Connecting West Africa 2014

Is the provision of broadband and data sufficient to support the needs of West Africa’s economies?

Connecting West Africa is the region’s leading telecoms and digital services event, providing over 500 senior decision-makers from operators, service providers, regulators and vendors a forum to debate the key question: how can telecom networks support the growing need for data services in West Africa?

Over two days, participants will hear from the leading minds in the region, join interactive debates, network and do business in a fully bi-lingual event dedicated to the region’s network and connectivity needs.

Lead a discussion in our conference agenda featuring sessions on infrastructure, operators strategies, what the data boom means for operators and the broader ecosystem, satellite, fibre and LTE developments, VAS and more…

Our speaker line-up for 2014 so far includes:

• Mutaz Elbadawi, CTO, Expresso Telecom Senegal
• Omar Khodr, CFO, Africell Gambia
• Samba Sene, Director Africa Technocentre, Orange
• Wilgon Berthold Tsibo, Group CTO, Azure Telecom
• Kolubahzizi Howard, Director of Strategy, Liberia Telecommunications Authority
• Dr Isaias Barreto de Rosa, Commissioner for Telecommmunications & ICT, ECOWAS
• Chief Toyin Oloniteru, Director General ICT, Government of Ekiti State Nigeria
• Roland Loumbou, COO, Wifly
• Daouda Diouf, Head of Mobile Backhaul Networks, Sonatel Senegal
• Thecla Mbongue, Senior Research Analyst, Informa Telcoms & Media

See the speaker full line-up here.

Apply here for your free Operator / Regulator ticket (limited numbers available) or register as a non-operator delegate to network and do business with 500+ senior Operator decision-makers.

FREE operator pass application

Non-operator registration

If you are interested in joining our illustrious speaker panel then please contact julie.rey@informa.com or telephone +44 (0) 20 7017 5394

Who will you meet at Connecting West Africa?

• – 500+ attendees
• – 56% C-Level / Director / Head delegate attendance
• – 52% operator delegate attendance
• – 33 countries
• – 120 companies

Download the agenda here.

500+ decision makers from across the entire digital ecosystem including world leading operators, and regulators:

Afrik Online * Airtel Africa * Airtel Burkina Faso * Airtel Chad * Artp Senegal * Atci (Agence Des Telecommunications De Cote D’Ivoire) * Bt Ghana * Cable & Wireless Worldwide * Comium Gambia Ltd * Connecteo Guinee * Embassy Of United States * Etisalat Nigeria * Expresso * France Telecom * Gamcel *Gamtel * Immeuble Imotep * Intercel Guinea * Intercel Togo * Kirene Mobile * Mattel * Mauritel * Microcom * Millicom International Cellular * Ministre De La Communication Des Telcommunications Et Des Tic (Micomteltic) * Mtn * Mtn Cote D’Ivoire * Mtn Nigeria * Nigerian Communications Commision * Onatel – Sa * Orange * Orange Bissau * Orange Cote D’ivoire Telecom * Orange Guinea * Orange Mali * Qcell Limited * Sonatel Orange Senegal * Starcomms Plc * T+ Telecomunicacoes Sa * Telefonica * Tigo * Togo Cellulaire * U.S. Embassy In Dakar * Warid Congo * Yoomee *

Attendance from across West Africa and beyond:

Abkhazia * Belgium *Benin *Burkina Faso *Cote d’ivoire *Cape Verde *Central African Republic *Chad *China *Congo *Côte D’ivoire *Denmark *Egypt *Equatorial Guinea *France *Gambia *Ghana *Guinea Conakry *India *Israel *Italy *Ivory Coast *Kenya *Lebanon *Liberia *Mali *Mauritania *Monaco *Netherlands *Nigeria * Senegal *Serbia *Sierra Leone *South Africa *Spain *Sweden *Switzerland *United Kingdom *United Arab Emirates *USA *

Are you interested in putting your products and solutions in front of this elite group of West African senior operator decision-makers?

Download the 2014 Sponsorship and Exhibition brochure here

Contact Jean-Pierre Bird:
Email: jean-pierre.brid@informa.com
Tel: +44 (20) 701 75823