5 & 6 September 2017, Kampala

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MESSAGING & SMS SUMMIT AFRICA 2017

5 & 6 September 2017, Kampala

WHAT IS IT?

After three years of Messaging & SMS World in London, the mobile messaging industry’s only dedicated event is now going on the road to bring together not only MNOs, aggregators and carriers, but also leading messaging players & innovators in VoIP and RTC technology in Africa.

Co-located with Capacity Africa 2017, the summit offers unrivalled insights into opportunities in this rapidly growing sector, as well as the chance to hear from figures leading innovation in business models and messaging solutions. With a dedicated networking space, Messaging & SMS Summit Africa is the ideal platform to maximise business revenue opportunities and establish new partnerships in Africa.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

SMS AggregatorsMobile OperatorsCarriersVoIP Social Networks Software Solution ProvidersRegulatorsAnalysts

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THE MESSAGING & SMS SUMMITS

The best opportunity to meet, talk with and learn from others in the A2P industrySimon Stokes, COO, MODICA GROUP

One of the best events, because it is focused only on SMS businessYolanda Serena, Interconnection Manager, LLEIDA.NET

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BRAND NEW FOR 2017

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Purumedh GuptaVP & Business Head for Airtel

Business, AfricaBHARTI AIRTEL

Taha JiwajiFounder & CEOBONGO LIVE

Ian WallerCarrier Relations Director CLX COMMUNICATIONS

Aditya DhruvaVP & Head Messaging and Data

Business MAHINDRA COMVIVA

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2017

8:00am REGISTRATION AND WELCOME BREAKFAST

10:20am PRESENTATION: ANALYST INSIGHT – MARKET VALUE OF A2P AND P2P IN AFRICAMany carriers these days see SMS as a way of monetising their networks, but how much is the messaging market really worth? Get crucial information for strategy planning from experts on regional growth within A2P and P2P across Africa.

10:40am PRESENTATION: ANALYST INSIGHT – MAPPING GLOBAL A2P MESSAGING TRENDS Highlighting the most exciting developments within the A2P market, hear from analysts as they present innovative case studies from across the globe and predict general industry trends. Be inspired by successful businesses or find your unique niche for new opportunities.

11:00am COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

11:30am PANEL DISCUSSION: MONETISING THE A2P POTENTIAL – HOW AGGREGATORS AND OPERATORS CAN GROW THEIR SMS REVENUE Having heard about the potential of the A2P market, this panel discussion will look at various approaches to entering the industry for both aggregators and network operators, and debate the best ways to expand market reach. Which platforms and technology upgrades are required? How can SMS be integrated with other services such as voice? Which partnerships are possible and which are most beneficial?

Purumedh Gupta, VP & Business Head for Airtel Business, Africa, BHARTI AIRTEL Taha Jiwaji, Founder & CEO, BONGO LIVE Sharad Kumar Thukral, CEO MENA, ROUTE MOBILE Alice Katheu, General Manager, SOUTHWELL SOLUTIONS AFRICA

12:30pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

2:00pm PANEL DISCUSSION: CREATING INDUSTRY AWARENESS – SUPPORTING BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES AGAINST FRAUD There is undeniably great potential within the messaging industry, but to ensure it lives up to expectations, an adjustment of business mentality might be in order as fraud is not only costing SMS businesses, but also damaging the reputation of the industry. Where does the responsibility for supporting best business practice lie? How can cooperation be improved? And how do operators walk the fine line between protecting revenue and encouraging innovation?

Ian Waller, Carrier Relations Director, CLX COMMUNICATIONSPaul Johnson, Mobility Sales Director - Africa, TATA COMMUNICATIONS

2:45pm PRESENTATION: STRONG AGAINST FRAUD

THROUGH TECHNOLOGY – SECURING YOUR NETWORKS TO MAXIMISE REVENUEWhether it be grey routes, SIM farms or SMiShing, fraud is costing operators and aggregators money. Various fraud solution providers are promoting solutions said to safeguard networks against these trespasses, but with the wide variety of products we require, which are really worth investing in? Which bring the best RoI and where do the benefits and shortcomings lie? Can too much protection harm the business?

