Launching AfricaCom 2017 09:00 - 09:10 Visions for Africa Keynotes The digital society: fuelling new growth for Africa during the next decades 09:10 - 09:30 Visions for Africa Keynotes Participants Kevin Zhang - President of Corporate Marketing, Huawei Technologies The building blocks of Africa’s digital economy 09:30 - 09:50 Visions for Africa Keynotes Mapping Africa’s journey towards the Fourth Industrial Revolution 09:50 - 10:30 Visions for Africa Keynotes • What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution mean for Africa? • How can Africa capitalise on the potential of disruptive technology? • What organisations are best placed to pave the way towards Africa 4.0? • Mobile as a platform for expanding Africa’s digital economy • Financing Africa’s digital economy • How can digital skills development keep up with the pace of digital transformation? Participants Herman Singh - Group Chief Digital Officer, MTN Rapelang Rabana - Founder & CEO, Rekindle Learning Raj Wanniappa - CEO and Founder, Future Horizon Technologies Luke Mckend - Country Director, South Africa, Google A blueprint for Africa 4.0 10:30 - 10:50 Visions for Africa Keynotes Creating an enabling environment to support innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa 10:50 - 11:30 Visions for Africa Keynotes • How can policymakers and regulators create an enabling environment to support digital transformation and leverage ICT innovations? • What are the critical features of such an enabling environment? • Developing ICT policy to facilitate and accelerate the spread of internet connectivity • Aligning public policy and private sector development in the ICT space • The role of governments in fostering a Pan-African culture of entrepreneurship and innovation Participants Shola Taylor - Secretary-General, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation Hon. Tjekero Tweya - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Namibia Dr. Miriam Altman - Commissioner, National Planning Commission, South African Presidency & Former Chief of Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, Telkom, National Planning Commission, Office of the Presidency, Government of South Africa Paul Kukubo - Managing Partner, Ghalas Technology and Board Director, Communications Authority of Kenya Close of Visions for Africa Keynotes day one 11:30 - 11:40 Visions for Africa Keynotes Launch of AHUB 2017 11:00 - 11:10 AHUB The critical role of entrepreneurship in accelerating the growth of Africa’s digital economy 11:10 - 11:30 AHUB Creating an enabling environment for entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs to thrive in digital Africa 11:30 - 11:50 AHUB A whirlwind tour of the African tech start-up funding landscape 11:50 - 12:10 AHUB • Investor and entrepreneur profiles • What are the hottest sectors? • Where are the best growth prospects? Participants Tom Jackson - Co-Founder, Disrupt Africa Start with a problem, not a solution – what keeps your target market awake at night? 12:10 - 12:40 AHUB • Thinking outside the box and spotting new opportunities in an age of digital disruption • Tips on uncovering new opportunities to innovate • Understanding investor mentalities and priorities • Transforming ideas into tangible solutions with disruptive impact • Scalability and internationalisation How is FinTech disrupting financial services and shaping the future of banking in Africa? 12:40 - 13:10 AHUB • The FinTech opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa • Exploring key themes in FinTech investment • Opportunities around providing financial services to the unbanked • How can regulators support FinTech expansion in Africa? Lunch break 13:10 - 14:10 AHUB 2017 venture finance in Africa: Understanding critical success factors for African start-ups 14:10 - 14:30 AHUB What factors determine success in the African start-up space? VC4A presents the findings of the annual benchmark study on African venture performance. Trend analysis is based on the data collected from over a thousand start-up companies across the continent. Participants Ben White - Founder & CEO, VC4A SESSIONS DAY 1 - 07/11/2017 AfricaCom Conference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017 CTICC South Africa +44 (0) 20 7017 7169 tmt.knect365.com/africacom/ [email protected]
47
Embed
SESSIONS AfricaCom - Telecoms, Media & Technology. Tjekero Tweya- Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Republic of Namibia Dr. Miriam Altman- Commissioner, National
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
Launching AfricaCom 2017
09:00 - 09:10Visions for Africa Keynotes
The digital society: fuelling new growth forAfrica during the next decades
09:10 - 09:30Visions for Africa Keynotes
Participants
Kevin Zhang - President of Corporate Marketing,Huawei Technologies
The building blocks of Africa’s digital economy
09:30 - 09:50Visions for Africa Keynotes
Mapping Africa’s journey towards the FourthIndustrial Revolution
09:50 - 10:30Visions for Africa Keynotes
• What does the Fourth Industrial Revolution meanfor Africa?
• How can Africa capitalise on the potential ofdisruptive technology?
• What organisations are best placed to pave theway towards Africa 4.0?
• Mobile as a platform for expanding Africa’s digitaleconomy
• Financing Africa’s digital economy• How can digital skills development keep up with
Raj Wanniappa - CEO and Founder, Future HorizonTechnologies
Luke Mckend - Country Director, South Africa, Google
A blueprint for Africa 4.0
10:30 - 10:50Visions for Africa Keynotes
Creating an enabling environment to supportinnovation in Sub-Saharan Africa
10:50 - 11:30Visions for Africa Keynotes
• How can policymakers and regulators create anenabling environment to support digitaltransformation and leverage ICT innovations?
• What are the critical features of such an enablingenvironment?
