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Growth Manager Vesterbacka Technology Evangelist CEO
Africa Mighty Eagle Amazon Web Cell C
facebook Rovio Services
Patrick Walker
Alan Knott-Craig Jr Richard Bell Sivan Pillay
Sr Director for Content
CEO CEO Managing Director SA
Partnerships EMEA
Mxit Wananchi Group Endemol
YouTube
FREE ATTENDANCE FOR OPERATORS, CIOS, BROADCASTERS & APP DEVELOPERS
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2. 15TH ANNUAL
REACHING THE
NEXT FRONTIER
FOR GROWTH
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3. “THE MOST POWERFUL 2.0 NETWORKING
EVENT EVER IN TELECOMMUNICATION” Benjamin Deveaux, Operation Director, Wanatel Africa
COME AND HEAR THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL AFRICA
AFRICACOM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – FEATURING NEW MEDIA
DISRUPTORS, OTT CHALLENGERS, DIGITAL INNOVATORS &
MOBILE, FIXED AND WIRELESS OPERATORS AFRICA’S
SOCIAL MEDIA
Nicola D’Elia, Growth Manager Africa, facebook
OPERATOR
Alan Knott-Craig, CEO, Cell C
ENTIRE DIGITAL
K
Nicola looks after Facebook growth strategy and mobile
partnership for Africa. Prior to joining Facebook, he worked for K
@CEOCellC
One of Africa’s telecom leaders, Alan started Vodacom in 1993 and ECONOMY
the GSMA Development Fund, Accenture and with a humanitarian
organisation in the Middle-East.
built it into a 33 million customers company in 5 countries. He has
been CEO of South Africa’s 3rd operator Cell C since April 2012 GATHERED IN
APP
Peter Vesterbacka, Mighty Eagle, Rovio
START-UP
Marlon Parker, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of RLabs
ONE PLACE:
@pvesterbacka Founder and CEO of JamiiX
7,000+
K Peter is the Chief Marketing Officer and Mighty Eagle of Rovio. He K @marlonparker
drives the company’s marketing and brand strategy, taking Angry Marlon is a Social Entrepreneur and activist of using Social Media
Birds to new and unexpected places. and Mobile Technology for Social Good. He was nominated in
2009 and 2010 as one of the Top Young South Africans by the
OTT
Simone Brunozzi, Technology Evangelist, AIPAC and New
Mail and Guardian.
ATTENDEES
Regions, Amazon Web Services DEVICES
K @simon Gerard Brandjes, Vice President South East Africa, Nokia
After being an entrepreneur, professor, CTO, & writing 4 books,
Simone joined Amazon.com in 2008 as Technology Evangelist, to
raise awareness about Cloud Computing and help developers build
applications.
K
@gerardbrandjes
Gerard is responsible for the area’s overall business strategy –
including all sales and marketing, care and channel - ecosystem
development, government relations and strategic partnerships.
300+
CONTENT SOCIAL MEDIA
EXHIBITORS
Sivan Pillay, Managing Director, South Africa, Endemol Nic Haralambous, CEO, Motribe
@EskimoWriter @nicharry
200+
K Sivan is responsible for managing and developing the Endemol K Nic is a qualified journalist and media maniac who quickly moved
business in Sub-Saharan Africa, this includes new business away from print media, through online and into mobile media &
innovation in television, mobile and web. Endemol is Africa’s and management. He is one of the co-founders of social media
SPEAKERS
largest independent producer of television. brand Motribe.
SOCIAL MEDIA CONSUMER BRAND
Alan Knott-Craig Jr, CEO, Mxit Wayne Gosling & Daniel Guasco, Co-CEOs, Groupon South Africa
105+
@alanknottcraig @WayneGosling @dguasco
K Alan is founder of World of Avatar and CEO of Mxit, Africa’s largest K Wayne and Daniel started Twangoo in South Africa in 2009 and soon
social network. He has co-founded five companies in the mobile became the South African leader in collective online buying. In January
telecoms sector and NGO The Trust. In 2009 he was named as a 2011 Groupon bought Twangoo and Groupon SA was launched.
COUNTRIES
Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
OTT
APP Bryan Nelson, Business Development Manager Southern Africa
K
Ben Zaaiman, CEO, Mlabs
@BZaaiman K
Google
@btnelson
REPRESENTED
Ben is a high-tech economic development specialist and Bryan leads Google’s business development efforts in Southern Africa
entrepreneur. He as an international track record of designing, with a primary focus on South Africa. He has previously held positions
starting and running companies, institutions, and programs for a at Smile Communications, MTN and Accenture.
wide range of clients.
