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15 & 16 October 2014, Dar es Salaam
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Uniting decision-makers in the African fixed-line and

mobile wholesale world

NEW FOR 2014:

Break-out roundtables: delve deeper into the exciting world of content and data
Industry debate between the regulators and operators; unmissable opportunity to
get insights into the key challenges from both sides at the same time!
10+ hours of networking time including the Networking Exchange
Unrivalled speaker line-up

The Honourable
Mr. January Makamba
Minister of Communications
Science and Technology
GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA

Mokgethi Nyatseng
General Manager
Wholesale
BTC

Martin Nielsen
Co-Founder
MDUNDO

Matano Ndaro
Director
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION OF KENYA

Byron Clatterbuck
CCO
SEACOM

Jesse Moore
MD & Co-Founder
M-KOPA

Kai Wulff
Access Field
Development Director
GOOGLE

Mike Van Den Bergh

CMO, PCCW GLOBAL &
MD, HKT GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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2014 agenda highlights:

s the African telecommunications

market evolves, The World Bank
is embarking on an exciting journey
to boost international connectivity
in Central African countries. Hear
the latest updates on the project from
Jrme Bezzina, Senior Regulatory
Economist, World Bank.

ibre development across Africa

is at its peak. Hear from a panel
of experts as they discuss the
opportunities new infrastructure is
bringing to the region, how cost and
pricing issues are being balanced and
what steps can be taken to improve the
reliability of last mile services.

ay two will showcase an array of new and exciting roundtable

discussions giving you insight into how carriers are coping
with the influx of content players, what new local content is being
developed and LTE deployment in West Africa not to be missed!

Why attend?
HEAR from leading industry executives as they dissect Africas regulatory
challenges, share thought-leadership on the latest developments in
connectivity for the region and provide exclusive insights on the changing
shape of the wholesale market as content players become an integral part
of the industry.
CONNECT with your peers and take advantage of more than 10 hours of
networking time including the Networking Exchange. Take advantage of our
new meeting planner MeetMe and pre-arrange your meetings.
GROW your international reach and meet 460+ decision-makers from subSahran Africa and international carrier markets.

Who should attend?

Carriers
Service providers
Fixed-line operators
Mobile operators
ISPs
Subsea cable companies
Content developers
Content aggregators
CDNs

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Data centres
Co-location facilities
IT specialists
Equipment vendor
Regulators
Analysts
Investors
Consultants
Lawyers

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Who attends Capacity Africa?
GEOGRAPHICAL
BREAKDOWN

Africa - 49%
Europe - 36%
3% 5%

460+

20%

DELEGATE
BREAKDOWN

ATTENDEES

Middle East & Asia - 9%

Americas - 6%

C-level and Presidents 20%

EVP, SVP, VP, Director 37%
Senior Managers, Managers 35%
Advisors, Consultants: 3%
Government Officials- 5%

37%

35%

Who attended in 2013?

382 COMMUNICATIONS
A.D ENTERPRISES
AFRICA ANALYSIS
AFRICAN
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
UNION
AIRTEL
AMC TELECOM
AMS-IX
ANGOLA CABLES
ASIA BROADCAST
SATELLITE
AVYS TELECOM
BCS GROUP
BEOX
BEZEQ INTERNATIONAL
BHARTI AIRTEL
BICS
BOIZAR
BOTSWANA TELECOMS
BRIGHT TELECOM
BRINGCOM
BT
BURUNDI BACKBONE
SYSTEM
CANAR
TELECOMMUNICATION
CAVELL GROUP
CHINA TELECOM GLOBAL
CIMA TELECOM
CMC NETWORKS
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION OF KENYA

CONVERGENCE PARTNERS
CORE2AFRICA NETWORKS
CREO COMMUNICATION
CSG INTERNATIONAL
DALKOMSOMALIA /
FRONTIER OPTICAL
NETWORKS
DATAMENA
DJIBOUTI DATA CENTER
EKINOPS
EMIRATES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION - ETISALAT
EUTELSAT
EXPEREO
EXPEREO INTERNATIONAL
EXXON TELECOM GROUP
FOCUS TELECOM
GATEWAY
COMMUNICATIONS
GOOGLE
GROUP OF GOLD LINE.
COM
GTECH
GVANTAGE GROUP
HUTCHISON GLOBAL
COMMUNICATIONS
IBASIS
ICOSNET
INTERNET SOLUTIONS
INTEROUTE
ISOCEL TELECOM
JT JERSEY

