Over the last few years, the Sub-Saharan African mobile industry has risen to the challenge of maintaining individuals and businesses connected during the global epidemic. Experts estimate that 615 million people in this region will register for mobile services by 2025, representing 50% of the population. And, with the implementation of 5G across the globe, Africa is acknowledging the incredibly large potential for growth and the means by which it will drive this deployment forward.
The continent’s digital growth has been fueled by the use of technology and strong and informed leadership and partnerships. Despite the global crisis, mobile has continued to lead transformation and enhance millions of lives through service delivery in healthcare, agriculture, and commerce.
Africa can advance into the digital future and accelerate economic growth by providing access to all. Furthermore, shared value thinking can drive business solutions to address Africa’s challenges through innovation. When done correctly, digital transformation can open up enormous opportunities for growing industries and commerce, enhance economic inclusion, and ultimately create sustainable economies. As a result, it is in the best interests of business owners, not just governments, to collaborate and invest in the ecological systems they require to survive and thrive.
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MWC 2022 in Scarlet
“As we count down to the Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit in October, I have no doubt that it will be our largest to date,” said Tiekie Barnard, Founder and CEO of Shift Impact Africa and the Shared Value Africa Initiative. He went further to say, “The solution for a sustainable future for Africa is to create shared value and access for all through technology and connectivity. It is our responsibility as a company to deliver this to our employees.”
The Summit has always been committed to and supportive of cross-industry collaboration to create ecosystems of impact beyond what any single entity could achieve on its own. The collaboration with MWC Africa strengthens its position as a forum for discussing and co-creating Shared Value business solutions that drive inclusion and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals while fostering economic growth and development. It emphasizes the importance of innovation collaboration in addressing continental problems in a sustainable manner.
The big wigs of Africa’s connectivity industry, including business leaders around the world, will be gathering in Rwanda’s capital Kigali from the 25th to the 27th of this month for the live premiere of MWC Africa. The three-day event discusses present technological trends and innovative ideas in four main categories Connectivity Leadership, One People, One Purpose, Accelerate Africa, and Fintech. Participants can expect over 120 expert speakers and 60-plus hours of curated content, according to the organizers.
The two events will take place concurrently, with interconnected programs illustrating the future of interoperability and how, when combined with a shared value mindset, it can enable economic growth and individual sustainability.
The Future is Now For 5G Connectivity
The 5G Summit will look deep into commercial 5G services, with a special emphasis on Africa, where the journey to 5G has begun, with stakeholders actively working to expedite the transition to 5G. FinTech, which is at the vanguard of Africa’s digital transformation, is setting the standard in terms of financial service availability and financial inclusion. The FinTech Summit will delve into the most technological trends and emerging applications that will shape Africa’s financial services over the next couple of years.
Events Partnership
The event’s industry-leading agenda is accomplished by big partners, and we are grateful to founding partners such as MasterCard, MTN, Orange, and ZTE, as well as the supporting partners ASVL Summit 2022 and Smart Africa. In addition, mobile partner and headline sponsor Safaricom, as well as headline sponsors Evina and M-Pesa.
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Frontline Game Changers In The Event
Both global and local industry players from the telecom industry and adjacent sectors will showcase their latest products and solutions for the African markets. Make sure you stop by and see these unique and interesting solutions during MWC Africa. Some of these are:
MwareTV, a leading cloud-based multi-tenant platform provider, will demonstrate how simple it is for telecommunications companies to enter the television market and how to assess shareholder returns.
Flexible BSS, cloud Proxy servers, OCS, billing, and an Insert Mart for telecom companies using on-premise or cloud systems.
Taking the stage will be some of the industry and thought leaders, such as:
Brelotte BA, Deputy CEO, Middle East & Africa, Orange, speaking on “Leveraging Tech to Transform Africa, 5G Summit, Exploring the FinTech (R)Evolution
Elizabeth Migwalla, Vice President, International Government Affairs, Qualcomm, 5G Summit
Mariam Cassim, Group CEO of Vodacom Financial and Digital Service, speaking on “The Vision & Strategy of Fintech.”
Ye Xiaohan, Vice President, ZTE Corporation.
Bankole Falade, Chief Regulatory Affairs and Government Relations Officer, Flutterwave, Keynote 3, FinTech: What does the future hold?
Louise Cottar, Strategic Advisor, Hormuud, Delivering a speech on Digital Economy for All
Kunle Iluyemi, CEO, Rwanda, IHS Towers, Network Modernization
Anne-Rachel Inné, Regional Director, Region Office for Africa, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 5G Summit
Those participating in the Meeting at the Kigali Convention Center will have access to both the Summit and MWC Africa programs for the duration of the Summit. There is also the option to stream the event live online, which includes access to combined keynotes from some of the continent’s business-leading lights.