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Great Rift Valley ICT SummitTHE OFFICIAL SUMMIT GUIDE

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17–18 July 2013, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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GRV ICTGreat Rift Valley ICT Summit

Contents

Welcome 3

Timetable of Events 4

List of Roundtables 8

Profiles: Country Delegations 10

Profiles: Speakers 17

Participants List 22

Participants Profiles 24

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WELCOME

I’m delighted to welcome you all to the Great Rift Valley ICT Summit.

This is the third event in our series of GRV summits focused on the huge opportunities in this glorious part of the world, and I would personally like to thank the officials present for their great and valued support.

Government delegations from Great Rift Valley region testify to the increasing profile of these meetings, and I hope that they continue to serve as a constructive and worthwhile forum for discussion, contacts and business.

Information and Communication Technologies have already become part of our lives and businesses. Progress in this area is critical for development in all other areas but the world is experiencing vast discrepancies in the penetration and use of these technologies.

Information and Communications Technologies are all encompassing and empowering the way we lead our lives and conduct our business. Progress in the Great Rift Valley region is dependent on settling the vast discrepancies in the penetration and use of these technologies.

Connecting the unconnected has never been so critically linked to providing a decent living standard and to driving economic growth. The Rift Valley is not only one of the world’s most hungry regions in this respect but it is also one of unprecedented growth with amazing solutions being developed and installed.

We now have better, greener and more efficient ICTs available while the cost has fallen dramatically in the last decade.

Such technologies are now being installed throughout The Rift Valley but there are still vast opportunities for growth, be it in developing the ICT backbone, the last-mile connectivity or in the quality and reach of services.

There are great hopes for the people of the Great Rift Valley, and also for investors drawn to the region.

I hope that our GRV ICT Summit can help this sector continue to expand, and that all participants will find this relaxed setting an ideal venue to further their aims.

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TimeTable of evenTs

Tuesday 16th July 2013 PRE-EVENT REGISTRATION & NETWORKING, 17:00 Beachfront, Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort

Day one: Wednesday 17th July, 2013 KIKWETE Hall, Kunduchi Beach Hotel and ResortREGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE 08:00

WELCOME REMARKS 08:20 Mr. James RAMSEY CEO, Entico Corporation

TANZANIA NATIONAL ANTHEM 08:25

SESSION ONE: COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS SESSION ONE

Tanzania Hon. Prof. makame mbaRaWa, mP (Chair) 08:30 Minister of Communication, Science and Technology

AU Commission H.e. Dr. elham mahmoud ibRaHim 08:50 African Union (AU) Commissioner Infrastructures and Energy

Djibouti Hon. ali Hassan baHDon 09:10 Minister of Communication

Kenya Hon. Dr. fred okengo maTianG’i 09:30 Minister of Information and Communications

Uganda Hon. mr. John nasasiRa 09:50 Minister of Information and Communications Technology

Zambia Hon. mr. mukanga Dingle YamfWa 10:10 Minister of Transport, Communications, Works and Supply

Coffee anD neTWoRkinG 10:30

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SESSION TWO: INFRASTRUCTURE I

session CHaiR: mr. Haijun JianG 10:50 Deputy Director, CITCC – Gold Sponsor

PANEL: mr. Richard bell 11:10 CEO, Wananchi Group Holdings Ltd broadband in east africa

mr. mike lasT 11:30 Director, Marketing & Intl. Business Development, WIOCC international submarine connectivity: a critical asset for telcos and isPs

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mr. Peter lYons 12:10 Director of Public Policy - Africa & Middle East, GSM Association (GSMA) maximizing the benefits of the Digital Dividend in africa

lunCH & neTwoRkinG 12:30

PRESCHEDULED ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS 14:00 please check roundtables numbers on page 8

DAY CLOSE 18:00

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Day Two: Thursday 18th July, 2013 KIKWETE Hall, Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort

WELCOME COFFEE 08:00

SESSION THREE: COUNTRY PRESENTATIONS SESSION TWO

African Union H.e. Dr. elham mahmoud ibRaHim (Chair) African Union Commissioner Infrastructures and Energy

Burundi Hon. mrs. léocadie niHaZi 08:20 Minister for Telecommunications, Information, Communication and Relationships with the Parliament

Malawi Hon. mr. moses Kunkuyu KalonGasHaWa 08:35 Minister for Information and Civic Education

Mozambique Hon. mr. louis Pelembe 08:50 Minister of Transportation and Communications

South Sudan Hon. maj. Gen. mr. madut Yel 09:05 Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Congo DR mrs. sikuli-Kivuya marie-Jaqueline masiKa 09:20 General Secretary, Congo DR Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication & ICT

SESSION FOUR: POLICY, REGULATION, CAPACITY BUILDING & APPLICATIONS

session CHaiR: mr. David saWe, Country General Manager, IBM – Silver Sponsor 09:35

Panel: mr. Zouli bonKoUnGoU 10:00 Telecommunication & ICT Expert, African Union Development of iCT infrastructure in the frame work of PiDa

mr. adam mambi 10:15 Assistant Executive Secretary, Law Reform Commission of Tanzania (LRC) legal aspects on Cyber security

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Coffee and neTworking 10:30

mr. mohamed noorani 10:50 Head of Network Planning and Management, African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) Capacity building for mobile networks in east africa

ms. ashnah kalemera 11:05 Programmes Officer, Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) balancing freedom and security on the internet in east africa

SESSION FIVE: INFRASTRUCTURE II

session CHair: mr. dan ZaJiCek, CEO, Gilat Satcom – Gold Sponsor

PANEL: mr. eyal Zafrir 11:20 VP Business Division & Business Development, Bezeq International

mr. francis TUsUbira 11:40 CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance eU and africa Cooperation on iCT network development

mr. John ndUngUrU 12:00 M-Commerce Corporate, AirTel alternative Payment Channels: mobile money in Tanzania

lUnCH & neTworking 12:30

PRESCHEDULED ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS 14:00

SUMMIT CLOSE 18:00

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list of roundtablestable no CountrY deleGations 1 Burundi Ministry for Telecommunications, Information, Communication 2 Djibouti Ministry of Communication 3 Kenya Ministry of Information & Communications 4 Malawi Ministry for Information and Civic Education 5 Mozambique Ministry of Science and Technology 6 South Sudan Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Service 7 Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology 8 Uganda Ministry of Information and Communications Technology 9 Zambia Ministry of Transport, Communications, Works & Supply

table no GoVernMental aGenCies 10 COSTECH - Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology 11 TCRA - Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority 12 MACRA - Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority

table no orGanisations 13 AFRALTI - African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute 14 African Union Commission 15 CIPESA - Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa 16 GSMA - GSM Association

table no iCt PartiCiPants 17 2Mobile Tanzania 18 Airtel Tanzania 19 Basic Transmissions Ltd. 20 CTV - Cable Television Network Ltd. 21 Huawei Technologies Tanzania 22 KDN - Kenya Data Network 23 ONATEL - Burundi National Office for

