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13º AfricaCom • Cape Town, 10-11 November 2010
AfricaCom Congress and Exhibition, to be hosted from 10 - 11 November 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa, has received a staggering 75% increase in pre-registered attendance; with 618 companies already represented. Firmly established as Africa’s leading telecoms event, AfricaCom will gather more than 4,000 attendees from across the African continent and beyond for two days of contact building, learning and buying.
African telecoms is undergoing a new phase of growth that requires innovation from every corner of the continent’s ICT Industry. Mobile operators are transforming their business structures so as to focus more on what is core to operational delivery. Service providers are becoming more innovative by launching dynamic tariff plans; segmenting the market to deepen their value offering or by further building their brands through entering into partnership with content providers. This whilst vendors are beginning to showcase solutions to meet the challenges of Africa’s telecoms landscape, to name but a few examples.
It is this call for innovation that forms the backdrop to discussions at the 13th annual AfricaCom congress. Featured under the overarching umbrella of “Driving the Next Stage of Growth in African Telecoms,” the AfricaCom congress agenda has been expanded and re-focussed for 2010. Sessions cover broad strategic answers to driving growth and predicting trends alongside in-depth discussions to the most pertinent topics facing the industry including: Efficiency and ROI Strategies; LTE; VAS; Marketing, Pricing and Loyalty; Mobile Money; Fibre Optics; Broadband Data Services; WiMAX; and Capacity and Wholesale.
To guarantee the most value from these discussions, the speaker line-up represents a “Who’s Who” of those at the top of some of Africa’s most successful and important telecoms companies. A record 100 speakers will present across the two days including:
“It is the re-vamped congress agenda and record-breaking speaker line-up that has driven the 75% increase in pre-registered attendance numbers to AfricaCom,” says Julie Rey, Conference Director, AfricaCom. “The broader range of topics has attracted a wider audience and has meant that companies are sending more representatives from more departments to ensure that no conference session is missed. This new phase of growth in Africa has also made it more important than ever for companies to ensure they have the most up-to-date market information, insights and contacts to remain competitive in this ever changing landscape. We are very pleased to see that our previous attendees are continuing to see AfricaCom as a forum to achieve this and that a whole host of new companies are joining them.”
AfricaCom is more than a conference. The market-place exhibition will feature 250 of the world’s foremost solutions and technology providers who will showcase their portfolio of new solutions and services that meet the challenges of Africa’s telecoms landscape. This represents an unique opportunity for telcos from across Africa to see the full product offering in one place to assist in making better technology decisions.
With this record-breaking attendance, it is expected that this year’s AfricaCom will play a pivotal role in bringing the continent’s ICT value chain together and in so doing; support this ongoing market transformation. • 12-10-10
13º AfricaCom • Cape Town, 10-11 November 2010
Africa’s communications landscape has changed drastically in 2010, most notably thanks to investments and acquisitions by major operator groups, and to the launch of new submarine cables which are vastly improving capacity.
It is these market changes that will form the backdrop to discussions and learning at Africa’s largest annual congress and exhibition – the 13th annual AfricaCom. Taking place in Cape Town on 10-11 November 2010, AfricaCom is designed to equip the 4,000 attending African operators, solutions and technology providers with all the contacts, insights and predictions they need to ensure they are one step ahead, not only of the competition but also of market changes.
This year’s brand new conference programme features 40+ hours of market insights delivered in a mixture of strategic keynotes, interactive panel discussions, roundtables, breakfast briefings and special focus sessions.
Coming under the overarching umbrella of “Driving the Next Stage of Growth in African Telecoms“, the conference programme has been broadened to span all aspects of Africa’s telecoms ecosystem including some new “hot” technologies yet to hit the market. Special Focus sessions include Efficiency and ROI Strategies; LTE; VAS; Marketing, Pricing and Loyalty; Mobile Money; Fibre Optics; Broadband Data Services; WiMAX; and Capacity & Wholesale. With so many sessions to choose from, AfricaCom is the only event telcos need attend to stay abrest of future and recent market dynamics.
To ensure that delegates learn from the cream of African telecoms, a record breaking 100 visionary speakers will be present. Headling the conference are 40+ CxO level operator and ISP representatives including regional heads for MTN, Vodacom, Orange, Zain, Etisalat, Expresso Telecom. In addition, leading international telecom solutions vendors will present on the latest products and technologies to improve services to the consumers.
Co-located to the conference is a 250 stand exhibition featuring some of the world’s leading solutions and technology providers. An opportunity for delegates to see, touch and try some of the latest products to hit the market.
With over 4,000 senior level attendees from across Africa and beyond, the networking opportunities at Africa Com 2010 are un-paralleled. This is a must-attend for anyone working in or looking to do business in this region's telecoms sector. • 8-9-10
Informa Telecoms & Media is the leading provider of business intelligence to global telecoms and media markets.
Our aim is to provide actionable, strategic advice and forecasting on all aspects of converging mobile, fixed, entertainment and IT markets.
Driven by constant first-hand contact with the industry our team of analysts and researchers produce over 300 annual events and intelligence services including news and analytical products, in-depth market reports and data sets.
We benefit from outstanding people, including 100+ analysts, researchers and journalists across 14 countries. Our customers include major blue-chip vendors, operators, and regulators in addition to key players from the financial and content communities.
We are proud of the role we play in bringing the industry together and keeping 100,000 individuals better informed.
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