to 5th Oct ALL OTHER BUSINESSES Standard Price - After 5th Oct FREE US$499 + 14% VAT US$1,599 + 14% VAT US$1,899 + 14% VAT FREE US$299 + 14% VAT US$1,099 + 14% VAT US$1,399 + 14% VAT Mobile Marketing Special Focus Day Only FREE US$199 + 14% VAT US$649 + 14% VAT US$799 + 14% VAT CLOUD & BIG DATA & TELCO MOBILITY FREE to Enterprise CIOs Cloud / Big Data & Telco Mobility 2 day: Including AfricaCom Keynotes, Africa Com Exhibition and Africa Com Masterclasses African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/ Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators Early Price - Up to 26th Oct Single Event Options: Early Price - Up to 26th Oct Standard Price - After 26th Oct Early Price - Up to 5th Oct ALL OTHER BUSINESSES Standard Price - After 5th Oct FREE US$299 + 14% VAT US$1,099 + 14% VAT US$1,399 + 14% VAT African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIOs/ Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders, Regulators Standard Price - After 26th Oct Early Price - Up to 5th Oct ALL OTHER BUSINESSES Standard Price - After 5th Oct Entrepreneurs Incubator Hub FREE US$199 + 14% VAT US$199 + 14% VAT US$399 + 14% VAT Digital Music - 1 Day conference and Exhibition entry FREE US$199 + 14% VAT US$199 + 14% VAT US$399 + 14% VAT LTE Africa - 2 Day conference streams & 1 day Masterclasses, Exhibition Entry Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$1,798 + 14% VAT Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$2,098 + 14% VAT Early Price - Up to 5th Oct US$2,898 + 14% VAT FREE US$299 *For + 14% details VAT US$1,099 of who + qualifies 14% VAT under US$1,399 these + 14% categories VAT please visit www.comworldseries.com/africa Mobile Money - 2 Day conference and Exhibition entry FREE US$299 + 14% VAT US$1,099 + 14% VAT US$1,399 + 14% VAT Informa Certified LTE Radio Planning and Optimisation Professional 11 – 15 November 2013 Terms and Conditions Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$ 3,578 + 14% VAT Standard Price - After 5th Oct US$3,098 + 14% VAT This certification programme covers the principles and execution of LTE radio planning and optimisation. The course begins with a discussion of the LTE physical layer explaining the time and frequency domain structures and covering those aspects of the LTE radio interface that will have an impact on coverage and capacity. A detailed examination of LTE link budgets is provided, identifying and calculating the typical link budget reference points and discussing elements of the budgeting process that are unique to LTE. Following the calculation of link budget pathloss, the course turns to propagation models and cell radius prediction. Typical models are discussed and compared and full link budget and radius predictions are carried out. Course Contents: • LTE Architecture Review • LTE Radio Interface • Link Budgets for LTE • Coverage Planning • eNB Configeration • IDLE Mode Parameters • CONNECTED Mode Parameters • Capacity Planning for LTE • Coverage Planning for LTE • Coverage Optimisation www.telecomsacademy.com Free Conference Places: AfricaCom is FREE to African Operators, Broadcasters, Service-Providers, Enterprise CIO’s/Head of IT/Big Data, Application Developers/Coders and Regulators. Free attendance ONLY applies until the 26/10/2013. Multiple booking discounts will only be valid for delegates from the same company when booked as a group at the same time. All fees include lunch, refreshments and conference documentation. Payment Information: Payment should be made by cheque, credit card in US$. Cheques should be made payable to Informa UK Ltd. Payment must be received by 29/10/2013 in order to secure your place. Please quote the delegate name and the event code as a reference on all transactions. AfricaCom event code: I7AX9, AfricaCast event code: I799A, AfricaApps event code: I7N5B, AfricaCom Awards event code: I7AXB, Cloud@ AfricaCom event code: I7XPB and Big Data Congress@AfricaCom event code: I7XPC. Informa is PCI compliant and for security reasons now only accept credit cards payments via the event website and on the phone. All fees are subject to VAT@14%. Informa UK Ltd, in conjunction with Tax Back International VAT reclaim, the world’s leading VAT recovery organisation, can help you to make a significant reduction on your attendance cost. Once an invoice has been sent to you, Tax Back International will advise you as to how the VAT can be reclaimed. Cancellations: If you should cancel a conference registration before 29/10/2013, you will receive a refund less a cancellation charge of US$200. This charge does not apply to those who have booked a free ticket. We regret that no refunds can be made for cancellations received after 29/10/2013. We welcome substitute delegates at any time. It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the organisers to alter the content and the timing of the programme or the identity of the speakers. AfricaCom Exhibition & Masterclasses FREE - UNTIL 9TH NOVEMBER - REGISTER AT WWW.COMWORLDSERIES.COM/AFRICA Africa Com Awards Telecoms Mini MBA 11-15 Nov, Cape Town (I7NUW) Single Seat Table - up to 5th October Table - after 5th October US$599 + 14% VAT US$4,600 + 14% VAT US$5,200 + 14% VAT Before 30th September After 30th September US$5895 + 14% VAT