Digital Council Conext Conference 2022 in Cape Town

The Digital Council Conext Conference 2022 takes place at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town from 28 – 29 September 2022.

Conext Conference 2022 is a digital infrastructure summit featuring key note addresses, presentations, panel discussions, and networking on topics covering Streaming, 5G, and Cloud computing.

Some of the speakers lined up for the event include:

• Deputy Minister Philly Mapulane, Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies
• Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau – International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• Dr Andile Ngcaba, President – Digital Council Africa
• Dr Kgosientsho Ramakgopa, Lead Infrastructure South Africa
• Goran Marby, President and Chief Executive Officer – ICANN
• Evan Jones, Chief Strategy Officer – Harambee
• Tomas Lamanauskas, Head of the Corporate Strategy Division – International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
• Eddy Kayihura (TBC), Chief Executive Officer – AFRINIC
• Rosalind Thomas, Chief Executive Officer – SAEx SA
• Ryan Sher, Chief Operating Officer – WIOCC
• Prenesh-Padayachee, Group Chief Digital Officer – Seacom
• Belinda Tshehla, Executive Head: Wholesale Business – Cell C
• Deena Rajah, Wholesale Business Development Manager – Cell C
• Nomvuyiso Batyi, Chief Executive Officer – Association of Communications and Technology
• Loueen Blunden, Executive Head Capital Projects – American Tower Corporation
• Nicholas van Slyck, Senior Director Africa/Asia – SBA Communications
• Dobek Pater, Director – Africa Analysis
• Gareth Whitaker, Director of Solutions and Innovation – Software AG South Africa
• Michele McCann, Head of Interconnection & Peering – Teraco
• Matome Madibana, Chief Executive Officer – MICT SETA
• Gary Bolton, President and CEO – Fibre Broadband Association North America
• Vincent Garnier, Director General – FTTH Council Europe
• Rusafie Alam, Associate Manager – FTTH Council Asia Pacific
• Kholoud Al-Dorgham, Director General – Fiber Connect Council MENA
• Nelson Hiroshi Saito, President Latam Chapter – Fiber Broadband Association
• Jan-Jan Bezuidenhout, Chief Executive Officer – Metro Fibre Networx
• Dietlof Mare, Chief Executive Officer – Vumatel
• Abraham van Der Merwe, Chief Executive Officer – Frogfoot Networks
• Deon Geyser, Chief Executive Officer – Liquid Telecom
• Lanre Kolade, Chief Executive Officer – C-Squared
• Jenny Cargill, Chief Executive – Strategy Execution Advisers
• Dominic Cull, Owner – Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions
• Ditshego Tsebe
• Rufus Andrews (Moderator), Director Businesss Development Africa – Corning Optical Networks
• Alain Malanda, Country Manager – C-Squared DRC
• Chidi Ajuzie, Chief Operations Officer – WTES Nigeria
• Eng. Ahmed Mekky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Benya Capital Egypt
• Wiaan Vermaak (TBC), Chief Executive Officer – Afrifiber Djibouti
• Steve Song
• Bora Varliyagci, Chief Executive Officer – Digitalthings
• Juanita Clark, Chief Executive Officer – Digital Council Africa
• Iain Stevenson, Chief Executive Officer – Comsol
• Louise Pillay, Telecoms Equity Research Analyst – Investec
• Sunil Piyarlall, Executive, Network Architecture and Modeling – Open Serve
• Dr Charley Lewis (TBC), Acting Chairperson – ICASA
• Bora Varliyagci, Chief Executive Officer – Digitalthings
• Dr Ayotunde Coker, Chief Executive Officer – Open Access Data Centres
• Mike Silber, Group Chief Regulatory Officer – Liquid Intelligent Technologies
• Siyabonga Madiybi, Executive Director – Microsoft South Africa
• Karabo Motlana, Head: Public Policy Sub Saharan Africa – Amazon Web Services
• Ben Maynard, Director of Communications – CISPE
• Paul Schonborn, Group Executive : Business Development & Sales – Africa Data Centres
• Ziaad Suleman, Chief Commercial Officer – EOH
• Vino Govender, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer – Bester Technologies
• Bora Varliyagci, Chief Executive Officer – Digitalthings

Please visit the Conext Conference 2022 registration page to reserve your space at the event.

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