Biola Alabi

Director

Mnet Africa

Gary Alfonso joined CNBC Africa in 2007 and was part of the team that launched the continents only business news television channel across Sub-Saharan Africa. He is responsible for the executive management, strategic, strategic business development, key regulatory and d…more ›

Gary Alfonso

MD: African Business News

CNBC Africa

Valentine Amadi

Senior Manager: Network Rollout

Etisalat Nigeria

Salim Amin is Chairman of Camerapix, founder and Chairman of The Mohamed Amin Foundation and co-founder and Chairman of A24 Media. In 1963, world-renowned photographer, cameraman and publisher, Mohamed "Mo" Amin, launched Camerapix from a small shop in Dar es …more ›

Salim Amin

Chairman

Africa 24 Media Ltd

Kenneth Ashigbey, is the COO of Multi TV, Ghana’s 1st private, Multi-Channel FrTAr DTH TV Service. Member of the GhIE , & holds a PMP from PMI, with MBA Finance from Leicester University and BSc Hons in Electrical &Electronics Engineering from UST, Ghana. He h…more ›

Kenneth Ashigbey

Chief Operating Officer

MultiTv

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

Aidan Baigrie

Head: Business Development

SEACOM

Nicholas Baravalle

VP: Sales, Africa

SES

Richard Bell

Group Chief Executive Officer

Zuku TV

Ditabe Chocho

Chief financial Officer

Multichoice

Thomas Choi is a satellite entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the Satellite and Aerospace industry. He is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Broadcast Satellite Limited (ABS). Prior to ABS, Tom founded Speedcast, a valued added satellite …more ›

Thomas Choi

Chief Executive Officer

Asia Broadcast Satellite

Daniel Cobblah

VAS Consultant (Operations Manager)

Comviva Technologies

Florent d'Heilly

Vice President: Sales

Arianespace

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 ›

Ibrahim G. S

VP and GM: Africa

SES

Russell Goldsmith

Co-founder & Digital director

HowTo.tv

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 ›

Bashir Gwandu

Executive Commissioner

Nigerian Communications Commission

Vuyani Jarana

Chief Operations Officer

Vodacom Group

Simon Just

Head of consumer cards

ABSA

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

Edmund Katiti

Acting Head

Nepad e-Africa Commission

Gelfand Kausiyo

General manager

SABC

Steve Kelly is general manager of Asia Pacific, North America, Middle East and Africa for BT Global Telecom Markets (GTM). When he joined GTM in 2007 Steve returned to BT, where he had worked in the early 80's prior to its privatisation. Back then he spent 14 years

Stephen Kelly

Vice President

British Telecom

Olivier Laochez

Chief Executive Officer

Trace

Frans Lindeque is a professional technologist in light current engineering as well as a member of the South Africa Institute of Electrical Engineers. He has been involved with broadcasting signal distribution since 1975 and in particular with digital broadcasting and te…more ›

Frans Lindeque

Senior Vice President

On Digital Media (Pty) Ltd

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 ›

Peter Mafagana

Operations Manager

Broadband Infraco

Prins Mahlanga

Managing executive

Vodacom

Kezito Makuni has 20 years experience in the Telecommunications industry, and has worked for a major vendor, a pan-African GSM operator and a fixed network operator. He has worked in 5 African countries for an operator, and in 2 African countries for a vendor in the sal

Kezito Makuni

Technical Director

Econet Wireless

Sadiq Malik is lead consultant at BCT Global in South Africa. BCT Global provides consultancy services to telcos and enterprises that transition to all IP based radio networks and training programs on 3 G LTE, Wimax, FTTH and VAS applications for Telco operators in Afri

Sadiq Malik

Director: Business Development

BCT Global

Diarmid is responsible for driving the transformation agenda for Cable&Wireless Worldwide’s wholesale and carrier services business globally. This includes overall commercial responsibility in markets such as Africa, Asia, Continental Europe, Ireland and the United…more ›

Diarmid Massey

Vice President: Carrier Sales

Cable & Wireless

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 ›

Thami Mtshali

Chief Executive Officer

iBurst Group

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 ›

Job Ndege

Managing Director

iWay Africa Services

Darryl Ambrose Nmah

Director General

Liberian Broadcasting System

Chris Oberholzer

Managing Director: Strategy and Business Development

Multichoice

Funke Opeke is Chief Executive Officer of Main One Cable Company. Main One was launched to build and operate a submarine cable system which will connect countries in West and Central Africa with each other and connect in Europe with other existing cable systems linking …more ›

Funke Opeke

Chief Executive Officer

Main One Cable

Eric Osiakwan is the executive secretary both of the African Internet Service Providers Association (AfrISPA) and Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA). He is a Visiting Fellow at the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard University and was a…more ›

Eric Osiakwan

Founder

AfriSPA

Jon Osler

Managing Director: Africa, Sales

Intelsat

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…more ›

Prenesh Padayachee

Chief Technology Officer

Internet Solutions

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 ›

Laurent Petit

Vice President: Finance Africa

SES

Pankaj Pradhan

Chief Operations Officer

Globacom

Mothibi Glenview RAMUSI is a qualified professional electronic systems engineer majored in telecommunications, broadcasting and satellite engineering. He is a graduate from Essex University, Colchester in the UK. He started his career as a systems engineer at Siemens. H

