BUILDING AFRICA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY

“SIMPLY, THE BEST & BIGGEST TELECOM EVENT IN AFRICA
WITH HUNDREDS OF EXHIBITORS & SENIOR SPEAKERS
AND THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES”
Mezi Riadh, Products & Services Director, Atlantique Telecom
COME AND SEE THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL AFRICA
AFRICACOM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – FEATURING LEADERS
FROM THE TELECOMS, MEDIA & ICT ECOSYSTEM
OPERATOR
Romeo Kumalo, Chief Operating Officer: International Business,
Vodacom Group
Romeo was appointed Chief Operating Officer: International
Business at Vodacom Group in 2012. He has held many senior
positions in media and broadcasting.
OPERATOR
Irene Charnley, Group CEO, Smile Telecoms
Irene is founder and CEO of Smile, one of the first operators
to launch LTE in Africa. She is a social entrepreneur and widely
respected telecoms visionary.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Nicola D’Elia, Growth Manager Africa, facebook
Nicola looks after Facebook growth strategy and mobile
partnership for Africa. Prior to joining Facebook, he worked for
the GSMA Development Fund, Accenture and with a humanitarian
organisation in the Middle-East.
OPERATOR
Marc Rennard, EVP Middle East, Africa & Asia, Orange
Marc joined France Telecom-Orange in 2003, and has been
International Executive Vice-President in charge of Africa, Middle
East & Asia since 2006.
OTT
Jason Bigler, Director, Product Management, Google, USA
Jason drives the overall product strategy of Google’s display ads
business in EMEA and is Advisory Board Member at the Telegraph
group.
BROADCASTER
Lulama Mokhobo, Group CEO, SABC
Lulama heads South Africa’s public broadcaster reaching over 20
million people through 19 radio stations and 3 TV stations. She
has extensive leadership experience in the private and public
sectors.
OTT
Jason Njoko, CEO, iROKOtv, Nigeria
Jason founded iRoko Partners, one of Africa’s leading
entertainment companies, housing brands such as iROKOtv
(dubbed the ‘Netflix’ of Africa) and online music platform iROKING.
DIGITAL MARKETER
Bonin Bough, Vice President of Global Media and Consumer
Engagement, Mondeléz International (Kraft)
Bonin is responsible for all media, including digital, TV, print and
outdoors at Mondeléz International. He was previously at PepsiCo
where he oversaw the company’s digital strategy.
CONSUMER BRAND
Guy Carter, Group Marketing Manager, Nandos International
Guy is the Marketing Manager for Nando’s Worldwide Licensing
division, managing all licensed Nando’s markets over 13 countries.
He previously worked with Publicis Advertising Agency and City
Lodge Hotels.
TRIPLE PLAYER
Richard Bell, Group CEO, Wananchi Group Holdings Ltd
Richard is a seasoned ICT entrepreneur. He heads Wananchi Group
Holdings (Wananchi), East Africa’s leading home entertainment
operator established in 2008.
OPERATOR
Essa El Haddad, Group CEO for Africa, Etisalat Group
Mr Essa has held a variety of senior leadership positions within
Etisalat for 25 years including CMO UAE, Group CMO and latterly
Group CCO.
SOFTWARE
Rick Fant, VP of Apps and Marketplace, Mozilla
Rick leads the development of the ecosystem supporting
developers, the Marketplace for discovery and distribution to
end users, and the commerce platform within free software
community Mozilla.
MUSIC
Cédric Diedrich, Head of Telecom Business Development,
Deezer
Cédric Diedrich joined Deezer in 2011. He overseas a team to
develop new distribution partnerships with telecom carriers & ISPs
in some of the world’s fastest growing digital music markets.
OPERATOR
Jose Henriques, Jose is Vice President for data and online
services at Airtel Africa group. He previously held positions at
Unitel Angola, Vodafone Group and Optimus Portugal.
BIG DATA
Jurgen Urbanski, Chief Technologist Big Data and Cloud,
Deutsche Telekom Group
Juergen is responsible for the development and application of
innovative technologies for growth and profitability. He drives the
transformation of ICT services delivery towards cloud-enabled
business outcomes.
TELCO CLOUD OPERATOR
Adrian Cornelius, General Manager, MTN Business
Adrian has worked in product development in both fixed and
mobile industries. He is now responsible for securing the
converged product offerings at MTN Business.
BANK
Yolande van Wyk, CEO of e-Wallet, First National Bank
(South Africa)
Yolande is the CEO of eWallet Solutions at FNB and played a large
part in revolutionising mobile banking in SA. She’s also worked in
consulting, telecoms, and software.
OTT
Axel Bringéus, Head of New Markets, Spotify
Axel is Head of New Markets at Spotify, with overall responsibility
for international expansion. Under Axel’s lead Spotify has been
successfully launched in Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany,
Ireland, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Mexico, Malaysia,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Iceland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia.
OPERATOR
Zunaid Bulbulia, Chief Executive Officer, MTN SA
Zunaid is a founding member of the MTN team. He has more than
19 years of telecoms experience, which cuts across the areas of
sales, finance, distribution, marketing, customer care and mergers
and acquisitions. He was appointed CFO of MTN South Africa in
2005 and took on the role of MTN SA CEO in 2013.
NEWLY EXTENDED EXHIBITION
NOW OPEN 3 DAYS:
Tuesday 12th November 10.00 - 18.00
Wednesday 13th November 10.00 - 18.00
Thursday 14th November 10.00 - 17.00
WHO WILL YOU
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8000
2550
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43%
2347
85%
96.5%
attendees from
102 countries
CxOs/Director Level
81% increase
Operator delegate
attendance
C-Level / Director / Head
delegate attendance
companies 52% increase
of exhibitors rebooked
onsite for 2013
of AfricaCom attendees
would recommend
AfricaCom to a colleague
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