OTT “THIS IS AN EVENT
CONTENT
Chams Diagne, Chief Operating Officer Africa, Viadeo
Patrick Walker, Sr Director for Content Partnerships EMEA, YouTube
@nowherian
THAT IS FOCUSSED ON
K
@chamsd
Having started in 2002 in the “e-services” Department of La Poste
K Patrick leads the content strategy and partnerships for YouTube
Music in EMEA. He is responsible for securing deals and managing
THE OPPORTUNITIES
Group, he founded a web agency in 2003. He joined social media
start-up Viadeo in 2006, where he is now in charge of building the
relationships with some of the region’s biggest recording artists, music
labels and up-and-coming acts.
AND CHALLENGES OF
company’s presence and expansion in Africa. MANAGING AND DRIVING
OEM
OPERATOR
Stephen A. Carter, Executive Vice President, President/ GROWTH IN THE MOST
Marc Rennard, EVP Middle East, Africa & Asia
Orange Group K
Managing Director of EMEA and Chief Corporate Marketing and
Communications Officer, Alcatel-Lucent
EXCITING MARKET IN THE
K Marc joined France Telecom-Orange in 2003, and has been
International Executive Vice-President in charge of Africa, Middle
Stephen joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2010, bringing a wealth
of experience from previous positions as UK Minister for
WORLD - AFRICA”
East & Asia since 2006. Communications, Technology & Broadcasting, and senior roles at Steven Evans, CEO, Etisalat Nigeria
organisations including Brunswick LLP, Ofcom, and NTL.
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4. HEAR FROM THE WHO’S WHO OF AFRICA’S EMERGING DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM...
M MEDIA, OTT & CONTENT BRANDS
Nicola D’Elia Alan Knott-Craig Jr Nic Haralambous Andy Volk Bryan Nelson
Growth Manager Africa CEO CEO VP Developer Relations Head of Business Development
M facebook M Mxit M Motribe M Mxit M Southern Africa
Sivan Pillay Chams Diagne Oscar Dube Google
Simone Brunozzi
Managing Director, South Africa Technology Evangelist Chief Operating Officer Africa CEO Patrick Walker
M Endemol M AIPAC and New Regions M Viadeo M Southtel Sr Director for Content Partnerships
Peter Vesterbacka Amazon Web Services Alex Okosi Archie Sethaelo M EMEA
Mighty Eagle SVP and MD GM Broadcasting YouTube/Google
S Rovio M MTV Networks Africa M SABC
O OPERATORS & CARRIERS
Alan Knott-Craig Mike Fairon Fungai Mandiveyi Bonolo Moholi Adrian Cornelius
CEO General Manager – Products, Chief Commercial Officer Commercial Carrier Relations General Manager
O Cell C O Services and Innovation O Econet Wireless Zimbabwe O Cell C O MTN Business
MTN Omatsola Barrow
Marc Rennard Björn Iversen Felix Martin-Aguilar
EVP Middle East, Africa & Asia Arif Hussain Sales & Distribution Executive CEO Strategy Executive & Head of
Orange Group Chief Executive Officer O MTN Nigeria Telenor
O O O Business Services, Cell C
O FibreCo Telecommunications Pauline Warui
N. Arjun Executive Head of Customer Care Marco Lorenzo Gatti Jon Osler
Chief Projects & Transformation Djibril Tobe Director Regulatory Economics
Director General O Safaricom, Kenya Managing Director, Africa
O Officer O Etisalat Group O Intelsat
O Intercel Guinea Takehiro Nakamura
Airtel Africa Robert Madzonga
3GPP TSG-RAN Chairman Jean-François Fremaux
Robert Aouad
Richard Bell O NTT DOCOMO Chief Corporate Services Executive
CEO Director of Business Development
CEO Valentine Amadi O MTN SA
O Isocel, Benin O Eutelsat
O Wananchi Group Head,Turnkey Rollout Mothibi Ramusi
Souleymane Diallo Etisalat Nigeria Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou
Khaled Mikkawi Founder & CEO
O
Executive Head – Regulatory
Mickael Ghossein O Affairs, Cell C, South Africa VP & General Manager – Africa
CEO O Millenium Telecom O SES
MTN Rwanda CEO
O
Centrafrique Jean-Pierre Bienaimé
O Orange Telkom Kenya Ibrahim Dikko
Léon Charles Ciss Daniel Kurgan SVP Strategy & Communications,
Prins Mhlanga O Wholesale, Orange Director Regulatory Affairs
VP Marketing AMEA CEO Managing Executive -Digital Media & Chairman, UMTS Forum O Etisalat Nigeria
O Orange Group O BICS O Vodacom
Sami Landoulsi Samson Isa
José Henriques Samson Isa Frederic Schepens
Head of Transmission and IP Head of Value Added Services
Chief Marketing Officer Head of Value Added Services SVP Mobile Financial Services