• Developing ICT policy to facilitate and acceleratethe spread of internet connectivity
• Aligning public policy and private sectordevelopment in the ICT space
• The role of governments in fostering a Pan-Africanculture of entrepreneurship and innovation
Participants
Shola Taylor - Secretary-General, CommonwealthTelecommunications Organisation
Hon. Tjekero Tweya - Minister of Information andCommunication Technology, Republic of Namibia
Dr. Miriam Altman - Commissioner, National PlanningCommission, South African Presidency & Former Chiefof Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, Telkom, NationalPlanning Commission, Office of the Presidency,Government of South Africa
The critical role of entrepreneurship inaccelerating the growth of Africa’s digitaleconomy
11:10 - 11:30AHUB
Creating an enabling environment forentrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs to thrive indigital Africa
11:30 - 11:50AHUB
A whirlwind tour of the African tech start-upfunding landscape
11:50 - 12:10AHUB
• Investor and entrepreneur profiles• What are the hottest sectors?• Where are the best growth prospects?
Participants
Tom Jackson - Co-Founder, Disrupt Africa
Start with a problem, not a solution – whatkeeps your target market awake at night?
12:10 - 12:40AHUB
• Thinking outside the box and spotting newopportunities in an age of digital disruption
• Tips on uncovering new opportunities to innovate• Understanding investor mentalities and priorities• Transforming ideas into tangible solutions with
disruptive impact• Scalability and internationalisation
How is FinTech disrupting financial servicesand shaping the future of banking in Africa?
12:40 - 13:10AHUB
• The FinTech opportunity in Sub-Saharan Africa• Exploring key themes in FinTech investment• Opportunities around providing financial services
to the unbanked• How can regulators support FinTech expansion in
Africa?
Lunch break
13:10 - 14:10AHUB
2017 venture finance in Africa: Understandingcritical success factors for African start-ups
14:10 - 14:30AHUB
What factors determine success in the African start-upspace? VC4A presents the findings of the annualbenchmark study on African venture performance.Trend analysis is based on the data collected fromover a thousand start-up companies across thecontinent.
Participants
Ben White - Founder & CEO, VC4A
SESSIONSDAY 1 - 07/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
Live pitch session: The World Bank presentsXL Africa sneak peek pitches
14:30 - 15:30AHUB
An exclusive opportunity to meet top-20 digital scale-ups from across the continent one week before theofficial XL Africa Venture Showcase. The XL Africaprogram has been designed by the World Bank tosupport later stage tech companies raising series Ainvestment.
Opening remarks by the World Bank representativeswill be followed by 5 companies pitching on stage. Theother 15 companies will be present at AHUB for privatemeetings with investors.
Sector snapshot: Disrupting healthcare inAfrica: the rise of digital health
15:30 - 15:50AHUB
Sector snapshot: Sizing up the African agri-tech opportunity
15:50 - 16:10AHUB
Close of AHUB stage
16:10 - 16:20AHUB
Chair's Opening Remarks
11:25 - 11:30SDN & NFV Conference
Participants
Chair: George Debbo - IndependentTelecommunications Consultant , George DebboTelecom (Pty) Ltd
Panel Discussion: Understanding the BusinessCase and Key Drivers for NFV & SDN
11:30 - 12:10SDN & NFV Conference
• Why should African operators invest in SDN andNFV?
• Understanding the investment required and thepossible ROI
• When does it make sense to virtualise?• How SDN and NFV can help to meet the changing
needs of the customer
Participants
Moderator: Dobek Pater - Managing Director, AfricaAnalysis
Panellist: Bhavin Shah - Regional Director, EMEA,Telekom Malaysia
Panellist: Malcolm Ramsay - Owner, Pixellife
Case Study from the international market: HowSDN and NFV revolutionised our mobilenetwork
12:10 - 12:30SDN & NFV Conference
• How SDN and NFV is already driving value foroperators internationally
• What are the key long term benefits of SDN andNFV: Reduced complexity, increased flexibility andservice assurance
• Understanding the virtualisation process and whatis required
• Lessons learnt: How can we learn frominternational success stories?
Developing a business plan for virtualisingyour network
12:30 - 12:50SDN & NFV Conference
• What are the essential phases, goals and metricsfor migration to NFV?
• SDN and NFV to help operators meet basicconnectivity requirements
• Deploying virtualized services over legacynetworks
• Analysing the key use cases for SDN and NFV inAfrica
• How can we get started? What parts of thenetwork should be virtualised first?
Lunch and close of SDN & NFV Conference dayone
12:50 - 14:00SDN & NFV Conference
Visit the SDN & NFV PoC Zone on the showfloor for live demos
14:00 - 17:00SDN & NFV Conference
Launch of IoT Africa
11:30 - 11:35IoT Africa
Keynote Solo - Gaining A Competitiveadvantage with IoT Technology
11:30 - 11:50IoT Africa
• Service providers as the facilitators and engineroom of the super connected world
• Low Power Networks boosting lot deploymentplans
• The challenge of IoT security and harnessing IoTdata analytics for intelligent decision making
• Ensuring there is a robust cloud infrastructure toderive real value
Participants
Reshaad Sha - CEO, SqwidNet
Keynote panel: IoT Enabling Africa andTransforming lives
11:50 - 12:30IoT Africa
• IoT and businesses working to solve societalchallenges
• IoT driving operational efficiency to produce newrevenue streams
• Digital transformation across all verticals andpublic services
• Information as the new currency in an era of data
Participants
Tim Genders - Development Executive, Project Isizwe
Wayne Hull - Managing Director, Accenture
Ian Merrington - CEO, The Cape Innovation andTechnology Initiative (CiTi)
Nvalaye Kourouma - Chief Digital Officer, Barclays RoA
Building a Profitable IoT Ecosystem Sharingthe Value
12:30 - 12:50IoT Africa
• Industry rends of IoT• IoT successful case sharing• Open and Profitable IoT ecosystem for better
connected Africa
SESSIONSDAY 1 - 07/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
Case study: IoT making a difference to ruralAfricans – a product designed to save lives"the world's first networked heat-detectordesigned specifically for a slum environment"
12:50 - 13:10IoT Africa
Participants
Paul Mesarcik - Director, Lumkani
Lunch featuring industry mindshare hostedtables
13:30 - 15:00IoT Africa
Lunch tables are situated outside the IoT Africaconference room. Expert speakers lead informaldiscussions and delegates are encouraged to join onetable of their choice to support networking in thebreak.