3:00pm COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

3:30pm PANEL DISCUSSION: BEYOND 2FA AND BANKING NOTIFICATIONS – DISCOVERING INNOVATIVE A2P USES AND TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES Mobile wallets and secure authentication processes have been amongst the most popular uses of A2P messaging next to the classic marketing text. Yet, where can the messaging industry go from here? How much potential do AI and chat bots really have and where are industry standards at right now? Which opportunities will be available within IoT and especially M2M and how can operators and aggregators tap into this market now?

Aditya Dhruva, VP & Head - Messaging and Data Business, MAHINDRA COMVIVA Brian Waluchio, CEO - East Africa, OXYGEN8

MESSAGING & SMS SUMMIT

Samuel Gikandi Co-founder and CEO AFRICA’S TALKING

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Sharad Kumar ThukralCEO MENA

ROUTE MOBILE

Alice KatheuGeneral Manager

SOUTHWELL SOLUTIONS AFRICA

Paul JohnsonMobility Sales Director - Africa

TATA COMMUNICATIONS

Brian WaluchioCEO - East Africa

OXYGEN8

4:15pm PANEL DISCUSSION: MESSAGING APP VS. SMS – CAN THE TEXT’S UBIQUITY LEAD TO INDUSTRY RECONCILIATION? The rise of the OTT messaging app has not destroyed the potential of the humble text message. Yet, the “us-versus-them” attitude is still prevalent within the industry. With SMS being praised for its international ubiquity, does it have any role to play in the ever-expanding universe of over-the-top communication applications? Can industry experts see a future where SMS and app integration lead to a reconciliation of network providers and OTTs?

5:00pm EVENING DRINKS RECEPTION

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2017

8:45am NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:30am ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS Join our open roundtable discussions for a unique opportunity to actively debate key industry topics with your peers. These is no RSVP necessary, just turn up to the debate and enjoy a thought-provoking discussion and exchange of ideas. TOPIC 1: KNOWING WHAT IS LEGAL – NAVIGATING THE REGULATORY MINEFIELD TOPIC 2: BUILDING A MESSAGING COMMUNITY IN AFRICA - HOW TO ENSURE INDUSTRY INTERESTS ARE BEING SUFFICIENTLY REPRESENTED TOPIC 3: CONSUMER TRENDS ACROSS THE CONTINENT – HOW A2P BUSINESSES ARE CHANGING

11:00am COFFEE AND NETWORKING BREAK

11:50am DEDICATED SMS MEET & GREET

12:30pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

2:30pm CLOSE OF MESSAGING & SMS SUMMIT AFRICA 2017

For more information on speaking opportunities please contact:

Martina Hollbacher, Senior Conference Producer | Capacity Conferences

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AFRICA 2017

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2017

Stefano OlivieriVP Line of Business Voice & Mobile

SPARKLE

Event sponsors

As Africa’s carriers’ carrier, WIOCC is revolutionising global connectivity into and out of 30 countries across eastern and southern Africa. Telecommunications carriers can take advantage of affordable and reliable, end-to-end managed services connecting Africa to the world. WIOCC is the largest shareholder in the EASSy submarine cable - at >10Tbit/s, one of the largest serving Africa – and has also made multi-million dollar investments in WACS and EIG, two high-capacity submarine cable systems serving the West and North African coasts respectively. These investments enhance WIOCC’s ‘east+west coast African diversity’ offering, reinforcing WIOCC’s ability to offer carriers high levels of redundancy and deliver the promise of reliable, high-speed connectivity all around Africa. WIOCC’s shareholders’ own terrestrial fibre networks interconnecting 30 African countries over more than 55,000km of terrestrial fibre-optic network, serving 500+ African locations, and WIOCC’s international reach extends to 100 cities in 29 countries in Europe and more than 700 cities in 70 countries globally.