LANCK TELECOM
LAP GREENN
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
LIBYAN INTERNATIONAL
TELECOM COMPANY
LIQUID
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
KENYA
MAAS TELECOM
MAIN ONE CABLE
COMPANY
MEASAT SATELLITE
SYSTEMS SDN BHD
MENA SUBMARINE CABLE
SYSTEMS
MIC TANZANIA
MIKE-TECH GENERAL
DEALERS
MILLICOM
MOBIK
MOVITEL SA
MTN BUSINESS KENYA
MULTINET PAKISTAN
NEWTELCO
NEXMO
NOWTEL CARRIER
SERVICES
NTT COMMUNICATIONS
NUCOM TECHNOLOGY
ORANGE
OTEGLOBE
PAKISTAN
TELECOMMUNICATION

COMPANY LIMITED
PAMOJA
PCCW GLOBAL
RICOCHET
ROKE TELKOM
SAFARICOM
SAMA S.A.L OFFSHORE
SAMITEL
SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY
SEACOM TANZANIA
SFR
SHENG LI TELECOM
INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
SKYNET
SOFTNET
SPACTRON
SPRINT
STARTEL
SUDATEL
SWITCHOVER
SYNCHRONOUS ICT
SYNIVERSE
TECHNOLOGIES
TANZANIA
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY
TATA COMMUNICATIONS
TELARIX
TELECOM EGYPT
TELECOM ITALIA SPARKLE
TELECOM NAMIBIA
TELECOM SERVICES
NETWORK

TELEFONICA
TELEGEOGRAPHY
TELEKOM MALAYSIA
TELEPHONY STRATEGIES
INC
TELIASONERA
INTERNATIONAL CARRIER
TELKOM KENYA
TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA
TELL
TELSERV
TELTAC WORLDWIDE
TELWIDE
THE MINISTRY OF
COMMUNICATIONS,
SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY TANZANIA
TURK TELEKOM
INTERNATIONAL
UGANDA TELECOM
VERIZON
VERIZON GLOBAL
WHOLESALE
VIBER MEDIA INC
VIETTEL TELECOM
COMPANY-VIETTEL GROUP
VODACOM
VODAFONE
VR TELECOM
WANANCHI TELECOM
WIOCC
WORLDSIM
ZANTEL

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YOUR NETWORKING & EXHIBITION FLOOR PLAN:

Make the most of Capacity Africa 2014 and book your meetings through our meeting
planner: MeetMe.
MeetMe allows you to:
Search the delegate list and contact attendees
View in-depth delegate profiles
Share brochures and marketing materials
Arrange meetings with individual or multiple delegates

Plan your full event schedule including the conference agenda

Delegates will recieve login details 2 weeks before the event
and MeetMe will remain open two weeks after the close of
Capacity Africa 2014

Entrance

Make introductions and exchange

business cards during an express
networking hour with potential
prospects - gain the contacts
needed to develop your business
in the region.

Registration

CAPACITY AFRICA 2014 NETWORKING

EXCHANGE: 15 October 2:30pm

Seating Area

The Networking Exchange

To register email nehreen.azim@capacitymedia.com

Catering

The Networking Exchange

EXTENDED NETWORKING SESSION

15 October 3:30pm
Utilise the extended afternoon networking session to visit the
exhibition room, network with other attendees and hold meetings.

Meeting tables

KIBO BALLROOM
CONFERENCE ROOM

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AMREF 5km Run
14 October 4:00pm

Capacity Media and the Liquid Telecom team will be embarking on a 5km
run around Dar es Salaam to raise money for AMREF (The African Medical &
Research Foundation), Africas largest health charity.
If you are attending Capacity Africa 2014 and would like more information about
joining the run or other ways to get involved, please go to our website
www.capacityconferences.com/Capacity-Africa or contact Nehreen Azim at
nehreen.azim@capacitymedia.com or call +44 (0) 20 7779 7290.