IoT in Action - the Kenya Interswitch
15:00 - 15:20IoT Africa
• Accepting and tracking payments across multiplebanks from different locations
• Facilitating the electronic circulation of moneythrough different channels
Participants
Michael Mbuthia - CIO, Kenya Bankers (IPSL)
Transforming Business and Society with IoT
15:20 - 15:40IoT Africa
• Digital transformation facilitating the integration ofIT and OT
• IoT transforming businesses and providingopportunity for social innovation.
• IoT making a smarter safer, healthier world.
Participants
Hu Yoshidi - Global Cheif Technology Officer, HitachiVantara
IoT transforming the future of food andfarming
15:40 - 16:00IoT Africa
• Improving production output with smart farming• Maximising efficiency with smart device
installations• Harnessing the IoT data to monitor water and crop
levels
Participants
Raj Wanniappa - CEO and Founder, Future HorizonTechnologies
Lighting up Africa with IoT
16:00 - 16:20IoT Africa
• Connecting over 500,000 homes to affordablesolar power
• A powerful combination of accounting, CRM andinventory tracking in one complete system
• Processing huge volumes of data daily andimproving the proposition, customer service andsecurity
Participants
Andreas Fruhen - CEO, M Kopa
IoT and educating the children of Africa
16:20 - 16:40IoT Africa
• Providing a virtual classroom to over 2 millionchildren
• Making Africa smarter with technology
Participants
Andrew Rudge - CEO, The Reach Trust
Close of IoT Africa day one
16:40 - 16:45IoT Africa
Launch of Mobile Finance & Commerce
11:30 - 11:35Mobile Finance & Commerce
Keynote panel discussion: Building a digitalsociety to increase economic inclusion
11:35 - 12:10Mobile Finance & Commerce
• Creating a digital society boosting micro andmacro economies
• Increasing digital fluency to bring jobs to Africa’syouth
• The role of fintech in moving Africa forward• Is Data becoming the new oil?
Vasmi Madhav - Vice President & Head ProductManagement, Mobile Financial Solutions, MahindraComviva
Lunch featuring industry mindshare hostedtables
13:30 - 15:00Mobile Finance & Commerce
Lunch tables are situated outside the Mobile Financeand Commerce conference room. Expert speakerslead informal discussions and delegates areencouraged to join one table of their choice to supportnetworking in the break.
Panel discussion: m-commerce: the growth intransacting through digital technology
15:00 - 15:40Mobile Finance & Commerce
• Increasing adoption of wearable devices, nfc andM-PoS driving the global mobile payment market
• New mobile trends, multichannel concepts andnew technology
• Rewards and redemption
Participants
Johan Meyer - CEO, Wallettec
Mark Bradshaw - CEO, SnapNSave
Andreas Demleitner - Co Founder, Peach Payments
Peter Miller - Head of Retail, wiGroup
Manuel Koser - Founding Partner, Silvertree Capital
Open Mobile Payment Ability to activate the E -Commerce Market
15:40 - 16:00Mobile Finance & Commerce
• The case of the shared bike in China• Mobile payment openess will bring the new
business• Building an open and convenient mobile payment
system in Africa
Panel discussion: Positioning e-commerce asa central strategy for retailers
16:00 - 16:40Mobile Finance & Commerce
• Creating digital imprints offering businessesgreater insights into profiles and preferences
• Is the consumer driving their own experience?• Meeting the demands of the unbanked consumers
Participants
Frans Van der Colff - Director, Fruit and City Africa
Nicholas Bednall - CMO, wiGroup
Simon Hartley - Founder, WumDrop
Tebogo Legodi - Digital Lead, Sanlam
Marek Zmyslowski - CEO and Founder, HotelOga
Close of Mobile Finance & Commerce day one
16:40 - 16:45Mobile Finance & Commerce
Chair’s Opening Remarks & Market statusupdate
12:00 - 12:20LTE Africa
• How have the LTE networks evolved in the past 12months?
• What to expect in the next 6-9 months?
• Connecting Africa through 3G-4G-5G networks
Participants
Adrian Scrase - CTO, ETSI
Transforming Lives Through Connectivity:MNO case study
12:20 - 12:40LTE Africa
Sharing a successful LTE deployment case study
Best Practice & Implementation Strategies
Services deployed over the network - ROI
4G Acceleration and journey to Gbit.
12:40 - 13:00LTE Africa
• Challenges and opportunities in the region• 5G, Spectrum, time lines, first use cases (IoT
based) & journey through 4G to 5G• The future of 2G and 3G• Vision on devices affordability and performance
expectations into the future
Participants
Dobek Pater - Managing Director, Africa Analysis
James Munn - Vice President, Business Development– Sub-Sahara Africa, Qualcomm
Lunch & Networking
13:00 - 14:30LTE Africa
Innovations in Wireless - A New Business Caseto Connect Africa
14:30 - 14:50LTE Africa
• Latest innovations in wireless at 10.5 to 28GHzand 60GHz
• Pre-5G point-to-multipoint - lowering the cost toconnect Africa to superfast broadband
• Millimetre wave – a path to increasing coverageand revenues
• Case study – delivering broadband to 20,000+businesses in Africa
• How wireless is now outperforming fibre – newoperator business model
Participants
John Naylon - CTO and founder, Cambridge BroadbandNetworks (CBNL)
Connecting Africa Through 4G
14:50 - 15:10LTE Africa
• Regulatory Framework – A case of Ghanacompared to Rwanda.
