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Connected Africa 2026

The 7th Edition Connected Africa - Africa's Premier Telecom Summit 2026 brings together telecom CEOs, digital economy leaders, regulators, infrastructure providers, cybersecurity experts, cloud hyperscalers, and decision-makers to discuss the acceleration of Africa's digital transformation. The summit focuses on next-generation telecom and digital infrastruc…

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17Speakers
25Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
31Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Connected, in alphabetical order.
Aishwarya Rohit
Group Executive Head: Products & Solutions, Vodacom · Vodacom
Alastair Tempest
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ecommerce Forum of South Africa · Ecommerce Forum of South Africa
Atenkosi Ngubevana
Group Executive, Vodacom · Vodacom
Divyesh Joshi
Chief Commercial Officer, MTN · MTN
Dr. Noxolo Kubheka-Dlamini
Chief Digital and Information Officer, Telkom – Consumer & Small Business · Telkom
Duan du Toit
Group Executive Head of Department: Energy Performance, Vodacom · Vodacom
Hendri Boshoff
General Manager: Cloud Centre of Excellence, MTN · MTN
Hon. Solly Malatsi
Minister, Department of Communications & Digital Technologies
Jason Mwanza
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Zamtel Zambia · Zamtel Zambia
Kavish Maharaj
General Manager | Global CVM, MTN · MTN
Koketso Ngobeni
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Bayobab Africa · Bayobab Africa
Lindi S
Senior Manager: CVM Direct Marketing Technology (MarTech) & Campaign Execution, Telkom · Telkom
Mabohlale Addae
Managing Executive: Group Strategy and Innovation, Vodacom · Vodacom
Malebu Makgalemela Mogohloane
Group Executive: Enterprise Risk Management, Security, Forensics & Insurance, Telkom · Telkom
Martins Ogbolu
Group Executive International Risk and Compliance, Vodacom · Vodacom
Nikos Angelopoulos
Ex Group CIO, MTN · MTN
Rishal Balkissoon
General Manager (Acting): Group Strategy & Transformation, MTN · MTN
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Allconfsbot
Asia Business Outlook
Bitcoin Insider
Bitcoin World Media
CapitalBay News
Coin News Span
Coins Capture
Crypto Browser
CryptoMoonPress
CryptoNewsZ
Cyber Defense Magazine
Droom Droom
Fintech Finance News
GOGETGPT
Morocco World News
NameCoinNews
News Patrolling
Pay Space Magazine
StartupNews
The Coin Republic
The Market Periodical
The Top Voices
Times Of AI
Times Of Blockchain
World Business Outlook
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 31 companies, parsed from the program.

31 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
25Sponsoringsponsor only
6Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

35% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite529%
  • Director / Head of16%
  • Manager / Lead318%
  • Marketing / Brand212%
  • Other roles635%

Of 17 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01MTN5V
  2. 02Vodacom5V
  3. 03AllconfsbotSp
  4. 04Asia Business OutlookSp
  5. 05Bitcoin InsiderSp
  6. 06Bitcoin World MediaSp
  7. 07CapitalBay NewsSp
  8. 08Coin News SpanSp
  9. 09Coins CaptureSp
  10. 10Crypto BrowserSp
  11. 11CryptoMoonPressSp
  12. 12CryptoNewsZSp
  13. 13Cyber Defense MagazineSp
  14. 14Droom DroomSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified25
100% of 25
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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