Lotus

Siam

ORIENTAL RESTAURANT

Oriental

Catering

MEETING ROOM HOLDERS 2014:

Overlooking Lobby Lounge

Catering

BRIGHT TELECOM
INTERNET SOLUTIONS
LIQUID TELECOM
MAIN ONE CABLE COMPANY
ORANGE
SAFARICOM
SAMA
SEACOM
TELECOM EGYPT
TELEKOM MALAYSIA
WIOCC

Sponsorship and exhibition opportunities

Are you looking to grow your business or align your brand more effectively in the African wholesale market?
Capitalise on the opportunity to meet the key market players by sponsoring or exhibiting at Capacity Africa 2014.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
For maximum exposure at Capacity Africa 2014, join our line-up of
sponsors to position your company as a leader in the African carrier
market, with significant branding and networking opportunities.

MEETING TABLES
Meeting tables offer a low cost alternative to a private meeting room so
you can conduct that all important face to face meeting. You dont have
to be an exhibitor to have a meeting table, though many exhibitors like to
conduct in-depth discussions at their meeting table with people they have
met at their stand.

EXHIBIT
Provide your company with the opportunity to demonstrate and display
products and services and generate new business development
opportunities at a branded meeting point.

To find out more about tailored solutions at Capacity Africa 2014 please
contact:

MEETING ROOMS
Book a meeting suite for your company at Capacity Africa 2014 and
secure a private space to conduct business.

Robert Barton
+44 (0) 20 7779 7229
robert.barton@capacitymedia.com

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PRE-EVENT: Tuesday 14 October 2014

4:00pm AMREF HEALTH AFRICA 5K RUN

For the third year running, Capacity Media and LIQUID TELECOM will be embarking on a 5km run in Dar es Salaam to raise money for Amref

Health Africa, Africas largest health charity. Find out how you can be a part of it at www.capacityconferences.com/Capacity-Africa-Run
7:00pm PRE-EVENT DRINKS RECEPTION 14 OCTOBER
All Capacity Africa 2014 delegates are invited to attend the pre-event drinks reception at
the Hyatt Regency Dar es Salaam. An ideal way to make those all-important contacts in
a relaxed setting before the conference begins.

sponsored by

DAY ONE: Wednesday 15 October 2014

8:30am Registration and networking breakfast
9:30am KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Hon. Mr. January Makamba

Minister of Communications, Science and Technology
GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA

9:40am KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: POWERING OFF-GRID HOMES IN AFRICA
An inspiring and exciting opportunity to hear from a revolutionary service provider providing electricity to rural homes in Kenya and Uganda through
solar power and mobile money technology
Jesse Moore
Co-Founder,
M-KOPA

10:00am KEYNOTE INDUSTRY DEBATE: ENDING THE BLAME GAME AND BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CARRIERS AND REGULATORS; WHO IS
REALLY INHIBITING CONNECTIVITY TO LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES AND THE UNIFORM GROWTH OF THE AFRICAN TELECOMS MARKET?

What are the key driving forces for opening markets to global investments?
- what are regulators hesitant about?
- steps for regulators and operators to work together to promote growth
- have carriers really provided governing bodies with the market tools they need to make key decisions?
Case for making fiber open acess
- fibre development loots are bigger than copper loots is this linked to the issue of open access?
- Discussing who the responsibility for this lies with
Connecting to landlocked countries: how and when will this happen?
- why is this taking so long?
- assessing regulators and market participants plans to partner to speed up this process benchmarking Zambias recent success
Honesty hour; chance for both groups to answer questions from the opposition and outline definitive action points

Moderator
Dobek Pater
Managing Director
AFRICA ANALYSIS

The Hon. Mr. January Mbarawa

Minister of Communications,
Science and Technology
GOVERNMENT OF TANZANIA

Matano Ndaro
Director
COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION OF KENYA

Operators
Byron Clatterbuck
CCO
SEACOM

Regulators

Prenesh Padayachee
CTO
INTERNET SOLUTIONS

Kamugisha Kazaura
CEO
TANZANIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS
COMPANY