• Impact of 4G, on businesses in the Small andMedium Scale Enterprise sector
• How operators have accelerated the adoption ofLTE in Ghana
AI at the heart of modern innovation andtechnology – The next technological frontier
15:10 - 15:30AfricaCom 20/20
• Is AI the next revolution?• Accelerating solutions across a wide range of
industries and business challenges• Analyse, interpret, understand, and apply your data• Changing your understanding of and interaction
with your customers• Continually learn and adapt your systems and
products
AfricaCom 20/20 Headline Keynote Panel:Smart Cities, Smart Nations, Smart Africa
15:30 - 16:00AfricaCom 20/20
• Economic, social, and other drivers for becoming aSmart City
• Innovative and emerging technologies beingemployed to better the city
• Smarter energy, water, waste, transport,buildings…what makes a city ‘smart?
• Strategies, challenges and tools to progresstowards a safe and prosperous smart city
• Collaboration between cities to create a SmartAfrica
Welcome and Introduction
12:00 - 12:10Connectivity Stage
Is VSAT Poised to Challenge or ComplementTerrestrial?
12:05 - 12:25Connectivity Stage
• How are operators looking to verticalise in themarket?
• Remote connectivity with terminals doing GEO andLEO together
• Developing high bandwidth, low latency services• Who will pay for the investments in infrastructure?• What will the structure of the market look like 5
years from now?
Participants
Tsachi Dahan - Owner, BayLink
Providing broadband connectivity over satellite
12:25 - 13:00Connectivity Stage
• New infrastructure services• Providing high-speed broadband connectivity
across Africa• Delivering connectivity beyond big cities,• Providing faster, more reliable broadband to
Keynote Address: New Thinking, Respect andVision for Professional Broadcasting
12:10 - 12:30TV Connect Africa
Participants
John Momoh (OON) - Chairman / CEO, ChannelsMedia Group
Building Capacity for Media Development inAfrica
12:30 - 12:50TV Connect Africa
• Legal frameworks to encourage change anddevelopment
• Addressing expensive internet in a low incomemarket
• Increasing penetration of digital devices?• What is the scope for white labelling data on paid
for media services?
The Role and Challenges of PublicBroadcasting in an Evolving Digital AfricanLandscape
12:50 - 13:30TV Connect Africa
• Creating a vibrant public service offering• Strategies for a long term sustainability model• The responsibility of nurturing creative talent• Strategies to encourage, protect and truly
cooperate with TV stations
Participants
Is'haq Modibbo Kawu - Director General, NationalBroadcasting Commission
John Momoh (OON) - Chairman / CEO, ChannelsMedia Group
Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow - Director General, GhanaBroadcasting Corporation
Speed Networking, Exhibition Visit & Lunch
13:30 - 14:30TV Connect Africa
Where is the Pay-TV Industry Headed?
14:30 - 14:50TV Connect Africa
• Beyond OTT to “Smart IP-fication”• Securing the digital ecosystem• Creating value from the TV technology landscape
Participants
Guillaume Hallez - Head of Africa, Nagra
Broadcast Media Workshop
14:50 - 16:45TV Connect Africa
Facilitator introduction
13:30 - 13:40LeadersIn Africa Summit
The LeadersIn Africa Summit will tackle the mostchallenging and controversial issues addressed atAfricaCom in an informal and intimate setting. TheChatham House Rule applies so all exchanges arestrictly off the record to encourage frank andproductive dialogue.
Participants
Facilitator: Matthew Reed - Practice Leader, MiddleEast and Africa , Ovum
SESSIONSDAY 1 - 07/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
Quick Fire Showcase: Fixing the Internet ofThings in global health
12:10 - 12:20AfricaCom 20/20
SweetSense Inc. works at the interface of Internet ofThings technologies and water, sanitation and energyservices in developing countries. This session willshare case studies applying satellite and cellularconnected sensors across a range of applicationsincluding water filters, water pumps, cook-stoves, andlatrines in 15 countries.
Participants
Evan Thomas - Chief Executive Officer, SweetSenseInc.
Quick Fire Showcase: Transforming farmingand agriculture with drones and AI
12:20 - 12:30AfricaCom 20/20
Participants
Benji Meltzer - CTO, Aerobotics
Quick Fire Showcase: Building the future ofhealthcare with 3D printing
12:20 - 12:30AfricaCom 20/20
• What can be 3D-printed?• 3D printing vs traditional manufacturing processes
– understanding the pros and cons• Case study: 3D printed prosthetic limbs for
amputees
Quick Fire Showcase: A new virtual/augmentedreality for Africa
12:40 - 12:50AfricaCom 20/20
• Where do the opportunities lie forcommercialisation?
• Is it just a ‘commercial gimmick’? Will it really takeoff in Africa?
