Telecoms World Africa Conference Day Two - 23 May 2012

last modified: 20 April '12

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08.30

Registration and welcome coffee

08.50

Opening remarks from the Chair

Steven Ambrose, Managing Director, Strategy Worx, South Africa

LTE – The next evolution

09.00

Keynote address: How to design a robust blueprint for optimal LTE deployment

Sifiso Dabengwa, Group Chief Executive Officer, MTN Group, South Africa

09.30

Keynote address: The race to LTE – Who will emerge as the major player in Africa?

Mr Valentine Amadi

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› Mr Valentine Amadi, Senior Manager: Network Rollout, Etisalat Nigeria, Nigeria

10.00

How to advance Africa`s mobile infrastructure with LTE focused technology

Mr Thami Mtshali

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 ...

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› Mr Thami Mtshali, Chief Executive Officer, iBurst Group, South Africa

10.30

Morning refreshments and exhibition viewing

Broadband

11.10

How to increase the number of open connections to allow faster retrieval of data

Sasan Parvin, Technical Director, iBurst Group, South Africa

12.00

Panel: How to make mobile broadband accessible to the mass market

Basilio Sadindi, Chief Technical Officer, Uganda Telecom
Godfrey Kiseka, Chief Technical Director, Orange, Uganda
Tony Walt, Chief Operations Officer, Internet Solutions, South Africa
Prankaj Pradhan, Chief Operations Officer, Globacom, Nigeria
Mothibi Ramusi, Head of Regulatory Affairs, Cell C, South Africa

12.40

Networking luncheon and exhibition viewing

Convergence

14.10

How to optimise on VAS market opportunities in Africa and increase profitability

› Mr Daniel Cobblah, VAS Consultant (Operations Manager), Comviva Technologies, Ghana

14.50

How to develop localised applications to target and profit from the African market

Mr Prenesh Padayachee

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 ...

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› Mr Prenesh Padayachee, Chief Technology Officer, Internet Solutions, South Africa

15.30

Speed networking and afternoon refreshments

Mobile Money

16.40

How to accelerate mobile money through innovative product offerings

Ms Yolande van Wyk

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 ...

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