Sentech Africa Tech Week Conference 2022

Digital Infrastructure Services for Africa by Africa

SENTECH offers an array of digital infrastructure services, that enable connectivity and content delivery.

As an enabler of connectivity and content delivery, these offerings include:

Video and Audio Content

Provision of digital platforms for the delivery media services in South Africa and Africa through DTH, DTT, SENTECH Apps, AI enabled Set-Top-Boxes and 5G broadcasting.

Towers

With the wealth of strategically positioned Towers, Sentech provides broadcast coverage to more 100% of the population.

Facility leasing and co-location on its masts will provide managed infrastructure of both

Find us:

Address: Sender Technology Park, Octave Street, Honeydew

Postal: SENTECH, Private Bag X06, Honeydew, 2040

WhatsApp: 060 062 5458

Call Centre: 0860 736 832

Email: support@sentech.co.za

passive and active infrastructure solutions with value added services for its customers.

Broadband

Sentech connects households, healthcare centres, education facilities and communities in South Africa through Satellite (VSAT), Fixed Wireless, 5G, and Cloud services.

Data Centre Infrastructure Provider

Sentech offers cloud and data hosting services, which will provide compute power, storage and disaster recovery capabilities.

Satellite Operations

Sentech is developing a geo-spatial satellite which will enable broadband communication services in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Your guide to all things #SentechAfricaTechWeek. Check out our CEO, Moderators, Partners and more in this official Sentech Africa Tech Week Souvenir Programme.

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Letter From The CEO

A brief introduction by the CEO of Topco Media, Ralf Fletcher.

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Get With The Programme

Keep up-to-date with all the sessions and topics throughout the 2-day conference.

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Meet The Moderators

Get to know the hosts of the show, Caitlin Nash and Bobby Brown.

The Speaker Board

Government officials, business leaders & more. Have a look at all the speakers we have lined up for you.

The Photo Booth

Snap and share your pic at our official virtual photo booth!

Our Partners

We thank our partners for their contributions in bringing you The Sentech Africa Tech Week Conference 2022.

The #ATW Team

A glance at the Topco Media team who proudly put together the 2022 Sentech Africa Tech Week Conference

Letter from the CEO

Welcome to the Africa Tech Week Summit 2022

There is no silver bullet to success, is there? Like many of you, we at Topco have for a number of years been searching for the answers to digitisation challenges. It was out of curiosity, frustration and the numerous hurdles we had with technology that Africa Tech Week was born.

How is it that some companies get it right, and the rest of us struggle? The event is a remarkable opportunity for African entrepreneurs, big business, policyholders, funders, investors and startups to come together, learn, be inspired and meet their new customers or

continent. Everyone is aware that Africa has faced challenges, and it is together that we can solve them. Africa is a hotbed of potential in terms of measuring and testing concepts and ideas. What we lack in capital, we make up for in ingenuity, resilience and a ‘can do’ attitude. COVID has been a great chance to reset and equalise the playing field, and Sentech Africa Tech Week is a golden opportunity we need to seize NOW.

Sentech Africa Tech Week is to demonstrate how Africa is transforming the world. This can be accelerated with advocates, like you, giving us feedback about the challenges you are facing, and by connecting with one another. It is going to take each of us shining a light on the good and great that is happening around tech in Africa to help propel the continent’s growth and reputation.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the ‘new frontier.’ Created in Africa, for Africans, by Africans.

“THE MISSION OF SENTECH AFRICA TECH WEEK IS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW AFRICA IS TRANSFORMING THE WORLD”

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Get to know your Moderators

Innovation Engagement Strategist

Broadcaster, Journalist, Thought Leader and Tech Enthusiast

While he is a creative and innovative thought-leader on the topic of future entrepreneurship, Bobby started his multi-media career as an ordinary journalist, cutting his teeth with the Sunday Times, Joburg’s Star newspaper and Primedia’s 702 Eyewitness News, before moving on to television broadcasting and later entrepreneurship.

A natural storyteller, he is best remembered for his exciting and novel presentation-style on SABC2’s previous breakfast TV show AM2Day, where he held his own alongside some of the country’s most seasoned professionals - Alex Jay, Shado Twala, Martin Bailey, Nomfundo Madumo and Jeremy Maggs, among others. He has lectured in journalism, is a voice-over artist, loves to travel, consume documentaries and is an obsessive collector of all types of music.