• Potential enterprise and consumer applications inAfrica
Quick Fire Showcase: Drone delivery ofmedical supplies
12:50 - 13:00AfricaCom 20/20
• Using drones to access ‘inaccessible’ locations• On-demand delivery of life-saving supplies• Putting essential products within reach of all
citizens
Quick Fire Showcase: IoT driving change in thetransport and logistics sector
13:00 - 13:10AfricaCom 20/20
The AfricaCom 20/20 Great Debate: Robotswill take our jobs
13:10 - 13:30AfricaCom 20/20
In manufacturing, retail, mining, transport – almostevery industry – there is a growing fear that robotsand artificial intelligence will take over jobs. This isamplified in emerging markets such as Africa wherethe disappearance of low-skilled occupations wouldmake up a significant proportion of all employment.However, will technological innovation create new jobsand new opportunities? Is the future an augmentedworkforce, with machines and humans workingtogether, to be more efficient than ever?
Our two teams of industry experts will go head-to-head in the AfricaCom 20/20 Great Debate to try toshed some light on each side of this contentiousissue. The winner is decided by the audience. Join thedebate with our live audience polling: Are robots athreat or opportunity for jobs?
Lunch
13:30 - 14:30AfricaCom 20/20
Panel: A new APProach in Africa – Redefininglife and business through mobile apps andsharing platforms
14:30 - 15:00AfricaCom 20/20
• How are new models of consumptionrevolutionising industries and business models?
• Sharing is caring – technology and Africa’s sharingeconomy
• Improving usability, convenience, security andaccess through mobile applications
• Creating new revenue and income sources• How are new technologies impact existing informal
sharing models in Africa?• Overcoming obstacles – smartphone penetration,
connectivity, payment options etc• Utilising data from other technologies
Participants
Edgar Mwampinge - Founder, Worknasi
3 words to address the world
15:00 - 15:15AfricaCom 20/20
Poor addressing is frustrating for people trying to findplaces, costs business millions in deliveryinefficiencies and means that aid and ambulancescan't get to people in time. what3words has solvedthat problem and is being adopted around the world bydelivery companies, postal services, eCommerceplayers and emergency services. This session explainsthe system and talks through cases studies of how itis being used to reduce frustration, drive efficienciesand save lives.
Participants
Lyndsey Duff - Country Lead South Africa, what3words
Use Case/Demo: Mobile applicationsrevolutionise e-commerce in Africa
15:15 - 15:30AfricaCom 20/20
AfricaCom 20/20 Headline Keynote:Technology transforming a continent
15:30 - 16:00AfricaCom 20/20
Chairman's Welcome and Opening Remarks
11:00 - 11:10Big Data
Big Data Masterclass – Transforming DataSets into Real Insight
11:10 - 12:10Big Data
• Where to begin with a data strategy• Understanding how customers are increasing the
volume and variety of data services• Bridging silos between departments• Is a 360 degree view more important than having
data in real time?• Can we have both at the same time?
SESSIONSDAY 2 - 08/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
Pieter Vorster - Chief Data Officer, Barclays Africa
Ursula Kuni - Chief Data & Analytics Officer, HollardGroup
Streamlining Operations to Make the Data dothe Work
12:50 - 13:10Big Data
• Using historical data to better plan networkinvestments
• Real time network optimisation to assist withpredictive maintenance
• Latest developments in detecting fraud• When do data lake operations make more sense
than data warehousing?
Networking Lunch and Exhibition Visit
13:10 - 14:10Big Data
Interplay Between Analytics and Virtualisation
14:10 - 14:30Big Data
• Role of analytics to get to full virtualisation• What operational intelligence do you have to put
into your system?• New technology methodology: The future of
monetisable AI, bots and chat channels• The impact of fibre roll out: More data requiring
increased agility
Data Privacy and Security
14:30 - 15:10Big Data
• Benefits of opening up your data, vs regulations,what is the sweet spot?
• Striking the balance between transparency andprivacy
• When to encrypt, to anonymise and classify data• Providing high speed and secure local facilities to
store business’ digital data• Store, manage, protect and analyse your
unstructured data
Participants
Joseph Mathenge - Chief Information Security Officer,Airtel Africa
How Can Global Tech Companies Operate in aDaily African Context?
15:10 - 15:50Big Data
• Integrating products and services into localmarkets
• Effectively working with African start ups• Enterprise partnerships with MNOs: How can we
encourage people to use online services?• Responsible best practice for data sharing
Participants
Gillian Ezra - Head of African Operations, Deezer
Jonathan Ayeche - General Manager, Uber
Chairman’s Closing Remarks
15:50 - 15:55Big Data
Welcome to day two
11:00 - 11:10AHUB
The art of start-up fundraising in the Africantech space
11:10 - 11:30AHUB
Developing a disruptive mentality
11:30 - 11:50AHUB
• What are the key characteristics of a disruptivementality?
• What separates the dreamers from the doers?• Ideation and the transition to scalable solution
Getting to grips with the mindset of techinvestors in Africa
11:50 - 12:20AHUB
• What features of early to mid-stage start-ups catchthe eyes of investors?
• What do investors perceive as the corecompetencies successful entrepreneurs?
• Telling a more compelling story to sell your idea• The difference between a good pitch and a great
pitch
Participants
Ben White - Founder & CEO, VC4A
Andrea Böhmert - Partner, Knife Capital
Investing in African tech start-ups: is there aformula for success?
12:20 - 12:50AHUB
• What tech innovations are shaking up the market?• What vertical markets will digital transformation
impact next?• Why invest? Where to invest? How to invest?• Balancing social impact and financial return• How should start-ups engage potential investors?