Telecommunications 24 Orange Tanzania 25 Seacom Tanzania Ltd. 26 TTCL - Tanzania Telecommunications Co. Ltd. 27 Telesis Tanzania Ltd. 28 ThaiCom

29 Tigo Tanzania 30 UbuntuNet Alliance 31 Vodacom Tanzania 32 WIOCC 33 ZANTEL - Zanzibar Telecom Ltd 34 Wananchi 35 ZARNet 36 Rural Netco Ltd 37 Liquid Telecom 38 Telecom Italia Sparkle 39 Safaricom 40 Djibouti Telecom

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tanzania Hon. Prof. Makame Mbarawa (MP) Minister Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and TechnologyProfessor Makame MBARAWA is the current Minister of Communication, Science and Technology, position he holds from November 2010. On November 2010, Prof. MBARAWA was nominated Member of Parliament by His Excellency Dr. Jakaya Mrisho KIKWETE, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania.Prof. MBARAWA’s political career began in 2007, when he was elected a Member of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) political party. In April 2011, he was elected a member of the party’s Central Committee. During the last general election he vied for the Mkanyageni constituency Parliamentary seat on a CCM ticket but lost.Before engaging in political life, Prof. MBARAWA taught in Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was promoted to the position of Associate Professor in October 2005 and finally to that of Full Professor and head of department of Mechanical Engineering in July 2009.Prof. MBARAWA’s research interests are combustion of gaseous fuels, flue gas desulphurization, filtration combustion in porous media, soot formation in laminar diffusion flames, alternative fuels and renewable energy resources and biomass combustion. Over the years, Prof. MBARAWA has published 45 articles in local and international journals and presented 36 scientific papers in various local and International conferences.Prof. MBARAWA holds an MSc Marine Engineering degree from Astrakhan State Technical University, Astrakhan- Russia, and a PhD from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Hon. Januari MaKaMba Deputy Minister Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology

Prof. John nKoMa Director General TCRA – Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority

dr. Hassan MsHinda Director General COSTECH - Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology

dr. florens M. turuKa Permanent Secretary Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology


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Profiles: country delegationseng. dr. Zaipuna o. yonaH Director for Information and Communication Technology Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and TechnologyEng. YONAH is a Registered Consulting Engineer and the Director for ICTs in the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology, with over 30 years of practice. His work spanned the academia, industry and policy making fields.He is currently driving the national broadband agenda in Tanzania, including the implementation of the National ICT Broadband Backbone (N-ICT-BB) infrastructure project, as a visionary, revolutionary and an enlightened game plan with power for transforming peoples’ lives in Tanzania. He believes that ICTs, as tools for development, promise so much in terms of interactivity, permanent availability, global reach, reduced transaction costs per unit, increased productivity and value, jobs and wealth, multiple sources of information and knowledge. Armed with such a belief, his current work aims at creating and delivering value in the shortest times possible.

eng. clarence icHWeKeleZa Director for Communication Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and TechnologyMs Clarence ICHWEKELEZA is a Director of Communication Services at the Ministry of Communications Science and Technology (MCST) in the United Republic of Tanzania. At the MCST, Ms. ICHWEKELEZA successfully facilitated the enactment of the Electronic and Postal Communication Act., which provided for the sharing of network infrastructure, co-location, physical addressing and postal code system and mobile number registration in Tanzania. She is currently playing a pivotal role in reviewing the National ICT policy 2003 and in the establishment of the National ICT Coordination body at the Ministry. Before joining the Ministry 4 years ago, Clarence was a Business Quality Manager in the TTCL - Tanzania Telecomm Company for 3 years, since 2007. As a member of senior management team, responsible for formulating overall company strategic business direction, she oversaw implementation and reviewed company business performance. Clarence has effectively played an instrumental role in organizational and operational transformation of TTCL into a more business and customer focused organisation. Clarence holds a BSc in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the Ukraine State Academy of Telecommunications and an MBA from the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI).

dr. Patrick MaKungu Deputy Permanent Secretary Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and TechnologyPatrick James MAKUNGU is a Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communication Science and Technology, Tanzania. He is also an Associate Professor at Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania and a registered mechanical engineer.Before joining the Ministry three years ago, he worked as Director General of the CAMARTEC - Centre for Agricultural Mechanization and Rural Technology in Arusha, Tanzania, a state-owned organization producing agricultural machines and rural technologies where he worked for three years.During most of his professional life, Prof. MAKUNGU has invariably participated in formulating different policies in science and technology, including the on-going work on review of the National Information Communication Technology policy and on Tanzania on Science, Technology and Innovation Reform programme. He is an author of two books on technology related themes. Prof. MAKUNGU holds a PhD the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Mr. Peter PHiliP ICT Engineer Tanzania Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology


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Mr. adam MaMBi Assistant Executive Secretary Reform Commission of TanzaniaAdam Mambi holds a LLB.Hons, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Masters of Law, University of Aberdeen UK, and is a PHD Candidate on ICT Law, University of Dar Es Salaam.He has authored various articles and books on legal and policy issues on ICT & Cyber Security Law & Intellectual Property Law. He is author of the Book on ICT & Cyber law, published in 2010.Currently he is Assistant Executive Secretary & Head of Research Department, The Law Reform Commission of Tanzania and a Member of the Secretariat to the Constitutional Review Commission, Tanzania. He is a UN (ITU & UNECA) consultant and expert on ICT Law/Cyber Law, Cyber Security & Intellectual Property Law as well as a Resource Person (at national, regional & International Level) on Cyber Security, Cyber Laws/ICT Laws, Intellectual & Property Law. He is a UN Consultant on drafting cyber laws for Seychelles, Tanzania, Ethiopia & Zambia; ITU International drafting SADC Model Laws on cybersecurity and local consultant on Review of the ICT Policy 2003 Tanzania and Drafting New ICT4D Tanzania 2013.