US$6545 + 14% VAT Call Monitoring: Telephone calls to Informa UK Ltd may be recorded or monitored in order to check the quality of the service being provided. Are you registered? You will always receive an acknowledgement of your booking. If you do not receive anything, please call us on +44 (0)20 7017 5506 to make sure we have received your booking. Data Protection: The personal information shown, and/or provided by you will be held on a database and shared with companies in the Informa Group. It may be used to keep you, or any additional names provided by you up to date with developments in your industry. Sometimes your details may be obtained from or made available to external companies for marketing purposes. If you do not wish your details to be used for this purpose, please write to: The The Database Manager, Informa UK, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7AD. Event Documentation: I am unable to attend, please send me access details to view the event documents online at £325 +VAT @ 20% UK VAT where applicable. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 6th SEPTEMBER 2013 BEST SMART- DEVICE FOR AFRICA: Etisalat Misr – Smart Device BEST QUALITY USER EXPERIENCE: Sicap – Mobile Money ATM BEST PAN AFRICAN INITIATIVE: WIOCC – Seamless, High-Capacity International Connectivity Ring around Africa BEST COST EFFICIENCY INITIATIVE: ZTE – Solar Solution for Airtel THE 2012 MOBILE DATA AND SOCIAL MEDIA AWARD: Bozza Mobile – The Bozza.mobi App RURAL TELECOMS AWARD: Viettel – Movitel Rural Network THANK YOU TO THE AFRICACOM AWARDS 2013 SPONSORS FOUNDING SPONSOR ETISALAT NIGERIA PRIZE FOR INNOVATION INDUSTRY PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Alan Knott- Craig – Cell C BEST BACKHAUL SOLUTION FOR AFRICA: Comtech EF Data – Mobile Backhaul Solution CHANGING LIVES AWARD: Safaricom – DAKTARI- 1525 AFRICA APPS AWARDS: ORANGE AFRICAN SOCIAL VENTURE PRIZE BEST SMART PHONE APP: Prezence Digital – Ster-Kinekor mobile app BEST FEATURE PHONE APP: biNu CHANGING LIVES AWARD CATEGORY SPONSOR ORANGE AFRICAN SOCIAL VENTURE PRIZE: THE WINNING PROJECTS ARE: CATEGORY SPONSOR VIVUUS LIMITED (€25,000): Vivus Limited, a start-up from Côte d’Ivoire that allows agricultural or farm produce traders to optimize their stocks, and thereby avoid waste, by using a SMS-based system providing information on ongoing deals. TAKACHAR: (€15, 000) Takachar provides a system that has already been launched in Kenya to improve waste management by using telecoms technologies to track waste collection in real time. NIOKOBOK: (€10, 000) The e-commerce business Niokobok enables Senegalese people living abroad to send basic necessities to their families back home avoiding the extra cost of transferring money. ETISALAT PRIZE FOR INNOVATION: Most Innovative Product/Service ($25,000): Mobile Maths Practice ETISALAT PRIZE FOR INNOVATION: Most Innovative Idea ($10,000): i-Connect Project FOR AWARD ENQUIRIES CONTACT: Melissa Willock, melissa.willock@informa.com or Becky Lyons becky.lyons@informa.com, +44 (0) 207 017 4725
PART OF THE Advanced Telecoms Management Series Research & analysis provided by In partnership with DELEGATE COURSE RATING “Excellent – clear, concise, relevant – perfect” 98% rated the course as good or excellent TELECOMS COMPREHENSIVE • MOTIVATING • ENGAGING MINI MBA Developing and aligning competencies for organisational success University Accredited Telecoms Management Training Programme Accredited at Post Graduate Level (Level 7) by University of Derby Corporate Winner of the Times Higher Outstanding Employer Engagement Award 2011 11-15 November 2013 Cape Town www.telecomsacademy.com/minimba Alongside Includes a FREE Exhibition Pass to Africa Com Early Bird and Group Discounts available The Telecoms Mini MBA is a 5-day highly interactive programme and is designed to give you a critical understanding of the key competency areas required for success within the telecommunications industry – enabling you to make more informed and commercially viable decisions. Join the 4,000 executives worldwide who have benefited from this programme. “A very professional course delivered by a very professional organisation” MA, Orascom Telecom The programme is made up of modules from five main competency areas, as well as the comprehensive business simulation: 1 Strategy/Business Environment 2 Technology 3 Finance 4 Leadership/People Management 5 Marketing/Customer Focus PLUS: The Unique Business Simulation and NEW Competency Development Journal (CDJ) If you can’t make the Telecoms Mini MBA this time then visit us at the Africa Com Exhibition to find out about other Telecoms Mini MBA dates Visit us at Africa Com to pick up your Telecoms Training guide and discuss your ongoing training needs, whether they be individual or company wide. When planning your training requirements we can help select the courses from our training portfolio that best meet your training needs and discuss bespoke in-house training programmes that can be tailored to meet your budget. For more information on this course and other Telecoms Academy courses please contact us: Telephone +44 (0)20 7017 4144 • Email training@telecomsacademy.com Visit www.telecomsacademy.com
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