O Department, Tunisiana O GLOBACOM
O Unitel Angola O Globacom, Nigeria O BICS
I INVESTORS & INCUBATORS
Andile Ngcaba Alexandra Fraser Johanna Kollar Justin Spratt Omar Cissé
Chairman Business Development Manager, Start-Up Support Emerging Markets Chief Executive Officer Director General
O Convergence Partners O Invenfin, and Vice Chairperson O Umbono/Google O Quirk, South Africa O CTIC Senegal
Andrea Böhmert The Silicon Cape Initiative Dr Loren Treisman Erik Hersman Tinus Neethling
Partner Kresten Buch Trust Executive Founder CEO
O Knife Capital Founder O The Indigo Trust O iHub Kenya O Rorotika
O HumanIPO
V VENDORS & SUPPLIERS
Stephen A. Carter Jon Osler Arnaud de La Chapelle Khalil Al Hindwan Issam Darwish
Executive Vice President, President/ Managing Director, Africa General Manager – Convergence Regional Vice President and General Executive Vice Chairman/CEO
V Managing Director of EMEA and V Intelsat V & Solutions, Oberthur V Manager for Middle East, Africa and V IHS
Chief Corporate Marketing and Technologies Pakistan (MEAP), Acision Yehuda Elmaliach
Communications Officer Nic Rudnick
CTO
Alcatel-Lucent CEO and founder Yariv Geller Arun Nagar
V Mobixell
V Liquid Telecommunications VP Marketing, Strategy and CEO & Managing Director
IP Hong Stephen James Munn
Group V Planning, Comverse V Spice VAS Africa
Vice President, Head of Marketing VP Sub Sahara Region
V Group Telecom Systems Business Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou Remi Deniel Malin Ridelius V Qualcomm
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. VP & General Manager – Africa Sales Director Africa Giesecke & Devrient Remi Deniel
Arun Bhikshesvaran V SES V RFS V
Sales Director Africa
Chief Marketing Officer V RFS
V Ericsson Global Gerard Brandjes Mikhail Khomarov Chuck Green
Vice President South East Africa VP of R&D Chief Executive Officer Andrew Groves
Dr Jabulani Dhliwayo V Nokia V CBOSS V Helios Towers Africa Data Solutions Strategy Manager
Market Development Manager V Tellabs
V Corning Vérone Mankou Mayank Sharma Keza Bunyenyezi
David Burr
Manoranjan Mohapatra ICT Advisor, Ministry of Post, Vice President – Africa Market Unit Director for Business Development
Vice President, Product Development
CEO V Telecommunications and ICT, and V Comviva V & Operator Relations
V O3B
V Comviva CEO, VMK, Congo ComzAfrica
A ANALYSTS/TECH EXPERTS
Camille Mendler Fernando Usera Mark Newman Dimitris Mavrakis Sadiq Malik
Principal Analyst – Enterprise Senior Executive Chief Research Officer Principal Analyst, Networks Practice Senior Consultant, MEA
A Verticals A Accenture A Informa Telecoms & Media A Informa Telecoms & Media A Informa Telecoms & Media
Informa Telecoms & Media
Richard Hurst Matthew Reed
Bradley Shaw Richard Walton Senior Analyst Principal Analyst, MEA
Kim Andersen Editor, Africa Telecoms Chairman A Ovum A Informa Telecoms & Media
Principal, CxO Advisors, Advisor A and Tech editor A Mobile Monday South Africa
Rolling Stone Magazine Nick Jotischky Thecla Mbongue
A Ovum Business Principal Analyst, Emerging Markets Senior Analyst, MEA
Angel Dobardziev A Informa Telecoms & Media A Informa Telecoms & Media
Arthur Goldstuck
Duncan McLeod Editor-in-Chief Practice Leader – Emerging Markets, Nick Thomas Kalyan Medapati
Founder and Editor A Gadget
A Ovum Principal Analyst, TV & Digital Media Senior Analyst, MEA
A TechCentral A Informa Telecoms & Media A Informa Telecoms & Media
S START-UPS
Marlon Parker Rob Sussman Emma Kaye Dirk Le Roux Jesse Green
Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Joint CEO CEO Managing Director Entrepreneur, Founder of Perk
S RLabs, Founder and CEO, JamiiX S Zunguz S bozza.mobi S Afrozaar S Managing Director
Ben Zaaiman UbuntuDeal.co.za
CEO Grant Van Wyk John Holdsworth Toni Maraviglia Anne Schwonge
S Mlabs Head of Mobile Design and Founder and CEO CEO Founder and CEO
S Development, Pbel S Appchat S MPrep S Afroes
Martin Ras
Co-Founder
S Ching Payments
E ENTERPRISE
Kosheek Sewchurran Nico Coetzee, IT Security Rod Russell Ferdie Lochner Riaan Van Niekerk
Head of Department - Information Specialist, First National Bank - Executive - Infrastructure Head: IT Finance & Administration - CIO