BurundiHon. Mrs. leocadie niHaZi Minister Burundi Ministry for Telecommunications, Information, Communication and Relationships with ParliamentHon. NIHAZI has been appointed to her current position on January 2013 coming from the position of legal and administrative advice to the Office of President of the National Assembly of Burundi where she assisted in the development of the legal form of all acts of an administrative nature that the President of the National Assembly and the other members of office of the National Assembly are required to sign. She is also a Member of the Management Cell Procurement in the National Assembly.Hon. NIHAZI also holds honorary positions such as Vice-President of the Burundi Red Cross, Member of the Management Committee of the Women’s Solidarity Association Youth, Member of the National Electoral Commission and she has delivered many presentations on behalf of Burundi in various international forums such as Parliamentary Conference on Human Rights, Geneva and others.

Mr. albert nyaBenda Director Burundi Ministry for Telecommunications, Information, Communication and Relationships with ParliamentMr. NYABENDA is in charge of maintaining the website of the government, feeding it with pieces of original research he is conducting on the relevant areas and markets where the ministry is working.

Mr. anicet niyongaBo Chief of Cabinet of the First Vice-President Office of the President of the Republic of Burundi

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CONGO DR Mrs. Sikuli Kivu MASIKA General Secretary of ICTCongo DR Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication & ICTMrs. MASIKA has been holding her current position since 2009 having actively assisted the minister in developing and implementing the national ICT policy. In the past, she has held various positions within the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economy.Ms. Michele WAKUSOMBA KABANGU Advisor to the MinisterCongo DR Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication & ICTMs. Kabangu has been Advisor to the Minister of Post, Telecommunications & NTIC in the DRC since September 2012. She has worked for over 12 years in the telecom industry in South Africa and recently relocated to the DRC. Previous positions have included: Account Manager at Altech Namitech; Head of Business Solutions at Celtel DRC (today rebranded Airtel DRC), Sales Executive at Altech Namitech; Brand & Communication Manager at Warid Congo (Congo Brazzaville) and Sales Account Manager at Giesecke & Devrient, SIM cards & solutions providers to MNOs.

DJIBOUTI Hon. Mr. Ali BAHDON Minister of CommunicationDjibouti Ministry of CommunicationMr. Abdourachid IDRISS NOURAdvisor to the Ministry, Djibouti Ministry of CommunicationMr. Idriss Ismael AOULEDGeneral Manager, Djibouti TelecomMr. Mohamed AHMED MOHAMEDHead International Business, Djibouti Telecom

KENYA Hon. Mr. Fred MATIANG’I Minister, Kenya Ministry of Information & CommunicationsDr. Fred MATIANG’I is the Cabinet Secretary at the Ministry of Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) in the government of Kenya.Before his appointment, Dr. Matiangi was the Regional Representative in East Africa for the Centre for International Development at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, the State University of New York (SUNY/CID). He formerly served as Chief of Party for Kenya’s Parliamentary Strengthening Program.

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Dr. MATIANG’I held research and program implementation positions in various civil society organizations in Kenya and conducted research and training for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the World Bank Institute, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), among others. He also taught at the Egerton University and the University of Nairobi.Dr. MATIANG’I’s education includes a Ph.D. in communication and comparative literature from the University of Nairobi, an M.A. in English from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelors of Education degree from Kenyatta University, in Kenya.

Malawi Hon. Mr. Moses Kunkuyu KalONGaSHawa Minister Malawi Ministry for Information and Civic Education

Hon. Mr. Jolly Saweta Dyson KalElO Member of Parliament, ICT Committee Malawi National Assembly

Hon. Mrs. Bernadetta MlaKa MaliRO Member of Parliament, ICT Committee Malawi National Assembly

Hon. Mr. Bauleni Jimmy MaNNaH Member of Parliament, ICT Committee Malawi National Assembly

Hon. Mr. Godfrey MUNKHONDYa Member of Parliament, ICT Committee Malawi National Assembly

Mr. Charles Casimir NSaliwa Director General Malawi Communications Regulatory AuthorityA self motivated telecommunications engineer, specialized in Satellite Communications. He has thirty four years experience in both national and international telecommunication networks business operations and regulatory issues.Currently he is the Director General of the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) for the past three years. He has championed a program called ‘connect-a- constituency’ aimed at establishing multipurpose tele-centers in all the 193 constituencies in the quest to promoting universal ICT access in rural areas of the Republic of Malawi. He is also working on enablers to facilitate affordable and best quality of ICT services for consumers in the Republic of Malawi, while professionally managing the Malawi Frequency Spectrum in order to accommodate latest and future technologies in the ICT sector with emphasis in mobile broadband services thereby attracting investors.

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MOZAMBIQUE Hon. Mr. Louis PELEMBE Minister Mozambique Ministry of Science and TechnologyProf. Louis PELEMBE is currently Minister of Science and Technology of the Republic of Mozambique. Before this appointment he was Professor and Director of Regional Research Cooperation at University of Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) in Mozambique. He was also a Member and Secretary of Maputo City Assembly (2009-2012) in Mozambique.He has worked with the UN and other international development-oriented organizations. Recent successfully concluded assignments include: UNIDO & FAO International Expert in Agribusiness and Agro-Industries in Africa; UNIDO’s National Expert/Specialist on Repair and Maintenance; UNIDO’s National Food Legislation Expert; UNIDO/SADC International Agro-Food Processing Expert; FAO National Consultant for Food & Nutrition Security. He is WISHH (World Initiative for Soy in Human Health) Project Officer for Mozambique.His membership to professional institutions includes: South Africa Association of Food Science and Technology (SAAFoST); World Soy Foundation; Soy Southern Africa; South African Society of Dairy Technology (SASDT); South Africa Institute of Chemical Engineers; Ordem de Engenheiros de Moçambique (Mozambican Institute of Engineers) & President of Chemical Engineering Branch for 2003-2009; Cereal Science and Technology Southern Africa (former ICC-Southern Africa)- Founder Member & Representative for Mozambique. Prof. PELEMBE has also published extensively on themes relevant to East Africa.He holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the Postgraduate School of Agriculture & Rural Development at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, an MSc in Chemical Engineering and a BSc. Eng. (Hons) with specialization in Food Industry from the UEM (Mozambique).