Participants
Tom Jackson - Co-Founder, Disrupt Africa
Kevin Allen - Founding Director & Chairman, AfricanCrowdfunding Association
Lunch break
12:50 - 14:00AHUB
Mobile Tech Bootcamp
14:00 - 15:00AHUB
Sector snapshot: The potential of e-learning totransform education systems across Africa
15:00 - 15:20AHUB
Sector snapshot: Clean Energy opportunityspotlight
15:20 - 15:40AHUB
SESSIONSDAY 2 - 08/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
Empowering women in tech: femaleentrepreneurs and business leaders sharebattlefield stories about launching businesses,developing careers and supporting Africa’stech start-up ecosystem
16:00 - 16:30AHUB
• Highs, lows, lessons learnt and practical advice tofellow entrepreneurs and rising stars
• Elevating the next generation of female businessleaders
• What are the key traits of a successfulentrepreneur?
• Inclusive innovation: what barriers need to beovercome?
• How can large corporates support tech start-ups?
Lunch tables are situated outside the Mobile Financeand Commerce conference room. Expert speakerslead informal discussions and delegates areencouraged to join one table of their choice to supportnetworking in the break.
Panel discussion: Is Bitcoin the digital versionof gold?
15:00 - 15:40Mobile Finance & Commerce
• Disrupting the traditional payments market andadopting digital currencies
• Enabling remittances and building an entire newinclusive financial system
• The move to your own wallet with a peer to peerdigital currency
Participants
Elizabeth Rossiello - CEO and Founder, BitPesa
John Karanja - Founder, BitHub Africa
Werner Van Rooyen - Head of Marketing and Growth,LUNO
Solar powering Africa using blockchain baseddigital currency payments
15:40 - 16:00Mobile Finance & Commerce
Participants
Abraham Cambridge - CEO, The Sun Exchange
Panel discussion: Is blockchain the catalyst forthe next technology driven transformation?
16:00 - 16:40Mobile Finance & Commerce
• The firm move from bitcoin to blockchain• Using blockchain for payments, remittances, trade
finances and settlements• Implementing the technology to move from talk to
production through industry collaboration• Defining the real opportunities in African for
blockchain
Participants
Lorien Gamaroff - CEO, Bankymoon
Tanya Knowles - Managing Executive, Strate
Sonya Kuhnel - Founder, Blockchain Academy
Raj Wanniappa - CEO and Founder, Future HorizonTechnologies
Close of Mobile Finance & Commerce
16:40 - 16:45Mobile Finance & Commerce
Opening of IoT Africa day two
11:30 - 11:35IoT Africa
Keynote panel: the smart city initiative
11:35 - 12:10IoT Africa
• Public-private partnerships fostering effectivecollaboration for the intelligent city
• What incentives will be economically viable andeffectively align the goals of city leaders andprivate partners?
• New business and operating models contributingto the success of partnerships and the socioeconomic impact of "infostructure"
• Dedicated networks and lower price points toenable cities to leapfrog their mobility
• Using IoT to leapfrog infrastructure in the case ofpublic transport in South Africa
Participants
Madeline Zhu - Head of Partnerships,WhereIsMyTransport
Teevra Bose - CEO, Athenta Technologies
Phil Stone - Director, Strategic Team, Sensus
Democritisation of IoT
12:10 - 12:30IoT Africa
• Early success cases of Industry IoT• Facilitating mass deployment by lowering costs
and standardizing device interfaces• “Democratization” of IoT by telecom operators
through collaboration with partners
Participants
Shinya Kukita - Chief Engineer, NEC
Panel discussion: Making IoT a reality – howIoT is reinventing business
12:30 - 13:10IoT Africa
• Creating value from connecting “things” –assessing the commercial viability andmonetisation of IoT
• Creating a more efficient chain, better logistics andmore accurate real time data
• Enabling business to tailor their products tomarkets and quickly adapt to changes
• Increasing creative marketing with an omni-channel experience offered by IoT
Participants
Bora Varliyagci - CEO, digitalthings
Brett St Clair - Head of Digital Product, Barclays Africa
Are investment, inertia and incubation thebiggest barriers to IoT adoption in Africa?
13:10 - 13:30IoT Africa
Participants
Margaret O'Connor - Chief Strategist, Impact BrandsAfrica
Lunch featuring industry mindshare hostedtables
13:30 - 15:00IoT Africa
Lunch tables are situated outside the IoT Africaconference room. Expert speakers lead informaldiscussions and delegates are encouraged to join onetable of their choice to support networking in thebreak.
Panel discussion: Three trends driving IoTinnovation
15:00 - 15:40IoT Africa
• Getting smarter about wiring the IoT withincreasing commoditisation of sensors,processors and emerging technologies
• Transforming transaction and supply chainmanagement with Blockchain
• Unlocking the real value of IoT data with cognitiveIoT
Participants
Raj Wanniappa - CEO and Founder, Future HorizonTechnologies
Gavin McDougall - Senior Solution Architect, Red Hat
SESSIONSDAY 2 - 08/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
• What’s next for the network?• VoLTE evolution & enhancing quality of service• Gaining a competitive edge Vs OTT’s• Has VoLTE been successful in Africa? Assessing
Quality of service
Participants
Bhavin Shah - Regional Director, EMEA, TelekomMalaysia
VoWiFi Roaming: Discussing the keycomponents
12:30 - 12:50LTE Africa
• Network architecture & call flow• The challenges: Quality, Security, hand-over and
technicalities• Opportunities & threats for VoWiFi roaming
Participants
Chijoke Obuna - Head of Voice, Globacom
Advanced calling’ services via VoWiFi
12:50 - 13:10LTE Africa
• Unlocking revenue opportunities for operators
• Leveraging existing SIM-based security andauthentication as for VoLTE
• Gaining the opportunity to access IMS-basedservices as for VoLTE/ViLTE
Navigating Telco's digital transformation inAfrica
13:10 - 13:30LTE Africa
• Video business environment in Rwanda and EAC:overcrowded market: From traditional pay-tv andFTA ops through DTT and SAT to 3G and 4G videooperators.