E Systems, University of Cape Town E South Africa E Metropolitan Health, South Africa E Information Systems & Technology, E McGregor BFA (Bureau for
Michael Greer Gaston Mbala Fidel Mabutho Mbhel City of Cape Town Financial Analysis)
Group I.T. Manager IT Director Director: ICT Policy and Strategy
E Chubb Security SA E Televisão Pública Angola E Western Cape Government
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5. 15TH ANNUAL
A GAME-CHANGING SHIFT IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE DIGITAL
ECONOMY – ADAPT OR LOSE OUT
New ICT players, world-class service innovation, more demanding The AfricaCom programme has been overhauled to reflect the
customers, data-hungry enterprise consumers, a vibrant start-up market’s vibrant new dynamics. The conference will provide the
13-15 NOVEMBER 2012 culture… Join Africa’s digital revolution! best opportunity for all stakeholders to debate the changes in the
CTICC, CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
digital ecosystem, to share visions, to build partnerships and to
AfricaCom has accompanied the development of the continent’s develop attractive services that will fit the needs of customers.
digital sector since the start of mobile telephony 15 years New with an extra day, the programme includes eye-opening
ago. Now the market is going through a game-changing time. keynotes, engaging focus sessions, three co-located conferences,
Penetration levels and access to broadband services are vastly compelling workshops, more interactive panels and expertise from
improving, and consumers and enterprises are now demanding a much wider range of digital experts.
more innovative services to suit their changing needs. In this new
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AfricApps is a brand new and exciting addition to AfricaCom run AfricaCast returns for a second year as Africa’s most
for developers by developers. It is bringing together the growing SPEAKERS INCLUDE: exciting broadcasting conference. It will be bringing SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
community of Sub-Sahara’s mobile app developers to exchange ideas together a mixture of the key local content players as well
about how the create market leading apps and learn how they can Simone Brunozzi as the major international broadcasters. Alex Okosi, Senior Vice
bring to market the next Angry Birds. Technology President, General Manager
Evangelist, Amazon Key case studies will also come from new media, cable Viacom International Media
This will be given in the form of informal presentations and workshops, Andy Volk, VP companies and OTT players who are beginning to innovate Networks
as well as a Mobile Apps Dragons Den, where the key Venture Developer Relations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sivan Pillay
Capitalists will discuss what they look for from a successful App. Mxit Managing Director, Africa
Peter Vesterbacka Major issues being discussed and debated include Endemol
Key issues to be discussed include
• Creating discoverable apps Mighty Eagle • Assessing the Role of Triple Play in Africa Archie Sethaelo
• Marketing your apps to the African markets Rovio • What is the Pay TV Opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa General Manager, Broadcasting
• Successful monetization models John Holdsworth • Examining Multinational Broadcasters Africa Strategy SABC
• Choosing the correct payment platform CEO, Appchat • Best-of-Breed Pay TV Strategies George Twumasi, CEO
• Who to partner with to maximise success Toby Kurien • The Genesis of OTT Models in Africa Africa Broadcast Networks
Independent Android Mike Aldridge, Broadcast
This will all be discussed in an informal relaxed setting, with day one Developer These discussions will be in the format of interactive case
Manager, Cape Town TV
of the agenda culminating in a beer and pizza evening! studies and panel discussions.
14th-15th November 2012
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ICT is the primary driver for growth in Africa’s economy – be it
major corporations, small & medium enterprises, or individual SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
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entrepreneurs, ICT is the business enabler across all industries.