SOUTH SUDAN Hon. Maj. Gen. Mr. Madut YEL Minister Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services

Mr. Simon DIR Senior InspectorMinistry of Telecommunications and Postal Services

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UGANDA Hon. Mr. John Mwoono NASASIRA Minister Uganda Ministry of Information and Communications Technology Hon. John M. NASASIRA has held many portfolios in the Government of the Republic of Uganda since first elected to Parliament to represent Kazo Constituency in February 1989. Since, he has been re-elected in 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011. The posts held have included Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Minister for General Duties in Prime Minister’s Office, Government Chief Whip/Cabinet Minister and Minister of Works and Transport.Hon. NASASIRA graduated with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi. He qualified as a Chartered Engineer (UK) in 1986 and became a Member of UK Institution of Engineers (MICE), a Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE) and a Member of Institution of Engineers of Kenya (MIEK). He is also a Fellow of Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers (UIPE) and is currently the Patron of this Institution.

Mr. David TURAHI Director for Information Technology and Information Management Services Uganda Ministry of Information and Communications Technology

Mr. Samuel Ofungi OLUM Personal Assistant to the Minister Uganda Ministry of Information and Communications Technology

ZAMBIA Hon. Mr. Mukanga Dingle YAMFWAMinister of Transport, Communications, Works, & SupplyZambia Ministry of Transport, Communications, Works, & SupplyHon. Mr. YAMFWA is a dynamic professional Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of practical engineering experience, having started work with the largest Mining National Conglomerate, Ex-ZCCM.Hon. YAMFWA was first elected Member of Parliament in 2004, 2006 and 2011. He has, since, held several government appointments: Party Whip; Provincial Minister of Copperbelt Province; Minister of Mines, Energy and Water Development and currently is Minister of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication, position he also held in the past.Hon. YAMFWA holds a BSc from the University of Zambia in Mechanical Engineering.

Mr. Luwani SOKODirector of CommunicationsMinistry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications

Mr. Ellings Tembo MCHULU Protocol Officer Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communications

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Profiles: sPeakersMr. richard Bell SimbaNet Ltd. / Wananchi Richard Bell is a seasoned ICT entrepreneur, turned venture capitalist and is currently Chief Executive Officer of East Africa Capital Partners (EACP) the first Venture Capital Fund Manager in Sub Saharan Africa. Richard plays the dual role of also being CEO of the fund’s flagship investment Wananchi Group (Holdings) Ltd which encompasses investments in: Cable TV Triple Play Infrastructure (under the Zuku Brand), International Submarine Fiber Optic Cables, Terrestrial Long Distance Regional Fiber Optic Cable Networks, Business Telecom Services, Direct To Home Satellite Pay TV, TV Content & Programming Creation, and Digital Terrestrial TV. Richard has been actively involved in the development of ICT in Africa. He was Chairman of the Kenya Capital Markets Authority Task Force on ICT Impact/venture investing in East Africa. He was also a founding Director of the Kenya ICT Board which was created by the Head Of State in 2007 to drive the development of Kenya as a Global BPO/ICT outsource destination. He previously held various other non-profit positions including; founding Chairman of the Kenya Network Information Center (KENIC) and founding Chairman of the Telecommunications Service Providers’ Association of Kenya (TESPOK).Richard holds a BSc (Hons) from the University Of St Andrews, Scotland & is a Sloan Fellow (MSc) of the London Business School, England.

Dr. Zouli BoNkoUNGoU Telecommunication & ICT Expert African Union Commission

Since 2004 to date, Dr Bonkoungou is a Consultant Technical Advisor on Telecoms & ICT in the Department of Infrastructure and Energy of the African Union Commission (AUC). In the framework of his mandate in the AUC he led and participated in the implementation of projects and development of policy and infrastructure framework in the areas of Telecoms and ICT including the Reference Framework for Harmonization of Policies and Regulations of Telecommunications & ICT in Africa, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) , the Pan African e-network of fiber optics and satellites for the provision of Tele Medicine, Tele Education and diplomatic Communications services to the 54 AU Member States, funded by the Government of India in the amount of about 125 million U.S. dollars.From 1984 to 2004, Mr. Bonkoungou held several positions including planning and operation of telecommunications networks and management at the Office National des Telecommunications, the Burkina Faso Telecom Operator. He chaired the Board of Directors of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Burkina Faso for 3 years. He also represented Burkina Faso in several international conferences organized by ITU, Intelsat, ECOWAS and has been respectively Expert Advisor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Regional African Satellite Communications Organization (RASCOM).Dr Zouli Bonkoungou holds a PhD in Electronics and Radiocommunications from the University of Grenoble, France and an M.Sc in Physics from the University of Franche Comté, Besançon, France.

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Profiles: sPeakersMr. Haijun JiaNG Deputy Director China International Telecommunication Construction Corporation (CITCC) Mr. JIANG holds a Bachelor Degree of Metallurgy from the University of Science and Technology of Anshan, China and an MBA from the State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. He has worked for CITCC since 2010 and previously worked for The Institute of Iron & Steel Research of Anshan Steel Corporation, The International Trade Company of Anshan Steel Corporation and Qiubishou International Trade Company.

Mr. amit Dave Chief Technology Officer IBM-Tanzania LtdAmit is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and a Member of the IBM Technical Academy. He joined the IBM East Africa team in January 2013, and is based out of Nairobi. Today, he is responsible for working closely with IBM clients and partners, fostering and recommending new innovative solutions around smarter cities, analytics, cloud computing, data center transformation, and leads our team of engineers to become the next technical leaders in Africa.Amit joined IBM in 1990 in the UK offices as a consultant and subject matter expert for their European operations. Amit moved to IBM USA in 1994 to join the International Technical Support Organization and continued his career path in IBM where Amit helped influence IBM development strategies on virtualization, systems management, business continuity, analytics and cloud computing.As a Chief Technology Officer, Amit also led the effort to set up a business unit within IBM that focused on transforming IT from managing assets to managing a set of services and driving automation into IBM products. This included working closely with key industry Independent Software Vendors and helping them optimize their software portfolio for IBM platform.

H.e. Dr. elham Mahmoud iBraHiM Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy African Union Commission For over 33 years, Dr. Ibrahim has served in the academic research, electrical energy production & interconnection, energy strategies and policies, international cooperation, technical agreements and protocols, energy planning studies, computer aided design and management of energy projects, renewable energy including hydropower. She has held various posts among which are: First Under Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State for International cooperation in the Ministry of Electricity and Energy in Egypt, General Manager for training and promotion, Director of photovoltaic, research and testing department in the New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA); in Cairo; Associate professor at the Girl’s Faculty in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Senior Engineer at the High Dam Power Station, Aswan, and Researcher at the National Research Center, Cairo. In 28 April 2008 she was elected and appointed Commissioner of Infrastructure & Energy, in the African Union Commission. In July 2012 she was re-elected for the same post. She is responsible to lead the Infrastructure and Energy Department to realize its mandate to enhance Regional and Continental efforts for accelerated integrated infrastructure development and effective sustainable development of energy resources.Dr. Ibrahim holds a Ph.D. Electronics and Communications from Cairo University, M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from Cairo University, and B.Sc. in Communication Engineering from Asuit University, Egypt.

