Mohammed worked at ENIE & Afatron (Algeria), Motorola-Iridium (USA), Worldspace (USA), Nokia Training Academy (Dubai), Orga Cards (Dubai) & other major Telecoms players. His expertise covers Wholesale & Carriers Business, Regulatory Affairs, Business Dev, Tr

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Aidan joined SEACOM as Head of Business Development in early 2009. Previously in management consulting, Aidan developed and implemented a number of launch strategies for mobile operators in the Middle East and Africa. He also worked in South Africa consulting to several…more ›

Mr. Ibrahima Guimba-Saidou leads the Africa Commercial Region under the newly formed OneSES organization. Ibrahima joined SES in January 2012. Prior to joining SES, Ibrahima was Senior Key Director and Managing Sales Director with Intelsat. He was responsible for the de…more ›

Dr Bashir Gwandu was the Executive Commissioner in Charge of Licensing and Consumer Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) until Jun 07 and now is the Executive Commissioner (Technical Services) of the NCC. He was also the Acting CEO of the NCC from Jun…more ›

Dr. Edmund Katiti holds a Ph.D. in Telecommunication Systems Engineering. As Policy and Regulatory Advisor in NEPAD e-Africa Commission, he was responsible for the development of the Kigali Protocol and is overseeing its implementation. Before joining the Commission, Dr…more ›

Kevin Viret is the Regional Director : Africa for Yahsat, an Abu Dhabi based satellite communications company. Yahsat is the first hybrid (commercial and military) satellite communication system to be launched in the Middle East and Africa. In his current role, Kevin le…more ›

Yolande van Wyk is the CEO for eWallet Solutions at FNB. Yolande and her highly skilled and dedicated team are responsible for the development of innovative alternative banking solutions such as FNB’s eWallet business. Yolande joined FNB in 2004 and was part of the orig…more ›

Regional Sales Director, Global Data Services – Africa Tata Communications. Steven van der Linde is the Regional Sales Director for the Africa Region for Tata Communications. He is responsible for the company’s growing data and mobile business in sub-Sahara Africa. Mr…more ›

Thierry Tomiet has over 15 years experience in the Telecommunications industry. Since 2005, he is the MEA Director for IP&Data sales for Telecom Italia Sparkle. Prior to this, Thierry was the VP & Head of Sales of Tiscali International Network being also the Man…more ›

Ross Thomasson is the regional director, Africa for Vodafone Global Enterprise, Vodafone's dedicated business-to-business team working with 600 of the worlds largest multi-national corporations. He has 30 years broad international experience in a variety of commerci…more ›

HONOURS B.COMPT 1990 COMPLETED ARTICLES; THERON DU TOIT (PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS) 1994 DIMENSION DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS (PTY) LTD; FINANCIAL MANAGER; 1996 CIE GROUP (PTY) LTD; MANAGING DIRECTOR 2007 DARK FIBRE AFRICA; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Kris Senanu is an inspirational leader who is always willing to share the lessons learned from a telecommunications career that spans over 15 years. A Ghanaian nationality who relocated to Kenya, he rose through the ranks from being a Sales Executive in Swift Global at …more ›

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Laurent joined SES in 2005 and is currently in charge of supporting revenue and profitability growth in Africa and Asia as Vice President, Finance, Asia & Africa. Prior to that Laurent was responsible for Business Development activities in Africa. In that capacity h…more ›

Prenesh Padayachee was appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2005. He is also caretaking the Executive: Carrier Services position. Prenesh joined Internet Solutions as an engineer in 1998 and has held various technical and senior Operations positions. Prior to

Born and bred in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, Thami Mtshali is a pioneering businessman who started off his career as a Chemical Engineer in the Petro Chemical Industry, working both locally and abroad. He then decided to actively pursue an entrepreneurial care…more ›

Job Ndege has over 17 years experience in the fields of Telecommunications, Data Networking, Software Design and Computer Systems. For the last 11 years, he has been extensively involved in the design and deployment of Satellite Communications VSAT networks for corporat…more ›

Diarmid is in charge of Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s global wholesale and carrier business. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the business and driving profitability of the company’s core assets and partner relationships. His team of senior Directors i…more ›

I started my career with Telkom SA in 1998 as a technical officer. I was responsible for type approval, first office application and high level support of Telkom transmission equipment. In 2001 I joined Siemens Telecomms as a system engineer and I implanted and supporte…more ›

53 years old, he works for 30 years in the France Telecom group.He started its career by participating in the development of the French satellite program Telecom 1 in the 1980s, He launched the VSAT offer of France Telecom in 1990 and realized the engineering of the fir…more ›

Christoph started his career at SES in 2003 when he joined the Market Research department. Since then he has been assigned to various Marketing and Business development projects within the SES group that have allowed him to gather knowledge and experience from around th…more ›

Jean-François FREMAUX is graduated from.- Ecole Centrale of engineering (France) worked more than 20 years in the defense field, to develop command and control systems: Naval Tactical Data System, Air defense system, Electronic warfare and C3I within THALES, forme…more ›

Chief Executive Officer: Emerging Southern Africa & Chief Strategy Officer: Emerging Africa Qualifications: Business Administration (Hons.); Cisco Certified Network Associate. Jacques Rautenbach is the Chief Strategy Officer: Emerging Africa, at Internet Solutions (…more ›

Scott Sprague, Chief Operating Officer of Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) Scott Sprague is the Chief Operating Officer of ABS and is responsible for managing the global sales, marketing, and operations of value added services. Prior to joining ABS, Scott Sprague w…more ›

Born in Johannesburg, William Hearmon (Bill) is the Chairman of the African Broadband Forum……a trade association for operators in Africa. Bill has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he specialised in microwave systems and the…more ›

Bart Van Poucke, Product Marketing Manager at Newtec responsible for multi-service satellite platforms . He obtained his electrical engineering degree at the KIHO, Gent, Belgium in 1996. After some years at Siemens Private Networks, he joined imec in Leuven, Belgium to …more ›