Ferdie Lochner,
Ferdie Lochner
The Enterprise ICT Africa conference is designed to deliver to
Head: IT Finance
Head: IT Finance
enterprise CIOs and IT Directors the most up-to-date information
& Administration --
& Administration
on how to improve their companies’ ICT strategies including:
Information Systems
Information Systems
and Technology, City
and Technology
• Cloud in Africa: What Does Cloud Mean for Enterprises
of Cape Cape Town
City of Town
• Cloud in Africa: CIO Case Studies
• Data centres CamilleVan Niekerk
Riaan Mendler,
• Mobilising the Workforce: Challenges & Opportunities Principal Analyst –
CIO
• Improving Connectivity for African Enterprises McGregor BFA
Enterprise Verticals,
• Applications for the Next Generation Informa for Financial
(Bureau Telecoms &
• The Future of ICT for the Enterprise Media
Analysis)
• New models of integrating technology, business process Gaston Mbala
Kim Andersen,
engineering and project management Principal, CxO
IT Director
• Case studies from finance/banking, public sector, oil & gas Televisão Pública
Advisors, Advisor,
and more Angola
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MONDAY 12TH & TUESDAY 13TH NOVEMBER
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Monday 12th November 2012
CTICC, Cape Town DIGITAL MUSIC
@AFRICA COM
NETWORKING PARTY
South Africa
AFRICA Tuesday 13th November 2012
CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa
Billboard Digital Music Africa
NEW! Monday 12th – Tuesday 13th November 2012 For more than 110 years, Billboard has served entertainment to look at issues such as naming
CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa the global entertainment industry, evolving to rights, tour finance, the live experience in Africa;
become the primary source of information on how artists can benefit and the impact of digital
ENSURING SUCCESS: trends and innovation in music. The inaugural marketing and social networking.
Billboard Digital Music Africa will bring together
EVOLVING ICT FOR THE key players from Africa and around the world THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC
AFRICAN ENTERPRISE to start the discussion on how to enable the Covering the business, legal and technological
entertainment industry in Africa to be more issues affecting record companies, music
www.ftthcouncilafrica.com relevant, more profitable, more measurable, more
international, more legitimate and more talented.
publishing, talent management and changes
brought by the move to digital, PROs will discuss
The diverse continent of Africa has over the operators as well as consultancies, financial rights management and how data will be used
last few years shown remarkable growth in the organisations, analysts and researchers focused on TECHNOLOGY AND CONTENT IN AFRICA for accurate payment to writers and producers.
deployment of fibre optic network infrastructure the fibre communications sector. African start-ups, streaming sites, investors and
and is rapidly developing with the implementation digital experts will join Stephen Newton, CEO CREATING ARTIST BRANDS BEYOND MUSIC
of state-of-the-art optical fibre technologies. We will consider deployments from sub-marine, of Billboard Africa to discuss how the Internet, Colin Gayle, chairman of Billboard Africa will
Never has the timing been more ideal for a fibre national long distance, metro and access mobile and social media – and the data that be joined by advertising companies, consumer
focused conference aimed at Africa, with a special deployments, as well as vertical markets impacts- digital platforms can provide - will shape the brands, mobile handset makers and media
focus on Africa’s unique conditions. As the industry advertising, healthcare, education, machine-to- music industry and enable artists to succeed in owners to explore how artists can expand
is emerging, more issues are becoming apparent machine communications. Africa. internationally, overcoming cultural, language
and effective dialogue and sharing of information and economic barriers. An international keynote
is critical to ensure a sustainable future for fibre We welcome you to visit telecom operators, LIVE EVENTS, TOURING AND FESTIVALS IN will give a first hand account of how to build a
optic deployment on the continent. discuss technology trends, and most important, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA dynamic, global brand, through cross-channel
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leaders as well Competition authorities and FTTX advantage.
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INDEPENDENT, organisation established in the
PRE-EVENT Tuesday 13th November 2012
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14:30 Introduction to Transmission Systems
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Olaf Storaasli (DSM)
16:00 Fibre for Access Network
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Pieter Viljoen (CBI Electric)
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Ian Davis
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This highly practical and interactive programme for mid to senior professionals,
covers 5 key competency areas of: Strategy/Business Environment, Technology,
SAVE €500
Finance, Leadership/People Managment, Marketing/Customer Focus. Book by 1 October
For more information contact Informa Telecoms Academy, Tel: +44 (0)20 7017 4144,
email: training@telecomsacademy.com, visit: www.telecomsacademy.com/minimba
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