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Ms. Ashnah KALEMERA Programmes Officer Collaboration on International ICT Policy in East and Southern Africa (CIPESA)Ashnah holds an MSc in Informatics with a major in Electronic Government (Örebro University, Sweden) and a BSc in Computer and Management Sciences (University of Warwick, United Kingdom). Ashnah’s work experience is from a wide range of industries (in the UK, Spain and Uganda), from mobile telecommunications and engineering, to public relations and corporate relations, research, learning management, and information systems management.

Mr. Mike LAST Director of Marketing & International Business Development WIOCC Mike is responsible for driving all of WIOCC’s Marketing and its Business Development activities outside Africa. This includes planning and implementation of marketing and business development strategies, identification and development of new business opportunities, and managing relationships with the industry, the media, agencies, partners and other organisations and individuals. He has 25 years’ experience in the telecoms industry, with over 15 years developing and managing international and domestic business-to-business marketing programmes and maximising sales teams’ abilities to drive revenues and margins. After a number of years working in the submarine sector, he moved into providing marketing and sales consultancy services to international telecoms businesses including BT, C&W, Cisco, Orange Business Services, Reliance Globalcom and Turk Telekom. Mike holds a Master’s degree from Staffordshire University and he is a graduate of BT’s Marketing Excellence programme.

Mr. Peter LYONS Director of Public Policy – Africa & Middle East GSMAPeter Lyons manages strategic advocacy campaigns to promote long term investment in mobile communications by positively shaping national and regional telecommunications policy environments. Mr Lyons work directly with mobile operators, governments, and multilateral institutions to promote a stable regulatory environment and secure the allocation of harmonized spectrum for mobile broadband. Previously, Mr Lyons excelled as an Equity Research Analyst from 2006-2010, advising leading hedge funds on investments in emerging markets telecom, media, and technology companies.Peter Lyons began his career as a project manager in Motorola’s Mobile Commerce Core Solutions Centre in the United States and co-authored one of the company’s first mobile commerce-related patents in 2001. Mr Lyons holds a master’s degree in telecommunications systems from DePaul University and has a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Purdue University.

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Mr. John NduNguru M-Commerce Corporate Airtel Tanzania

John Ndunguru is Head of Corporate for Mobile Commerce at Airtel Tanzania. Airtel Tanzania is a Mobile Network Operator offering voice, data, and mobile money solutions with coverage throughout Tanzania, extending to some of the most remote parts of Tanzania’s vast geographic space. John’s role is to spearhead the provision of mobile money solutions to corporate entities to drive the utilization of mobile money applications at the enterprise level with the aim of achieving divergence from alternative payments channels to mobile money. He previously worked at Coca Cola, Bank of Tanzania and Barclays Bank, in sales and risk oversight roles.

Mr. Mohamed NooraNi Head of Network Planning and Management African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI)Mr. Mohamed Noorani is an international expert in telecommunications, data communications and networking and has been actively involved in the industry since 1981. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and is a licensed and registered Engineer in his home country, Kenya. He is also a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and Huawei Certified Data Professional (HCDP).Mr Noorani has taught telecommunications technology and data communications training seminars and workshops to wide acclaim across Africa since 1991, and has a broad experience working as an engineer in the telecommunications industry.He worked for Kenya telecommunications as a Project Planning Engineer for ten years on projects including Digital Voice and Data Networks, on Signalling System No. 7, X 25 Packet Switching Network for the Kenya Data Network and many other projects in capacities ranging from detailed Project Design and Implementation to Project Leader.Currently, Mr Noorani is the Head of Network Planning and Management at the African Advanced Level Telecommunications Institute (AFRALTI) specialising in developing and conducting training programs in Broadband Wireless technologies, CCS No 7, VSAT Networks, Network Planning, Telecommunications Network Management, IP networks and Convergence, GSM Wireless Technologies such as CDMA, 3G, LTE and WiMAX, Ethernet Switching, VoIP, Next Generation Networks and IP networking over Satellite.

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Profiles: sPeakersMr. francis TUsUBira CEO UbuntuNet AllianceF F Tusubira is a member of the boards of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking in Africa (also CEO); TENET, the research and education network of South Africa; RENU, the Research and Education Network of Uganda; and Chair of the Board of the National Information Technology Agency, Uganda. He has served on the National Citizenship and Immigration Board of Uganda; the Uganda Communications Commission; and the Uganda Electricity Regulatory Authority. He heads the Uganda node of Research ICT Africa.He holds a PhD (Southampton, UK), an M.Sc.E (New Brunswick, Canada), and a B.Sc. (Engineering) 1st Class Hons (Makerere University, Uganda).

Mr. eran YoraN Marketing Director Gilat Satcom Eran has over 15 years of experience in the marketing strategic and creative field. Formerly senior creative for Y&R, Saatchi & Saatchi and publicist in Tel-Aviv and chief copywriter for Israeli prime minister – Mr. Ariel Sharon. As VP of creative & strategy, Eran led the interactive agency LH media to its biggest growth, over 2 consecutive years. Eran took his bite of the high-tech industry as the founder and CEO of BUZCODE – next generation smartphone marketing. For the past year, under the leadership of Mr. Dan Zajicek, Eran is marketing director for Gilat Satcom – Global communication, providing custom satellite and fiber global comunication and premium MPLS service throughout Africa.

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citcc (tanzania) LtdGilat satcomaPc by schneider ElectriccMc networksiBM tanzania Ltdtoshiba Gulf FZEWingu technologiesairWatchcorning incorporatedGeodataMaktech & tel. Ltdnorthern Engineering Works Ltdsiemonthaicom Public company Ltdtejas networks simbanEt Ltd

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www.corning.com/opticalfiber | +1 607-248-2000

Corning Optical Fiber. The leader in low-loss optical fiber in every category.