Invited

Balcha Reba, Director, CIT Standardization and Regulation, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA
Margaret K. Chalwe-Mudenda, Director General, Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority, GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA

11:00am Morning coffee break and networking opportunity

sponsored by

12:00pm P
 RESENTATION: LONG-HAUL FIBER - AN ANALYTICAL REVIEW OF CAPACITY BEING BROUGHT INTO THE REGION
TO ENHANCE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AND PROMOTE GROWTH IN AFRICA

International fibre expansion and what that means for Africa

Update on the Asia Africa trade corridor
The AAE-1 cable and its impact on
African mobile broadband connectivity
- connecting Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe
- new services, trends whats driving demand and take-up

Moderator
Mike Van Den Bergh
CMO, PCCW GLOBAL &
MD, HKT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

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What does traffic from global markets mean for the region?
- benefits of low-latency connectivity
- opportunities for innovation and development
What other routes are pushing trade into Africa?
- China, India, Brazil, others who will impact the market most?

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12:20pm PANEL DISCUSSION: ASSESING THE DEVELOPMENT OF CROSS-BORDER AND LAST MILE INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORKS

Capacity into Central Africa - creating access to submarine cables for Malawi, Zambia and Congo
Tackling the challenge of limited bandwidth in an operator saturated market
Terrestrial connectivity: improving the reliability of last mile services
- how can networks be meshed?
- improving power supply
- how important is quality of service and can there be a premium attached to it?
Learning from Kenya: government driven initiative to share infrastructure
- outlook for other markets doing the same
Assessing the momentum in fiber development
- South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria infrastructure development
- understanding funding models for connectivity projects
- what opportunities will new infrastructure bring to these markets?
How is the region managing the balance of cost and pricing?
- strategic processes to manage the problem of prices being driven down whilst allowing operators to run profitable businesses
- looking at how to develop effective funding models
- what is the realistic ROI in building out network infrastructure and how can this be measured?
With rising network margins and a demand for more capacity, large bandwidth and distribution of fast data,
how will the need for cost-effective capacity to be brought into the country?
- cost of infrastructure too high versus decreasing cost of services to remain competitive

Moderator

Panelists

Peter Nyamukusa
Regional Technical Manager
WANACHI TELECOM

Funke Opeke
CEO
MAIN ONE
CABLE COMPANY

Ben Roberts
CTO
LIQUID TELECOM GROUP
& CEO, LIQUID TELECOM KENYA

Eckart Zollner
Head of Business
Development
NEW TELCO

Rashid Shamte
Founder & Head of, Group Strategy
SIX TELECOMS GROUP

Mokgethi Nyatseng
General Manager
Wholesale
BTC

Invited

Ernst Nitschke, CCO, TELEKOM NAMIBIA

1:05pm Lunch and networking opportunity

sponsored by

2:30pm CAPACITY AFRICA 2014 NETWORKING EXCHANGE

Make introductions and exchange business cards during an express networking hour with new contacts
and potential prospects. Gain the contacts needed to develop your business in the region.

The Networking Exchange

To register email nehreen.azim@capacitymedia.com

3:30pm Extended afternoon networking session

Utilise the extended afternoon networking session to visit the exhibition room,

network with other attendees and hold meetings.
5:15pm Drinks reception

Connect with other attendees in an informal environment.

sponsored by

sponsored by
The Networking Exchange

DAY TWO: Thursday 16 October 2014

9:00am Networking breakfast
10:00am THE BIG DATA DEBATE - CONTENT, CLOUD, INTERNET & MOBILE DATA
Big data and digital takeover is the talk of the town, this is your opportunity to join the sessions that are most relevant to you
and take part in thought leadership led networking roundtables. Meet the experts: Introduction from session leaders
Interactive roundtables where each session will last 15 minutes, participants will have the option
to attend 3 tables of their choice. There will be a Q&A at the end with all speakers.

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Roundtable Leader

Roundtable Leader

Mark Shoebridge
Chief Fixed
Services Officer
UGANDA TELECOM

ROUNDTABLE 1
HOW ARE OPERATORS COPING
AMIDST THE SURGE OF CONTENT
PLAYERS TO THE REGION?