For more information, please visit www.wiocc.net

Interxion (NYSE: INXN) is a leading provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services in Europe, serving a wide range of customers through 42 data centres in 11 European countries. Interxion’s uniformly designed, energy efficient data centres offer customers extensive security and uptime for their mission-critical applications. With over 600 connectivity providers and 21 European Internet exchanges across its footprint, Interxion has created connectivity, cloud, content and finance hubs that foster growing customer communities of interest.

For more information, please visit www.interxion.com

As one of the world’s leading wholesale providers, Orange International Carriers offers a comprehensive portfolio of innovative and flexible solutions to mobile operators, international carriers and OTTs worldwide. Its state-of-the-art IPX transport solutions, leading edge mobile services for 2G/3G/4G signalling and SMS, together with ever-dependable Voice services are supported by a submarine network of 450,000km. Customers can launch their own 4G service using Orange IPX Transport and LTE, as well as optimising roaming agreements via Orange Optimum Roaming OTA and SIM OTA management.

For more information, please visit www.orange.com/wholesalesolutions

Sparkle is a leading global service provider offering full range of IP, Data, Cloud, Data Center, Mobile Data and Voice solutions designed to meet the ever changing needs of Fixed and Mobile Operators, ISPs, OTTs, Media & Content Players, Application Service Providers and Multinational Corporations. Thanks to a state-of-the-art advanced global backbone of around 570.000 km of fiber and through an extensive worldwide commercial presence distributed over 37 countries, Sparkle ranks #9 globally for voice traffic while #7 worldwide for IP. Through a rich portfolio of services, a state-of the-art network based on the latest technologies, a globally distributed sales force and advanced customer care capabilities, Sparkle is able to fulfil its mission of providing custome rs with top performing and tailored solutions worldwide. With a truly global dimension and a local outlook, we stay close to our customers to understand their needs and ensure they receive the very best care. Sparkle. The world’s communication platform.

For more information, please visit us at www.tisparkle.com or at www.world.tisparkle.com

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia’s convergence champion and No. 1 Converged Communications Services Provider, 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.

For more information, please visit www.tm.com.my

A leading telecommunication provider and third largest mobile operator in the world, Airtel is engineered for speed and dedicated to delivering tailored solutions for your business. We provide state-of-the-art voice, data, cloud and digital solutions unlocking the business value in emerging markets with complete agility, transparency & execution excellence.

For more information, please visit www.airtel.in/globalbusiness/

Silver sponsors

Associate sponsors

TELECOM

CMC Networks is a Global Telecommunications Carrier, providing services for over 28 years, serving the data communications needs of wholesale carriers and government clients across the globe. CMC owns in excess of 104 global pops which are integrated into other wholesale carrier partner networks in order to deliver a global wholesale footprint to the carrier community. This insures a cost-effective, scalable and resilient network that is committed to the wholesale environment and their respective clients. CMC has the largest Pan African network spanning across 50 Countries. In addition, CMC has an extensive Middle Eastern (MENA and Western ASIA ) network, which is extended via our wholesale partner programme into other regions .The CMC Carrier Interconnect Model enables delivery into the USA , Europe , UAE, India , Asia , Australia and varies African aggregation points. CMC provides its clients with a broad portfolio of Carrier Grade Network Solutions including: Ethernet, MPLS, DIA and Private Line Services.

For more information, please visit www.cmcnetworks.net

FGL Telecom is a global telecommunications carrier providing premium quality and dependable voice, data and messaging services. Our wholesale Termination and Origination services focus on bringing you the very best in voice and messaging. FGL Telecom closes the gap for Service Providers eager to bridge the VoIP gap by offering a suite of innovative MVNO products and services, helping you capture the extra revenue otherwise left to your competition. Our data services allow Service Providers to reach their customers where they are with the best in class bandwidth and speed. We build your bridges at the speed of light. We take pride in providing the highest level of customer service and are committed to delivering high quality solutions to you.

For more information, please visit www.fgltelecom.com

Safaricom Wholesale is your partner in a connected world. A key wholesale market player offering a comprehensive mix of telecommunication solutions. Our infrastructure and expertise positions us as a premier solutions provider globally. We pride ourselves in providing world class solutions that enable our clients and partners to be connected globally.