© 2013 Corning Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Corning is a registered trademark of Corning Incorporated.

aFLairtel tanzania avanti Basic transmissions Ltd.Bezeq internationalBusinet systems LtdctV – cable television network Ltd. cats tanzaniacelloncentral Bank of Kenyacomtech EF Data corporationEMc

Heliocentris industry GmbH Helios towers tanzaniaHuawei technologies tanzania Kenya Data network Kenya Legend Power systems Malawi communications regulatory authorityMultichoice tanzania OFs

OnatEL – Burundi national Office for telecommunicationsOrange technologies Ltd. PayPlus africa Ltd Phase3 telecom Pricewaterhousecoopers rural netco Ltd tanzaniasawasawa.com Limitedseacom tanzania Ltd. soft tech consultants starlogik company starteltanzania telecommunications co. Ltd. telesis tanzania Ltd. Vodacom tanzaniaWananchi GroupWiOcc YellowsatZantEL – Zanzibar telecom Ltd.Zarnet

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www.corning.com/opticalfiber | +1 607-248-2000

Corning Optical Fiber. The leader in low-loss optical fiber in every category.

© 2013 Corning Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Corning is a registered trademark of Corning Incorporated.


CITCC (TANZANIA) LTD

CITCC is an international integrated services supplier in communication construction fields. Our mission is servicing for informatization and building world-class information networks. We were, we are, we will always be your most reliable partner.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 752 675 099Website: www.citcc.cn

GILAT SATCOM

NON-STOP GLOBAL COMUNICATIONGilat-Satcom is a leading global communication provider offering fibre-based solutions and satellite communication throughout Africa, for more than 20 years. The company’s considerable capabilities ensure the highest reliability, stability and performance, at all times.

Email: [email protected]: + 972 52 26564907Website: www.gilat.net

APC BY SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC

As a global specialist in energy management with operations in more than 100 countries, Schneider Electric offers integrated solutions across multiple market segments, including leadership positions in Utilities & Infrastructures, Industries & Machine Manufacturers, Non-residential Buildings, Data Centres & Networks and in Residential.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 723 564231Website: www.apc.com

CMC NETWORKS

CMC Networks, a wholesale carrier, operates a global Ethernet, VPLS and MPLS network, inclusive of 104 PoP’s across Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia. CMC provides connectivity globally via SDH, VPLS, MPLS and V-Sat technologies using various access technologies in each country. CMC presently has the broadest Pan African and Middle East Networks.

Email: [email protected]: + 27 11 517 8400Website: www.cmcnetworks.net

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IBM TANZANIA LTD

IBM is a premier global IT Company that offers end-to-end services and solutions: hardware, software, services and consulting; enabling clients to derive unmatched value by solving complex business and technical challenges. IBM’s Tanzania office opened 2011.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 22 219 6800Website: www.ibm.com

TOSHIBA GULF FZE

Toshiba Gulf FZE is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Toshiba Gulf FZE caters to a number of regions including GCC, Levant and Africa and aims to bring in “local-fit” products including a wide-ranging product portfolio of consumer and business notebooks; laptop accessories and Tablets.

Email: [email protected]: + 971 50 575 7176Website: www.toshibamea.com

WINGU TECHNOLOGIES

Wingu is a proven leader in tech and tech-novation. Our key focus being in mobile, enterprise and media implementations. We design, build and deploy solution platforms that helps businesses to leverage technology to aid and streamline business processes and customer experiences.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 20 273 7834Website: wingutechnologies.com

AIRWATCH

AirWatch is the leader in enterprise-grade mobility management and security solutions, including device, email, app and content management. Our highly scalable solution provides a real-time view of an entire fleet of corporate and employee-owned devices.

Email: [email protected]: + 44 1908 557 700Website: www.air-watch.com

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CORNING INCORPORATED

Corning Incorporated invented the first low-loss optical fibre in 1970. Today Corning remains the global market leader in the industry, offering a full line of single-mode and multimode fibers for all network applications. Corning’s optical fiber products are recognized for their excellence and innovation.

Email: [email protected]: + 1 607 329 6521Website: www.corning.com/opticalfiber

GEODATA

At GeoData, all activities and products are customer-oriented. Our major areas of operations are customized GIS solution to particular organization, Digital mapping, GIS hardware and software troubleshooting, GIS and Remote Sensing (RS) training.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 222 668 514Website: www.geodatatz.com

MAKTECH & TEL. LTD

Maktech & Tel. Ltd is a Telecom and ICT company specializing in providing telecommunication services to network operators, vendors and corporate clients in Africa. We are present in Tanzania and Mozambique with Tanzania being the official headquarters for the operations.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 75685 9502Website: www.maktech.co.tz

NORTHERN ENGINEERING WORKS LTD

is a leading telecom operations and maintenance service partner based in Tanzania. Its range of services include Network Planning and Optimization, Implementation and Field Maintenance. NEWL’s operations now cover Tanzania and Malawi and project based services across the East African Region.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 27250 6000 Website: www.newl.co.tz

SIEMON

Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specialising in the design and manufacture of high quality, high performance network cabling solutions and services for data centres and intelligent buildings.

Email: [email protected] | [email protected]: + 971 50 6441470Website: www.siemon.com/africa


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THAICOM PUBLIC COMPANY LTD

Thaicom is one of Asia’s leading satellite operators. With AFRICOM 1™, the Company enters the African market, providing broadcasters and telecom operators with a full range of end-to-end satellite communication services via its high-power Pan-African C-band beams.

Email: [email protected]: + 66 81 833 7813 | + 66 2 591 07 36Website: www.africomsat.com, www.thaicom.net

AFLAFL provides fibre optic solutions for power utility, FTTx, Oil-Petrochemicals-Gas, renewable and intelligent grid networks. AFL offers innovative fibre optic cable, connectivity, project and installation services. Fibre optic cable solutions include SkyWrap®, ADSS and OPGW.

Email: [email protected]: + 44 1793 647237Website: www.aflglobal.com

AIRTEL TANZANIA Airtel Tanzania is part of the Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. Airtel Tanzania offers Airtel Money, a comprehensive mobile money service available to all Airtel registered subscribers across the country.

Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Tel: + 255 785 670 870 | + 255 784 100 955Website: www.airtel.com

AVANTI Avanti operates a fleet of Ka-band satellites and earth stations, delivering high speed data communications that are unparalleled in their flexibility and quality. Avanti’s services are used for Enterprise Networks, Carrier Services, Defence and Security, and Broadband applications.