Mothibi Ramusi

Head of Regulatory Affairs

Cell C

Frederic joined the international team of Belgacom in 2000 after some years in business advisory services and later on, with the Executive Office attached to the CEO of the Belgacom Group. For more than 4 years in the Strategy dpt., Frederic actively supported the strat…more ›

Frederic Salmon

Regional Vice President Africa

Belgacom

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 ›

Kris Senanu

Chief Operating Officer

AccessKenya

Nabil Shanti is an executive in the area of Satellite telecommunications with Masters degree in Telecommunications Engineering. He has held different positions which contributed positively to his more than 25 years of experience. Mr. Shanti is the VP/CCO of Arabsat, p…more ›

Nabil Shanti

Vice President and Commercial Officer

Arabsat

As COO, Ryan is responsible for developing and managing all WIOCC product offerings, as well as pre-sales support & bid management, strategic deals, operations, provisioning, OSS/BSS, IT, procurement and supplier management. He also manages all technical aspects of

Ryan Sher

Chief Operations Officer

WIOCC

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

Gustav Smit

Chief Executive Officer

Dark Fibre Africa

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 ›

Ross Thomasson

Regional Director,

Vodafone Global Enterprise

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 ›

Thierry Tomiet

Regional Director: Middle East and Africa

Telecom Italia Sparkle

As 03b Networks’ Regional Vice President, Omar Trujillo leads commercial development in the region. Prior to joining O3b Networks, Mr. Trujillo worked from 2003 to 2008 as Sales Director for Paradigm Communications, a VSAT satellite integrator and service provider in t…more ›

Omar Trujillo

Reginal Vice President:Africa

O3b Networks

George Twumasi

CEO

Africa Broadcast Networks

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

Steven van der Linde

Regional Director: Global Carrier Solutions

Tata Communications

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 ›

Yolande van Wyk

CEO of eWallet Services

FNB

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 ›

Kevin Viret

Regional Director: Africa

Yahsat

Tony Walt

COO

Internet Solutions

The only event of its kind for the strategic and investment issues driving the telecoms sector in Africa.

Telecoms World Africa 2012 is the event for telecom operators, ISP’s and vendors focused on investment into infrastructure; technology and capacity.
This conference and exhibition enables you do business more effectively with Africa’s leading telcos and ISP’s in a dedicated and focused arena.

Africa offers a unique opportunity for investors and telcos looking to penetrate new markets and increase ARPU rates. In scope, content and experience Telecoms World Africa 2012 is the only event of its kind for the strategic and investment issues driving this sector forward in Africa.

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Stats from SatCom 2011:

1850 plus visitors
29 sponsors
49 exhibitors
74 conference delegates

Who should exhibit:

Cable / System Owners
Wholesalers and carriers
Marine Engineers
Consultants & investment
System Suppliers/ integrators
Cabling suppliers and manufacturers

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What a great way to:

Make sales
Debut new products
Profile your brand
Meet new business partners and distributors
Develop key relationships

Who attends:

Chief Technology Officers
Heads of Carrier Business
Heads of Carrier Sales
Network Directors
Head, Network Deployment
Chief Executive Officers
Chief Strategy Officer

Bringing together the complete telecoms value chain

Demand for communications and internet access in Africa is growing at an insatiable rate. Satellite and fibre provide the solution to decreasing strain on Africa’s fixed infrastructure and unique terrain.

SatCom Africa, Telecoms World Africa, Submarine Networks World Africa and The TV Show Africa bring together top level executives who develop, operate and invest in the African communications industry.

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Limited speaking opportunities available for leading solution providers

Co-located with The TV Show Africa

The TV Show Africa is about multiplatform TV innovation for media, telcos, advertising and business.

This innovative event will cover key issues including:

The customer - driving demand and content
Multiplatform TV- IPTV and mobile TV innovation
Content and content delivery
Finance and investment
Innovation and technology
HDTV, 3D TV and online video

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Co-located with Submarine Networks World Africa

Submarine Networks World Africa is the only C-level forum where issues around opportunity, investment and growth for Africa’s telecoms sector are discussed.

Submarine Networks focus on:

Project development and implementation
Backhaul and hybrid networks
Capacity demand and supply
Managing high traffic network routes
Regulation and policy implementation
Cable Resiliency, reliability and routing issues

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Co-located with SatCom Africa

Satcom Africa is the largest satellite communication conference and exhibition focusing specifically on the needs of the African continent.

The main conference will address issues around:

How will Africa shape it’s satellite markets in the years to come, and will the market eventually supply optimal capacity?
Is satellite the best option for cost competitive networks?
Identifying potential high growth business regions
How will accessing untapped markets
Demand drivers – satellite as the gateway to new revenue generating services
Understanding how to deliver cost-effective solutions for connecting Africa

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