For more information, please visit www.safaricom.co.ke/business/wholesale-roaming

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 in-Country) Telecom Operators, Internet Service Provider (ISPs), Virtual Network Operators/Internet Service Providers (VNO/VISP). Think Africa Think Wananchi Telecom!!!

For more information, please visit www.wananchitelecom.com

Bandwidth & Cloud Services Group Limited is a provider of wholesale bandwidth to operators and Internet Service Providers in East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Tanzania) leveraging our shareholding in The East African Marine System (TEAMS) and a unique terrestrial route through Ethiopia and Djibouti. BCS has POPs in London, Mombasa, Nairobi, Tororo, Kampala, Masaka, Mbarara, Kabale, Isibania, Dar-es-salam, Moyale and and Kigali providing the following services: • Wholesale dedicated Internet bandwidth (10 Mb to STM-16) • MPLS and IPLC services between any of the POPs above • All services delivered by TDM, SDH and/or Ethernet interfaces Why our customers go with BCS: • Competitive prices • Unique regional coverage • Carrier grade availability and support • Focused on wholesale and do not compete with our customers in the consumer/enterprise space

For more information, please visit www.bcs-ea.com

DE-CIX provides premium Internet exchange (IX) services and operates several carrier and data center-neutral Internet exchanges internationally. Founded in 1995, DE-CIX has established an environment for the bilateral settlement-free exchange of Internet traffic, called peering. The company serves 800+ carriers, ISPs and content networks from 60+ countries, including all leading international players in various metro markets in Europe, the Middle East and North America. With 5.1+ Terabits per second of peak traffic, DE-CIX Frankfurt is the world’s leading Internet exchange. DE-CIX is your one-stop-shop for peering, interconnection and additional IX services.

For more information, please visit www.de-cix.net

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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 Africa’s largest mobile network operators, ISPs, financial institutions and businesses of all sizes. Liquid Telecom has built Africa’s largest single fibre network currently spanning over 50,000km, across borders and covering Africa’s fast-est-growing economies where no fixed network has existed before. Working under various brands, the Liquid Telecom Group has operating entities in Botswana, DRC, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, UAE, Uganda, UK, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The company has been named Best African Wholesale Carrier for the last five years at the annual Global Carrier Awards.

For more information, please visit www.liquidtelecom.com

PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 150 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, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Greece, France, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

For more information, please visit www.pccwglobal.com

SEACOM launched Africa’s 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. Today, SEACOM is the preferred partner for African enterprises, network carriers and service providers. Through its ownership of Africa’s most extensive ICT data infrastructure - including multiple subsea cables and a resilient, continent-wide IP-MPLS network – SEACOM provides flexible, scalable and high-quality communications services that enable the growth of the continent’s economy.

For more information, please visit www.seacom.mu

Platinum sponsor

Gold sponsors

AFRICAN-BASED SMS AGGREGATORS $449 per pass

FULL PRICE $1,099 per pass

EARLY BIRD (EXPIRES 28 JULY 2016) $999 per pass

3 PASSES $733 per pass (total $2,199)

4 PASSES $650 per pass (total $2,600)

5 PASSES $600 per pass (total $3,000)

Venue information

Kampala Serena HotelKintu Road, Kampala, Uganda t: +256 414 309 000 | w: www.serenahotels.com/serenakampala

Capacity Media has negotiated a specially discounted room rate for delegates requiring overnight accommodation at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Once you have confirmed your registration for the event, we will provide details of how to book your room at the discounted rate.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A LIMITED ROOM BLOCK AT THIS RATE AND ROOMS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.

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Host sponsorCSquared is a technology company, making commercially driven investments into broadband-enabling infrastructure throughout Africa. When it comes to Internet access, a basic connection is useful — but it is abundant, affordable broadband that can transform communi-ties and help people make the most of opportunities online. By investing in internet infrastructure and making it available to local ISPs and MNOs, CSquared helps bring high-quality broadband access to Africa’s large cities.

For more information, please visit www.csquared.com

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