Martin Nielsen
CEO & Co-Founder
MDUNDO

ROUNDTABLE 2
DEVELOPMENT OF
LOCAL CONTENT FOR
AFRICAN CUSTOMERS

OR

As the boom in content players infiltrate Africa,

this is an exclusive opportunity to learn about the
impact the increase in traffic has had on carriers.
What new strategies are being deployed to
efficiently deliver services and what options are
there to partner with OTTs? As markets
head towards an era where significant
traffic will be video applications, how
do operators generate revenue
from this?

The evolution of technology in the African

telecoms market is bringing to surface
some of the most innovative and exciting
content the industry has seen, particularly
in the digital music space. Find out
from the new kids on the block what
partnerships they have been striking
with operators, handset makers and
international labels

10:30am Morning coffee break and networking opportunity

sponsored by

11:30am THE BIG DATA DEBATE CONTINUED...

Roundtable Leader

Roundtable Leader

Joseph Kibwot
Business Development
Manager, Wholesale Data
SAFARICOM

ROUNDTABLE 3
EVALUATING AND PREDICTING THE
GROWTH OF BROADBAND IN THE REGION

Kai Wulff
Access Field
Development Director
GOOGLE

ROUNDTABLE 4
AN OTT PERSPECTIVE: ASSESSING
THE FUTURE OF CONTENT DELIVERY
THROUGH INNOVATION

Whats required to provide faster more reliable internet

to your end-users? Who has the innovative models to
pioneer an upgraded ethernet based mesh network?
How can we improve bandwidth and connectivity
in an environment where growth in smart phones is
decreasing the cost of access to networks but prices
for service providers are too high? This is
your opportunity to learn and discuss these
questions with an expert in the region

OR

There is much speculation about the development of

over the top services. This is a fairly fresh concept to
the African region and questions are arising; with a
notable lack of connectivity across all the corners of
the region, how will global content giants reach the
millions of customers? An exclusive opportunity to
hear about the futuristic technologies known
as drones being explored by the likes of
Facebook and Google

12:00pm THE BIG DATA DEBATE CONTINUED...

Roundtable Leader

ROUNDTABLE 4

Roundtable Leader

Anthony Voscarides
CEO
DJIBOUTI DATA CENTRE

UNLOCKING THE SECRETS TO

CLOUD COMPUTING
Cloud is securing its position as an essential
tool for businesses to optimise IT operations.
The real question is: have African carriers
succeeded in enabling the capabilities of the
cloud? Get to grips with the core essence
of cloud computing what is it? What can it
do? How is it promoting the delivery of video
content? This is a great opportunity for
carriers to understand how to take
advantage of this new
technology

ROUNDTABLE 6
EXECUTIVE CASE-STUDY: LTE - THE
NEXT GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY

OR

12:30pm Lunch and networking opportunity

2:30pm Close of Capacity Africa 2014

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Focus on West Africa: Lagos and Ibadan

are the first West African regions to receive
LTE networks. An exclusive opportunity
to hear from the leaders in this space
to sneak a glimpse at how they are
revolutionising broadband experience
for consumers

Irene Charnley
CEO
SMILE

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About the sponsors
Silver sponsors:

Main One is a wholly African owned communications Services Company delivering international connectivity and world class broadband services to companies
in West Africa. Backed by its open access,1.92 Tbps fibre optic cable and a state-of-the-art IP NGN backbone network, Main One delivers communication
services to Telecom Operators, Internet Service Providers, Governments and Large Enterprises in the region. Leveraging on a growing regional terrestrial network,
world class data centre facilities, and partnership with Tier 1 upstream carriers for Internet Connectivity, Main One ensures reliability and affordability of its services
and has become the preferred communications service provider in West Africa.
For more information, please visit www.mainonecable.com
NewTelco is a global network-neutral solution provider in the telecommunication industry that offers a broad array of value-added managed services helping
customers in building their eBusiness. NewTelcos three main product portfolio include: Carrier Interconnection Services; Colocation Service; Integration
Service. NewTelco services are available in the most important telecommunication locations worldwide. A key strength of the NewTelco offering has always been
the ability to provide customers with solution out of one hand.
For more information, please visit www.newtelco.de
Telefonica Global Solutions manages globally the multinational, wholesale and roaming business within the Telefonica Group. The wholesale unit provides
global telecommunication services for fixed and mobile operators, ISPs and content providers. It also delivers an integrated and competitive portfolio for carriers
and corporations that includes international voice, IP, IPX, bandwidth capacity, satellite, mobility, IT and platforms. The company offers direct connectivity between
Latin America, US, Europe and Asia through its extensive fibre optic international network that, together with its TIER 1 IP Backbone, has POPs in over 40
countries and carries over 24 billion minutes of international voice yearly.
For more information, please visit www.globalsolutions.telefonica.com/wholesale
WIOCC is Africas carriers carrier, providing international and African operators with a one-stop shop for international connectivity into, within and out of Africa.
WIOCC utilises over 55,000km of terrestrial fibre, much of it owned by its own shareholders, to offer affordable, reliable, managed connectivity to/from over 500
locations across 30 African countries. Its seamless, high-capacity international connectivity - delivered through strategic investments in EASSy, WACS and EIG
- extends to to100 cities in 29 countries in Europe and more than 700 cities in 70 countries globally.
For more information, please visit www.wiocc.net

Associate sponsors:
Bharti Airtel Limited is the 4th largest mobile operator in the world with operations in
20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company owns a state-of-the-art national and
international long distance infrastructure connecting emerging markets to the world. Its
global network runs across 225,000 Rkms, covering 50 countries and 5 continents. These
investments support an integrated suite of world class global and local connectivity solutions
spanning across voice and data, including Messaging and Signaling hubs, ITFS, Managed
Services and Satcom solutions. Bharti Airtel had over 299 million customers across its
operations at the end of May 2014.
For more information, please visit www.airtel.com/globalbusiness
Established in 2010, Bright Telecom is a facilities based, full service Telecommunications
Company organized to provide services in voice and data; satellite and fiber bandwidth,
value added services for the mobile market (VAS) and, in the near future, content. Based
in Northern Virginia, USA and Dubai, UAE, Bright Telecom is an up and coming company
organized by telecom veterans. The founders recognized the need for a company with the
experience and knowledge to help bridge the gap between carriers in developing parts of
the world and the ever changing global technical and services offering environment. The
company was founded with a mission of providing the highest quality services on the market
today through state of the art facilities and a focus on customer service.
For more information, please visit www.brightelecom.com
Botswana Telecommunications Corporations limited (BTCL) is the market leader of
converged telecommunication products. The company has two independent business units;
the Wholesale Wing which provides wholesale products and services to mobile operators,
ISPs, regional service providers and international service providers and the Retail Wing which
provides residential and business products and service. Located at the heart of Southern
Africa with neighboring countries as Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia, BTCL
Wholesale has interconnections and good relations with multiple service providers in the
region making it a trusted partner for both provisioning of services to the neighboring
countries and as a transit partner for transit product and services. Products offered include;
Transit IPLCs, Voice interconnections, data connectivity, MPLS, Co-location, infrastructure
sharing and IP Transit (Botsgate).
For more information, please visit www.btc.bw
Operating in 30 countries with a total customer base of 239 million customers including
181 million mobile customers, Orange is one of the worlds leading telecommunications
operators. With a network spanning 220 countries and territories worldwide and activities
on both retail and wholesale markets, Orange delivers leading-edge international wholesale
solutions to over 1,000 mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers.
Wholesale teams including sales force, network engineers and experts, combined with
international networks and Research & Innovation make it possible for Orange to offer the
peace of mind and quality expected by all its customers throughout the world.
For more information, please visit www.orange.com/wholesalesolutions
Safaricom Business is the enterprise unit of Safaricom Limited and the leading
enterprise communication solutions provider in Kenya with a solid network running on
multiple platforms that include 2G, 3G, WiMAX and fibre. The business unit also hosts
the largest indigenous cloud infrastructure in Africa and has made huge investments
in The East African Marine System (TEAMS) submarine cable, Terrestrial underground
fiber Capacity, and Overhead Power Utility Fiber Capacity, to backhaul submarine
capacity into Kenya and the East African region. The infrastructure positions Safaricom
Business as a competitive wholesale capacity provider both internationally and
regionally. In addition Safaricom Business provides other communication solutions
that include voice, data services (mobile/fixed) and mobile money services (M-PESA).
For more information, please visit www.safaricom.co.ke
Tigo started operations in 1994 as the first cellular network in Tanzania. It now covers 30
regions in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. Tigo strives to be Tanzanias most innovative
mobile phone operator, offering digital lifestyle services ranging from affordable mobile voice
communications, high speed Internet access, mobile financial services through Tigo Pesa,
mobile insurance and mobile agriculture.Tigo is part of Millicom which provides affordable,
widely accessible and readily available cellular telephone services to more than 50 million
customers in 15 emerging markets in Africa and Latin America.The success of Tigo is based
on the Triple A strategy, which stands for Affordability, Accessibility and Availability. We
create a world where mobile services are affordable, accessible and available everywhere
and to all. This guarantees that our subscribers experience the best services at the most
affordable rates throughout all 30 regions in both Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar.
For more information, please visit www.tigo.co.tz

