Agenda at a Glance

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Day 1 – Tuesday 25^th June 2013

Keynote: Enabling the Expansion of Value Added Services in Africa

9.15 Opportunities for Telcos in the Expansion of Value Added Services

Sr representative, MTN – Name to be announced soon, check the website for updates

9.35 Keynote Think-Tank: Building a Digital Ecosystem for All & Partnering Successfully

Léon Charles Ciss, Marketing Director , Africa Middle East & Asia, Orange Group

Jose Henriques, Vice-President: Data and Online, Airtel Group

10.10 How Can Operators Effectively Push Services to New Subscribers in Competitive Markets?

Sr representative, Mahindra Comviva– Name to be announced soon, check the website for updates

10.30 Driving data usage through music

Arun Nagar, CEO & Managing Director, Spice Africa Pte Ltd.

10.50 Refreshments & Speed Networking

Stream A: Mobile Money Lab

Chair – Richard Walton, Mobile Monday

11.45 Market Overview: Mobile Money Africa

Jose Soares, Pbell

12.00 Revolutionising the Mobile Money Experience for Consumers in Africa

Patrick Ikechukwu Nnamani, MD/CEO, Koinage Media, Nigeria

12.20 Interactive Discussion: What Opportunities are Left in Africa’s Dynamic Mobile Money Market?

Brian Richardson, Managing Director, Wizzit

Tawanda Kembo, Founder & CEO, Virtual Bank

12.50 Lunch & Exhibition Visit

14.00 Operator Case Study: Innovating with more Sophisticated Mobile Financial Services

14.20 Social Payments and Social Commerce : Capturing New Trends

Rob Sussman, Joint CEO, Zunguz

14.40 Bank Case Study: the Mobile Money Opportunity from a Bank’s Perspective

Lowell Campbell, Agent Banking, Standard Bank, South Africa

15.00 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

Stream B: Digital Music Africa

Chair: Guillermo Escofet, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media

11.45 Market Overview: How is the Music Industry in Africa Reaching Consumers?

Guillermo Escofet, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media

12.00 Understanding the role of the telcos in digital music

Speaker to be announced soon, check the website for updates

12.20 The Revenue Issue:  how to collect revenues and share them equitably

Yoel Kennan, CEO, Africori

Nicholas Motsatse, Chief Executive Officer, SAMRO (Southern African Music Rights Organisation)

12.50 Lunch & Exhibition Visit

14.00 New models to distribute music in Africa

Michael Ugwu, CEO, iRoking

14.30 Understanding the Role of Different Billing Solutions in Establishing a Legitimate Market

15.00 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

Afternoon Keynote: Innovation in the Services Market

15.45 Local Innovation and Technology transfer on a grassroots level

Craig Ross, Innovations Manager, RLabs, South Africa

16.10 Leadership in the Digital Africa… what leaders must do to take Africa’s future in the digital space to the next level

Nicholas Okoye, President & CEO, Anabel Group & Founder, Annabel Leadership Academy

16.35 Innovation Discussion: How to Anticipate Consumer Appetites & Deliver an attractive Experience

Craig Ross, Innovations Manager, RLabs, South Africa

Serigne Barro, Partner – General Manager, People Input, Senegal

Chantel Botha, Innovation & CEM expert

Marc Elias, Chief Disruptor, Seed Engine

17.15 End of Day 1 & Networking Drinks

Day 2 – Wednesday 26^th June 2013

Keynote: Taking Content & Data Services to the Next Level 

9.30 Driving service innovation to take off content & data usage in Africa

Arnauld Blondet, Technocentre, VP  Marketing Products & Innovation for AMEA, Orange

9.55  Social Networking Brainstorm: Engaging Customers & Increasing Revenues with Social Media – What Next?

Marc Herson, Director, 2Go

Vincent Maher , Vice President of Growth and Product Strategy, Mxit

Brett St Clair, Head of New Products Sub Sahara, Google

10.40 Refreshments & Speed Networking (by invitation only)

11.30 Old school vs new school: Making the most of content in a digital age 

Keith Lindsay, Managing Producer, TSV & Brett Lindsay, Director & Production Consultant, Big Brave Productions

11.55 Industry Panel: Delivering Content in a Changing Market

Valentine Amadi, Senior Manager: Network Rollout, Etisalat Nigeria

Emma Kaye, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bozza

Mayo Okunola, General Manager,  DSTV Mobile Nigeria

12.30 Lunch & Exhibition Visit

Mobile Marketing & Advertising

Chair: Raymond Buckle, Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association South Africa

13.30 Market Overview: Mobile Marketing & Advertising in Africa

Raymond Buckle, Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association South Africa

14.00 Mobile as Part of a Multi-Channel Mix

Thomas Mbalu, Creative Director – Digital, Ogilvy Africa

14.30 Case Study: Innovate, Leverage Mobile, Achieve Results

Allana Barber, Consumer Engagement Manager : Digital & CRM – South and East Africa, Nokia

15.00 Refreshments & Exhibition Visit

15.45 Mobile Advertising as a ‘Must Have’ tool in the Mobile Ecosystem

Justin Spratt, CEO, Quirk

16.15 Best techniques to build relationships with low-income consumers: How to romance the low-income consumer into a relationship with your brand

Candice Goodman, Managing Director, Mobitainment

16.45 Q&A and closing remarks

17.00 Close of Conference – Until the Next Event in Africa!

AppGig 2^nd Annual

In partnership with Mobile Monday

13.45 Welcome by Mobile Monday

14.00 Developer Workshop: Developing apps for social media platforms

Workshop leader: Gavin Marshall, Mxit

15.00 Caffeine fix

16.15 App DevChat: Quiz the Gurus

Toby Kurien,  Software Developer & Android Advocate

Sipho Ngwenya, CTO, Afroes

Mark Strathmore, Head of Developer Ecosystem, South and East Africa, Nokia

16.45 App Pitch: Flaunt your App Genius

A unique chance for you independent developers to pitch in an open forum containing mobile industry leaders, fellow developers, as well as VCs… Get feedback, an ego boost, and potentially create an opportunity for yourself.

17.15 Close of Conference – Until the Next App Gig in Africa!