• What content for which carrier? MTN v/s KT:opportunities and challenges.
• Business model: how do we monetize our content?• End user experience
Participants
Eugene Nyagahene - Chairman, TELE10 group
Lunch & Networking
13:30 - 14:30Main agenda
5G Services, IOT & M2M Connectivity
14:30 - 14:50LTE Africa
Participants
Steve Kirenga - Product Business Manager, MTNUganda
Testing end-to-end VoLTE as a service
14:50 - 15:10LTE Africa
• Monitoring QoS for end users post deployment• Examining subscriber experiences• Benchmarking capabilities to ensure maximum
ROI
Cloud-Native Virtualized Network Function
15:10 - 15:30LTE Africa
• Optimising the network via VNF implementation• Discussing seamless handover• Cloud native for VoLTE• NFV & SDN
Interactive Roundtable discussions
15:30 - 16:30LTE Africa
Join the debate on the hottest topics discussingchallenges & opportunities along with defining futurestrategies and sharing best practises with peers!
Topics:
• Network Security - how to safely future proof yournetworks
• Capitalising on current services and looking aheadfor new monetisation opportunities
• What applications and services will be enabled orimproved by 5G?
Developing a winning ICT strategy for yourorganisation
09:30 - 09:50Visions for Africa Keynotes
Participants
Unathi Mtya - Chief Information Officer, Parliament ofthe Republic of South Africa
How is digital disruption dislodgingestablished business models and creating newopportunities for African start-ups and techentrepreneurs?
09:50 - 10:30Visions for Africa Keynotes
• Exploring new opportunities in an age of digitaldisruption
• Disrupt or be disrupted? Successfully navigatingdigital transformation and positioning yourorganisation for growth
• The critical importance of entrepreneurship infuelling Africa’s digital economy
• What can start-ups offer large corporates and viceversa?
• What opportunities does Africa’s informal economyoffer tech entrepreneurs?
Participants
Mich Atagana - Head of Communications & PublicAffairs, Africa, Google
Unathi Mtya - Chief Information Officer, Parliament ofthe Republic of South Africa
Yolanda Zoleka Cuba - CEO, Vodafone Ghana
How is the MNO role evolving in response to arapidly shifting digital landscape?
10:30 - 11:10Visions for Africa Keynotes
• Aligning operating models with new commercialrealities
• Innovating the telco business model to succeed indigital Africa
• Exploring new opportunities in adjacent markets• Identifying and developing new revenue streams• New partnerships: Why? Who? How?• Building new organisational cultures to support
new capabilities
Participants
Raul Martinez - CCO, Africa, Millicom
Steve Chege - Corporate Affairs Director, Safaricom
Wilson Kyumba - Chief Strategy Officer, TelekomNetworks Malawi
Close of Visions for Africa Keynotes day three
11:10 - 11:20Visions for Africa Keynotes
Welcome to day three
10:40 - 10:50AHUB
Empowering the architects of Africa’s digitalfuture: fuelling innovation, creativity andentrepreneurship
10:50 - 11:10AHUB
• The role of large corporates in supporting Africantech entrepreneurs
• Success stories to date: developing a blueprint forfuture collaboration
• Measures being taken to close Africa’s digital skillsgap
• Providing tools and resources to help start-ups toscale up
• How are ICT4D initiatives creating newopportunities for tech start-ups and SMEs?
What do corporates need to do to get involvedin the innovation markets to supportentrepreneurs?
11:10 - 11:30AHUB
The corporate markets hold the keys to the kingdom inemerging markets. They are resourced in an un-resourced market, they have access to market whengetting market access is difficult and expensive. Ourmarkets are lifting slowly and corporates are notengaging in a material way. The only measure ofsuccess of the innovation markets, transactionalvolumes, has not shifted in the last ten years. What dothey need to do differently to engage the innovationmarkets?
Participants
Keith Jones - Cofounder, SW7
How are large corporates and tech leaderssupporting African start-ups and stimulatingthe development of Africa’s tech start-upecosystem?
11:30 - 12:00AHUB
• The role of large corporates in supporting Africantech entrepreneurs
• Success stories to date: developing a blueprint forfuture collaboration
• Measures being taken to close Africa’s digital skillsgap
• Providing tools and resources to help start-ups toscale up
• How are ICT4D initiatives creating newopportunities for tech start-ups and SMEs?
Participants
Andy Volk - Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem,Google
Digital skills, resources and tools: equippingthe next generation of African entrepreneurs torealise the Africa 4.0 vision
13:50 - 14:30AHUB
• Boosting digital literacy levels in Sub-SaharanAfrica
• Are African education systems up to the challengeof delivering a digital workforce?
• Developing a culture of innovation andentrepreneurship through education institutions
• Nurturing emerging tech entrepreneurs fromschool to first start-up
Participants
Bunmi Banjo - Head of Brand & Digital Skills, Africa,Google
AHUB Start-Up Academy: Creating a launchpad for success: putting together a winningteam to grow your start-up
14:20 - 14:50AHUB
AHUB Start-Up Academy: Amplifying yourvalue proposition: media engagement tips andtricks for African tech start-ups
14:50 - 15:20AHUB
Close of AHUB 2017
15:20 - 15:30AHUB
Chair's Opening Remarks
11:25 - 11:30SDN & NFV Conference
Participants
Chair: George Debbo - IndependentTelecommunications Consultant , George DebboTelecom (Pty) Ltd
Panel Discussion: Accelerating thedevelopment of new services to market viaSDN & NFV
11:30 - 12:10SDN & NFV Conference
• Understanding the impact SDN and NFV has oncustomer services
• How are the needs of your customers changing?• How can SDN and NFV help you to develop new
services faster• Case Study: Service deployment on a virtualised
network
Participants
Panellist: Adrian Scrase - CTO, ETSI
Service Monetization: How can virtualisingyour network open up new revenue streams?