Email: [email protected]: + 44 20 7749 1696Website: www.avantiplc.com

BASIC TRANSMISSIONS LTD. Basic Transmissions Ltd is a licensed Multiplex Operator in Tanzania. Presently it transmits its signal in Dar es Salaam and Dodoma. In Arusha and Mwanza transmitters have already been installed, and transmission will start by the end of July 2013. Its signal is received through a DIGITEK STB decoder.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 22 213 57 99Website: www.digitek.co.tz



BEZEQ INTERNATIONALBezeq International, a leading ISP, provides tailor-made comprehensive solutions in Internet, Telephony (International, Domestic and Intra-Organizational), Data Communications, IT and Cloud Computing Services, Hosting and Information Security. Introducing JONAH – a new high-speed submarine cable system connecting Europe with the Middle East.

Email: [email protected]: + 972 50 401 4360Website: www.bezeqint.net

BUSINET SYSTEMS LTDBusinet Systems Limited is the leading best practise solutions provider in the EA region. It provides broad range of solutions in Project/Programme Management, IT Service Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Business Analysis and Software Engineering.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 20 8085 085Website: www.businetsystems.com

CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK (CTV) LTD. CTV has built 300 km of Metro-Optical-Fibre-cable infrastructure. It is operational in Dar-es-Salaam and five other regions. Besides Pay-TV & Broadband Internet, CTV leases capacity on its optical-fibre-infrastructure to other Corporate Institutions and will soon be launching 4G.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 222 116 611Website: www.ctvbroadband.net

CATS TANZANIACats Tanzania has been in the market since 1965 delivering quality services to clients at large in Hardware, Engineering and Software Sales with a fully-fledged Training institution. We are a total IT solutions provider in the country.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 754 000 064 Website: www.catsgroup.com

CELLONIntroducing wide range of mobile phones to African market, Cellon is a leading global wireless designer and manufacturer of mobile phones. Cellon has recently obtained a Google Mobile Services (GMS) license from Google™,this license permits Cellon to pre-install GMS applications onto Android Compatible Device(s). Cellon utilizes the most cost effective and suitable components, and delivers products at the lowest overall costs including the cost of materials, logistics, and inventory, this will be good news to telecom operators in Africa as they will increase their subscriber base by lowering the entry barrier - price of mobile handsets.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 202 166 131Website: www.cellon.com


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CENTRAL BANK OF KENYAThe Central Bank of Kenya was established in 1966 and its responsibilities are, to formulate monetary policy, promote price stability, issue currency and perform any other functions conferred on it by an Act of Parliament.

email: [email protected]: + 254 733 745453Website: www.centralbank.go.ke

COMTECH EF DATA CORPORATIONComtech EF Data Corporation is the recognized global leader in satellite bandwidth efficiency and link optimization. Our advanced communication solutions encompass a host of satellite communication products. The solutions enable commercial and government users to reduce OPEX/CAPEX and to increase throughput for fixed and mobile/transportable satellite-based applications.

email: [email protected]: + 27 82 881 0058Website: www.comtechefdata.com

EMC Emerging Markets Communications® LLC. is a global satellite and terrestrial communications company specializing in delivering mission-critical, network services for the global energy industry, mobile network operators, carriers, governments, NGOs and worldwide enterprises with locations in the most challenging areas of the world.

email: [email protected]: + 254 20 273 3233Website: www.emc-corp.net

HELIOCENTRIS INDUSTRY GMBH Heliocentris is a leading provider of sustainable energy, power management and energy efficiency solutions for a wide range of commercial and industrial applications with a specific focus on the emerging markets.

email: [email protected]: + 27 11 258 8681Website: www.heliocentris.com

HELIOS TOWERS TANZANIAHelios Towers Tanzania is a subsidiary of Helios Towers Africa which has operations in Ghana, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and a sister company in Nigeria. At Helios Towers Africa, we are providing a solution to operators, broadcasters and ISP’s who require a telecoms infrastructure to meet these demand levels.

email: [email protected]: + 255 689 110018Website: www.httanzania.com

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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES TANZANIA Huawei is a leading global ICT solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end capabilities and strengths across the carrier networks, enterprise, consumer, and cloud computing fields. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 140 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population.

Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Tel: + 255 774 808 191 | 255 774 887 700Website: www.huawei.com

KENYA DATA NETWORK Kenya Data Networks is a full-service data communications carrier that was licensed by the CCK in January 2003 as a Public Data Network Operator with a mission to build world-class infrastructure in Kenya. We operate the largest data and internet backbone in East Africa.

Email: [email protected] Tel: + 254 205 000 000 | + 254 731 974 068Website: www.kdn.co.ke | www.liquidtelecom.com

LEGEND POWER SYSTEMS Legend Power Systems Limited specialises in the supply and more importantly we support all sizes of Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Critical Cooling Services, Data Centre Infrastructure Services and Voltage Stabilisers. We appreciate the importance of after sales services.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 723 479247Website: under construction

MALAWI COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITYMalawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) is the regulator of telecommunications, broadcasting and postal services in Malawi. MACRA was established in 1998 by Malawi Government to promote the development of ICT services in Malawi with a vision to be a world class ICT regulator ensuring universal ICT access to the people of Malawi.

Email: [email protected]: + 265 1 883 611Website: www.macra.org.mw

MULTICHOICE TANZANIA MultiChoice Tanzania is an agent for MultiChoice Africa, Africa’s pioneer Pay TV provider with over twenty year’s experience in providing digital satellite technology. MultiChoice Tanzania was established in 1997 and offers subscriber management services to DStv subscribers in Tanzania.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 22 219 9600Website: www.dstv.com


OFSOFS is a world-leading designer, manufacturer and provider of optical fiber, optical fiber cable, connectivity, FTTX and specialty photonics solutions. We provide reliable, cost effective optical solutions for today’s digital and energy consumers and businesses.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 712 009322Website: www.ofsoptics.com

ONATEL – BURUNDI NATIONAL OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONSONATEL is the sole operator with 3 licences: Fixed wired, Mobile & ISP/Data Provider. It has had continued growth since 1979 with an expected expansion of subscribers to all networks to 1,000,000 by December 2012.

Email: [email protected]: + 257 222 66 410Website: http://onatel.net

ORANGE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Orange Technologies Ltd. is a leading source of the information technologies focusing on providing total information systems solutions. Through combining its most competitive staff-base and a wide range of quality products and service at very competitive prices, Orange Technologies Ltd. has been able to achieve its motto of satisfying all of its customers, i.e. the retail, wholesale and corporate market.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 222 116 123Website: orange.co.tz

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PAYPLUS AFRICA LTD PAYPLUS AFRICA LTD is a distributor of Networking Equipment in East And Central Africa with a particular focus on 3G Networking Equipment for primary and backup links. Payplus Africa represents Teldat S.A, and CNet USA.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 20 367 3706Website: www.payplusafrica.com

PHASE3 TELECOM Phase3 Telecom is a National Long Distance Operator licensed by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) to provide transmission services in Nigeria. Phase3 Telecom is providing transmission services to telecom operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Corporate Organizations using fiber deployed on electric pylons.