Six Telecoms Co. Ltd. is the premier voice and data services provider in Tanzania, East
Africa, with an ever increasing regional presence. Our operations are two-fold with strategic
positioning as the international voice transit gateway of choice and the preferred data and
connectivity solutions provider. With over 120 interconnects worldwide, we support and
facilitate voice traffic to and from African and international destinations. Our unique network
architecture means our data solutions capitalize on the geographic advantage of Tanzania
we are a gateway to the region. Data solutions include broadband access, last mile solutions
(fiber and wireless/ microwave), IPLCs, NPLCs, Global MPLS solutions, collocation services
and more. Six Telecoms is the East African voice and data services provider of choice.
For more information, please visit www.6telecoms.co.tz
Telecom Italia Sparkle is a leading global telecommunication service provider, offering a
complete range of Data, Internet, Mobile and Voice solutions designed to meet the everchanging needs of Fixed and Mobile Carriers, ISPs, Content Providers, Multimedia Players
and Corporate Customers. With a history of experience and know-how in a multitude of
markets, Telecom Italia Sparkle owns and manages a global and technologically advanced
proprietary network which comprises of three major regional systems in Europe, the
Mediterranean and Latin America, in order to guarantee the availability of high quality,
end-to-end infrastructure in areas of strategic focus. In addition, our bilateral network
connects us with virtually every country worldwide. Through a global portfolio of services,
a state-of-the-art global network, advanced OSS, BSS and customer care capabilities and
through an extensive worldwide commercial presence, we are able to fulfill our mission of
providing customers with the best cost and top performing services on the international
telecommunications market.
For more information, please visit www.tissparkle.com
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysias broadband champion and leading integrated
information and communications group, offers a comprehensive range of communication
services and solutions in broadband, data and fixed-line. As a market leader, TM is driven by
stakeholder value creation in a highly competitive environment. The Group places emphasis
on delivering an enhanced customer experience via continuous customer service quality
improvements and innovations, whilst focusing on increased operational efficiency and
productivity. Leveraging on our extensive global connectivity, network infrastructure and
collective expertise, TM is well positioned to propel Malaysia as a regional Internet hub and
digital gateway for South-East Asia. TM remains steadfast in its transformation into a new
generation communications provider to deliver an enhanced and integrated digital lifestyle
to all Malaysians, and opening up possibilities through connection, communication and
collaboration, towards our shared vision of elevating the nation into a high-income economy.
For more information, please visit www.tm.com.my
As Tanzanias only full service provider, TTCL offers wide range of products for data and
voice through fixed and mobile network. TTCL has developed expertise with our technology
partners chosen for their quality and reputation in developing and managing world class
networks. In addition, we constantly strive to better understand your needs and design
services with input from you and other businesses in mind; hence our discerning customers
have come to expect superior quality of service for our fixed voice and data products.
For more information, please visit www.ttcl.co.tz
Wananchi Telecom Limited (WTL) is a subsidiary of Wananchi Group Holdings, with its
headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. We are the leading tier 1 carrier in East Africa, with strategic
partnerships with global Tier 1 Carriers, owning and operating fibre optic cable and satellite
systems out of East Africa, forming the basis of a robust network designed to provide
our customers with carrier grade services accessible in diverse geographical locations.
ASSETS: WTL has: Capacity on TEAMS submarine cable (consortium member), Capacity
on EASSY, SEACOM, SEMEWE4 and IMEWE (strategic Partnership), Terrestrial fiber
(DWDM, SDH) as either own-built fiber or dark fiber (leased and IRU terms), POPs: Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Mozambique, South Africa, UAE(Fujairah), London,
24*7*365 NOC, Qualified staff happy to serve you SERVICES: WTL offers: Whole Sale
Voice, IP transit, Backhaul, Metro Ethernet, MPLS Services, Colocation, Teleport Services
CUSTOMERS: WTL offers regional capacity across East Africa and international capacity
on undersea cables upto UK, Mumbai and Singapore. We target: (Global, Regional or inCountry) Telecom Operators, Internet Service Provider (ISPs), Virtual Network Operators/
Internet Service Providers (VNO/VISP)
For more information, please visit www.wananchitelecom.com
XOtel is one of the most stable and fastest growing telecoms. The company is rapidly
gaining momentum and within 8 years has managed to take a strong position in the market.
XOtel provides traffic in Europe, the CIS, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The company is
planning to add a fundamentally new activity to release the product that solves information
security problems. XOtel became co-founder and technical partner of an Icelandic company
SafeUM Communications ehf. in the development of SafeUM cryptographic messenger
providing the subscribers with reliable high quality connection and international calls at
competitive rates. SafeUM secure messenger provides an unprecedented level of personal
and business information security. Find out more about the messenger and its features here:
safeum.com. XOtel keeps up with cutting-edge trends and technologies and expands its
horizons by CONNECTING CONTINENTS
For more information, please visit www.xotel.com/en