12:10 - 12:30SDN & NFV Conference
• The OTT threat: How can virtualisation helpoperators overcome the risk posed by OTTproviders?
• New services that can be run on a virtualisednetwork that drive revenues back to the operators
• Launching new services faster on a virtualisednetwork
• Improvements in service assurance on avirtualised network
SDN and NFV for enterprise applications
12:30 - 12:50SDN & NFV Conference
• How can virtualisation help businesses that aregoing through the digital transformation?
• The role of cloud and datacentres• What are the key enterprise applications that can
benefit from virtualisation?• Why are enterprises delaying virtualisation?
Lunch and close of SDN & NFV Conference daythree
12:50 - 14:00SDN & NFV Conference
Visit the SDN & NFV PoC Zone on the showfloor for live demos
14:00 - 17:00SDN & NFV Conference
LTE Africa Workshops
12:00 - 14:00Main agenda
Keynote: Blockchain and the future of money
12:00 - 12:20AfricaCom 20/20
• Blockchain start-ups vs central banks• Cryptocurrency banking potential, practicalities,
and pitfalls• Potential for a ‘sovereign’ blockchain• Impacts of/for financial policy and regulation• The future of money in Africa
Panel: A Bit about blockchain andcryptocurrencies
12:20 - 12:50AfricaCom 20/20
• Blockchain in the financial and non-financial space• Key characteristics of blockchain for helping to
combat fraud and money laundering• Potential economic, social and other impacts of
blockchain• Blockchain and financial inclusion• Applications for blockchain in an African context
Participants
Emmanuel Noah Jr. - Founder, CEO, BenBen
Bitcoin and anonymous task markets
12:50 - 13:00AfricaCom 20/20
Why do we get paid monthly? Do we have to know ourworkers? Do they have to be in our jurisdiction?
Custos uses anonymous bounty hunters to search forpirated digital media. When they find it, the act ofclaiming the reward (an embedded Bitcoin bounty) isidentical to reporting the task – the bounty claimregisters a transaction on the blockchain thatidentifies the original recipient who "over-shared" hermedia. This talk will focus on:
• Why cryptocurrencies enable new work markets.• Payment granularity, down to "the minute" as work
unit.• Why anonymity or pseudonymity matters in a work
market.• Why global participation makes new work markets
possible.
Participants
G-J van Rooyen - CEO, Custos Media Technologies
Lunch
13:00 - 14:00AfricaCom 20/20
SESSIONSDAY 3 - 09/11/2017
AfricaComConference & Exhibition: 7-9 November 2017
The AfricaCom 20/20 Great Debate - Securityis more important than online privacy
14:00 - 14:20AfricaCom 20/20
Africa’s technological future holds the promise ofeconomic and social improvement, but there areinherent risks and threats with many of thesedisruptive technologies. From identity theft, to cyber-espionage, malware and viruses, cyber fraud,eavesdropping, extremist websites and the dangers ofthe dark web - significant increases in digitalconnectedness is continuing to bring to the forefrontconcerns over security and privacy. Is personal,national and global security more important thanindividual data privacy? How much information shouldcompanies be able to share with governments aboutcyberthreats to build better defence? Who should beresponsible for internet governance and regulation?How will disruptive technologies help/hinder onlineprivacy and security?
Our two teams of industry experts will go head-to-head in the AfricaCom 20/20 Great Debate to try toshed some light on each side of this contentiousissue. The winner is decided by the audience. Join thedebate with our live audience polling.
How can digital skills development keep upwith the pace of digital transformation?
14:20 - 14:40AfricaCom 20/20
• Is the pace of technology adoption attributed to thepace and effectiveness of education?
• Education programmes from the individual tonationwide
• Platforms and services for improving digital skills• Changing the mindset in a risk averse culture• Government involvement
Adapt or die? Creating viable business modelsfor futuristic technologies
14:40 - 15:00AfricaCom 20/20
• How is digital disruption and transformationdislodging conventional business models?
• Remaining agile to embrace fast-movingtechnology advances
• Identifying if, when and where disruptivetechnologies are relevant for your business
• Ensuring your organisation has the skills andexpertise to survive
• Working with partners to implement newtechnology strategies
• Innovating business models to stay ahead of thegame
Close of AfricaCom 20/20 Stage
15:00 - 15:00AfricaCom 20/20
Welcome and Introduction
12:00 - 12:10Connectivity Stage
Managing Operations in the Cloud
12:10 - 12:50Connectivity Stage
• How is it being deployed in Africa?• Best practice in cost efficiency and reducing time
to market
Moving Network Function into Data Centres vsKeeping on Premises
12:50 - 13:50Connectivity Stage
• Remaining relevant to take your piece of the pie• How does SDN stack up against NFV deployment?
Close of Connectivity Stage
13:30 - 13:35Connectivity Stage
Chairman's Welcome
12:00 - 12:10Connecting Africa
Participants
Nomonde Gongxeka-Seopa - Independent Researcher,South African Communications Forum
Strategies for Connecting the Unconnected
12:10 - 13:00Connecting Africa
Participants
Moderator: Nomonde Gongxeka-Seopa - IndependentResearcher, South African Communications Forum
Tim Genders - Development Executive, Project Isizwe