Email: [email protected]: + 234 9 460 3130Website: www.phase3telecom.com

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS PwC helps organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 180,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.

Email: [email protected]: + 27 83 441 4337Website: www.pwc.com/za

RURAL NETCO LTD TANZANIA (RNL)RNL operates a Mobile Broadband Network based on a wholesale business model that allows Active sharing of a radio network in under serviced areas, which would be commercially unviable to cover by a single operator.

Email: [email protected]: + 27 11 258 8714Website: www.ruralnetco.com

SAWASAWA.COM LIMITED SawaSawa.Com Limited is a leading applications development company with fifteen years experience, quietly acquiring the reputation as a reliable web applications development company in East Africa. We specialize in custom web applications development.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 722 911 411Website: www.sawasawa.com


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SEACOM TANZANIA LTD. SEACOM is a bandwidth solution enabler with an extensive network of submarine and terrestrial high speed fibre serving the east and west coasts of Africa with onward reach to and from Europe, India and Asia. This growing pan-African network leverages bundled backhaul, open access points of presence and global partnerships to provide high quality, cost effective, end-to-end wholesale connectivity around the world for our customers.

Email: [email protected] | [email protected]: + 255 222 772 621Website: www.seacom.mu

SIMBANET LTD

SimbaNET Limited is a Licensed Public Data Operator in providing Voice, Video, data and Internet connectivity in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The network is connected via three different redundant Submarine Optic Fibre to all international destinations. The last mile connectivity is delivered either by using Fibre (Fibre to the Business), WiMAX Wireless media under a licensed band, Satellite (remote and marine connectivity) or 3G (mobile).

Email: [email protected]: + 255 689 103 499Website: www.simbanet.net

SOFT TECH CONSULTANTS Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd is a leading ICT Company in Tanzania with presence in more than 5 countries in Africa, providing a range of services in various sectors including Central & Local Governments, Finance, Education, & Banks.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 22 2180625Website: www.stcl.com

STARTELStarTel Company Ltd is a multi-level Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Company specializing in the building, development and deployment of internet Services, VOIP (Voice over the internet Protocol), Software & Hardware solutions for Business, Educational and Engineering purposes. Startel Company Ltd is a partner of Corenet Solutions, equally an ICT company with a great reputation and operating from West Africa.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 713 703 437Website: www.corenetsolutions.com

STARLOGIK COMPANY Starlogik has developed the world’s first free and profitable cellular offering. Founded on breakthrough advances in signaling and switching the company has developed a unique global Telecommunication system which works on any network and any telephone.

Email: [email protected]: + 27 116 564 765Website: www.starlogik.com


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TANZANIA TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD. TTCL is the leading fixed line operator in Tanzania. It is also the formidable regional player providing backhaul and international bandwidth to the neighbouring land-linked countries via the National ICT broadband backbone and undersea cables.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 22 211 7888Website: www.ttcl.co.tz

TEJAS NETWORKS Tejas Networks is a global optical transmission equipment company ranked amongst the top 10 transmission vendors worldwide with a strong presence in Asia, North America, Latin America & Africa. Tejas Networks creates end to end transport solutions which are deployed in over 60 countries globally. These solutions include SDH/SONET, Carrier Ethernet, POTP/Hybrid platforms, pure packet MPLS platforms & long haul DWDM platforms.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 7392 00103Website: www.tejasnetworks.com

TELESIS TANZANIA LTD. Telesis is a 4G LTE Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator (MVNA) who will provide next generation mobile broadband infrastructure and services to licensed operators. Our low cost business model will allow the licensed operators to provide the most superior technology at the lowest cost to their customers, allowing for unprecedented social impact while providing lucrative returns for the operator.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 688 477 171Website: telesis.co.tz

VODACOM TANZANIAVodacom Tanzania is a subsidiary company of Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited, South Africa which is also a subsidiary of Vodafone Group UK. Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited owns a majority share portion of 65%, the remaining 35% is owned by Tanzanian shareholder, one Mirambo ltd.

Email: [email protected]: + 255 754 705 000Website: www.vodacom.co.tz

WANANCHI GROUPEstablished in 2007, Wananchi Group Holdings is East Africa’s leading media and telecommunications operator. Wananchi presently services the retail market through its consumer brand Zuku and the corporate market through its corporate brand SimbaNet.

Email: [email protected]: + 254 7336 17186Website: www.zuku.co.ke

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WIOCCWIOCC is Africa’s carriers’ carrier, delivering end-to-end managed, high-speed, international connectivity via sub-Saharan Africa’s most extensive fibre-optic network + strategic investments in multiple submarine networks. WIOCC - connecting Africa to the world and the world to Africa.

Email: [email protected]: + 44 7403 337488Website: www.wiocc.net

YELLOWSATYELLOWSAT offers dedicated links and telecommunication services at the lowest prices available thanks to their innovative solution letting the use of inclined orbit satellite with the same performance results as with the fixed orbit. Their cutting edge technology has been successfully tested by ESA and has been effectively serving their customers in Africa.

Email: [email protected]: + 33 658 887 190Website: www.yellowsat.com

ZANTEL – ZANZIBAR TELECOM LTDZantel is a mobile telecom company and part of the Etisalat Group. It started its operations in Zanzibar in 1999 and moved to the mainland in 2005. Its services include: Voice, Data, Capacity, Wholesales, MFS (Ezy–Pesa) and Fixed Wireless. Subscribers base is currently at 3 million.

Email: [email protected], [email protected]: + 255 225 600 009Website: www.zantel.co.tz

ZARNETZARNet is a leading Internet Service Provider, well-known for specializing in exceptional service and a variety of ICT product and service offerings. These ICT products are designed to help you meet the requirements of a rapidly changing present-day technological world. With a professional staff of specialists, ZARNet provides innovative ICT solutions to industry.

Email: [email protected]: + 263 470 3473Website: www.zarnet.ac.zw

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media:

grv ict 1 brochure

Business

great rift valley region

grv ict summit

ict backbone

great hopes

participants profiles

communication technologies

communications technologies

participants list