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Meet Our Speakers

DUMISA NGWENYA Head of Research and Innovation | Sentech

ITUMELENG SEGALOE Chief Strategy Officer | Sentech

KOPANO THAGE Acting Chief Marketing and Sales Officer | Sentech

MLAMLI BOOI CEO | Sentech

MMAPULA KGARI Executive Broadband | Sentech

NOMAHLUBI OGOH Head of Information Technology | Sentech

TEBOGO LESHOPE Chief Operations Officer | Sentech

MILISA KENTANE Head of Communication & Spokesperson | Sentech

GEORDIN HILL-LEWIS Executive Mayor | The City of Cape Town

DERICK TRUSCOTT CFO | SnapScan

KURT KRUGER CPTO | SnapScan

MARIN CUNDALL Interim CEO, SnapScan

KEEPING TEAMS CONNECTED

KEEPING TEAMS CONNECTED

Hybrid working is quickly becoming the norm. Across the world, organisations are exploring the flexible benefits of utilising multiple environments, including working in the traditional office, co-working in a shared space, working from home and working on the go.

However, without the right preparations, a distributed workforce can face challenges around productivity, collaboration and security. Canon’s Digital Transformation Services are designed to overcome these issues and support your hybrid working journey, whether you are taking your first steps or developing your existing strategy.

Hybrid working is quickly becoming the norm. Across the world, organisations are exploring the flexible benefits of utilising multiple environments, including working in the traditional office, co-working in a shared space, working from home and working on the go.

This bespoke and scalable portfolio keeps teams connected regardless of their location and helps drive your digital transformation forward.

However, without the right preparations, a distributed workforce can face challenges around productivity, collaboration and security. Canon’s Digital Transformation Services are designed to overcome these issues and support your hybrid working journey, whether you are taking your first steps or developing your existing strategy.

This bespoke and scalable portfolio keeps teams connected regardless of their location and helps drive your digital transformation forward.

HABIBA BEN BARKA, Chief of Africa Section | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

HERTZY KABEYA Founder & CEO | StudentHub

JOYLYNN KIRUI, Senior Cloud Security Advocate | Microsoft

MMATHEBE ZVOBWO Executive Enterprise and Supplier Development | Telkom FutureMaker

NATALIE KOLBE South African private equity specialist | Norrsken22 Fund

OFENTSE MOKWENA Strategic Projects Lead | Uber SSA

RAVI BHAT CTO | Microsoft

DAVID OLATUNJI Founder & President | African Smart Cities Innovation Foundation Nigeria

DAVID PRESTON Managing Director | Canon South Africa

MATS KUUSKEMAA Founder and CEO | Baadaye Agency

ALDERMAN JAMES VOS Mayoral Committee Member | The City of Cape Town

AHREN POSTHUMUS CEO | Momint

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GBENGA SESAN Executive Director | Paradigm Initiative

SIBONGILE MONGAD Founder | Uku’hamba

TEMIDAYO ONIOSUN Founder & Managing Director | Space in Africa

VICTORIA NXUMALO Executive Director | Girls In STEM Trust

KATLEGO SEKETE Founder and CEO | Baadaye Agency

KUMWE CJ DUMENI Co-Founder & CEO | Chommie

NONKULULEKO NYEMBEZI South African business Executive

XAVIER OLIVIER Founder & Managing Director | DarkMatter

DR. LIU THAI KER The Architect of Modern Singapore & Founding Chairman | MORROW Architects & Planner

BOB MOESTA President, CEO | Re-Wired Group, Demand-Side Innovation

SEAN SANDERS CEO and Founder | Revix

SHAYAN SANYAL Head of Game Tech Business Development, EMEA Amazon Web Services

PHUTHUMA NHLEKO South African Business Executive

SHIREEN POWELL Chief Executive Officer | Proiect Isizwe

SUSAN OH Co-founder and CEO | Muckr Al

CLIFFORD DE WIT Chief Technology Officer | Netstar

JUSTIN SILJEUR Digital Transformation lecturer | Stellenbosch Business School

BRADWIN ROPER CEO | FNB Connect

IAN PLAATJES COO | SABC

NEIL VAN TONDER Occupational Medical Practitioner | Ehealth

NYIKO SHIBURI Regional Director | Multichoice

PROF TSHILIDZI MARWALA Vice-Chancellor | University of Johannesburg

SANDILE DUBE Acting MD | HPE South Africa

EMMANUEL LUBANZADIO Head of Public Policy | Sub-Saharan Africa, Twitter

Our Esteemed Sponsors & Partners

Meet the #atw team

ralf fletcher ceo

Claire Garrett Head of Conferencing

Nicholas Coxen Brand Relations Executive

haley fletcher Director

Sasha de Freitas conference producer

tina wiseman Events Coordinator & Producer

van fletcher Director

Anrike Van der Walt Marketing Manager

timothy barlin Digital Content Master

Alexandra Kotchoubei Marketing Executive

thabiso Mohlabeng Digital Marketing Executive

Jonelle Brink Marketing Intern

Ethan Fletcher Marketing assistant