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Platinum sponsor:
Liquid Telecom is the leading independent data, voice and IP provider in eastern, central and southern Africa. It supplies fibre optic, satellite and international
carrier services to Africas largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses of all sizes. Liquid Telecom has built Africas largest single fibre
network, currently spanning over 20,000km across borders and covering Africas fastest-growing economies. The company has operating entities in Botswana, DRC,
Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, UK, Zambia and Zimbabwe. They were named Best African Wholesale Carrier in both 2012 and
2013 at the annual Global Carrier Awards.
For more information, please visit www.liquidtelecom.com

Gold sponsors:

Internet Solutions is a pan-African telecoms service provider to both wholesale and enterprise markets.The company offers MPLS services with PoPs in 58 African
countries, and 14 other African countries supported via NNIs and partners. The company has over 15,500 sqm of data centre space across the African continent,
and is the largest provider of alternate last mile services in South Africa. IS also has Africas largest VSAT MPLS network and is able to offer the full suite of Layer 2
and Layer 3 products. Headquartered in South Africa, IS has offices across the African continent and sales offices in the Americas, Asia and Europe. The company
is 100% owned by Dimension Data and is part of the NTT Group.
For more information, please visit www.is.co.za
Covering more than 3000 cities and 130 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications solutions which include
Ethernet solutions, IP solutions, fiber and satellite transmission solutions, managed services and solutions, international voice and VoIPX services.
PCCW Global maintains regional centers in Hong Kong, Herndon, Virginia in the US, Paris in France, London in the United Kingdom, Gosselies in Belgium,
Johannesburg in South Africa, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Beijing in China, Tokyo in Japan, Seoul in Korea, Singapore, while our team maintains presence in
the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas.
For more information, please visit www.pccwglobal.com
SEACOM launched Africas first broadband submarine cable system along the eastern and southern coastlines in 2009, bringing with it a vast supply of high quality
and affordable Internet bandwidth. Since then, SEACOM has moved beyond being a cable operator to become a major pan-African service provider, offering a full
suite of resilient and scalable data services that allow Africas growing ICT community to develop and evolve. Ranging from dedicated IPL transmission services,
flexible Ethernet services, to resilient IP Transit service capabilities and accessible Internet connectivity, SEACOM can now provide tailor-made communication
solutions.
For more information, please visit www.seacom.mu

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