The GSMA has announced additional speakers participating in the 2017 Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa conference, which will take place 11\u201313 July 2017 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Additionally, the GSMA announced that its Mobile for Development Utilities programme has launched a new call for applications for its Innovation Fund. Further, Vodacom has also been confirmed as Host Sponsor for Mobile 360-Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cMobile 360 \u2013 Africa is now only two weeks away and we are looking forward to convening players from across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industries to discuss the unprecedented opportunity that mobile provides to improve and enhance social and economic development in the region,\u201d said Michael O\u2019Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA.<\/p>\n
At Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa, CEOs and senior executives from leading mobile companies and from players across the digital ecosystem will address the most pressing mobile trends and issues. New speakers confirmed to join the existing line-up at Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Marisa Conway, Chief Learning Officer, Arifu
\n\u2022 Kees Van Lede, CEO, Carepay Ltd
\n\u2022 Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner, Chanzo Capital
\n\u2022 Wale Ayeni, Regional head, Venture Capital \u2013 Africa, International Finance Corporation
\n\u2022 Lilian Makoi, Founder and CEO, Jamii Africa
\n\u2022 Catherine McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer, Medical Aid Films
\n\u2022 Mohamed, Dabbour, Executive Vice President, Africa, Millicom
\n\u2022 Dorcas Muthoni, CEO and Founder, Openworld
\n\u2022 Thomas Chalumeau, Chief Strategy Officer, Orange MEA
\n\u2022 Bob Collymore, CEO, Safaricom
\n\u2022 Peter Kariuki, Co-Founder and CTO, Safemotos
\n\u2022 Evan Thomas, CEO, SweetSense<\/p>\n
Over the three days, the conference will feature thought-provoking keynote addresses, fireside chats and panel discussions. Day one looks at the role of government and industry in delivering social and digital transformation; day two highlights and celebrates the companies and projects leading the digitisation of Africa; and finally, day three takes an in-depth look into mobile money and financial inclusion.<\/p>\n
The conference will also examine different aspects of the empowerment story, with sessions including: \u2018What Does a Digital Future Look Like for Africa?\u2019, \u2018Mobile as a Platform for Achieving SDGs in Africa\u2019, \u2018Expanding and Enhancing Mobile Broadband Connectivity\u2019 and \u2018Pathways to Social Transformation: Identity and Inclusion\u2019.<\/p>\n
For the first time, the programme will feature a \u2018Predictions Panel\u2019, where thought leaders from throughout the industry will gather to share and debate their predicted outcomes of Digital Africa in the next 12 months. <\/p>\n
Confirmed to join so far are:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dorcas Muthoni, CEO and Founder, Openworld
\n\u2022 Mariam Abdullahi, Africa Industry Lead, Telecommunications, SAP Africa
\n\u2022 Simon Karikari, CEO, Tigo Tanzania<\/p>\n
In addition to the main conference, Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa will highlight the initiatives and activities undertaken by the GSMA Mobile for Development programme. These include the programme\u2019s work to: increase access to and use of life-enhancing mobile services; accelerate socio-economic improvements for the underserved, particularly women, rural populations and youth; drive digital and financial inclusion; and promote the adoption of identity for the unregistered.<\/p>\n
Call for applications to utilities innovation fund<\/strong><\/p>\n Supported by the UK Government, the M4D Utilities Innovation Fund aims to test and scale the use of mobile to improve or increase access to energy, water and sanitation services. Through the first two phases of funding, grants have been competitively awarded to 34 organisations across four continents, amounting to GBP 5.6 million and creating a direct impact to over 2.5 million people. For further information on how to apply for funding, please visit here<\/a>. All attendees are invited to join Millicom and GSMA Mobile for Development for the Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa Networking Drinks Reception sponsored by Millicom on Wednesday 12 July, 17:30-19:30. The GSMA\u2019s Connected Society and Connected Women programmes will be co-hosting the reception under the theme of \u2018Connecting the Unconnected: Accelerating Inclusion\u2019. The reception will serve to congratulate the Connected Women Commitment partners on their efforts to close the digital divide in Africa and will recognise and celebrate the collaboration between Airtel, Tigo and Vodacom with vendors Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia Systems, as well as UCSAF and the Tanzanian government in helping to connect 70,000 people in rural Tanzania as part of the Connected Society programme.<\/p>\n Get Involved at Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n The 2017 GSMA Mobile 360 Series \u2013 Africa is the third in a series of eight industry-focused events held in major cities across the world. For information on Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa, please visit here<\/a>. Follow developments and updates on Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa (#m360Africa) on Twitter @GSMA, on Facebook <\/a>and LinkedIn<\/a>. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The GSMA has announced additional speakers participating in the 2017 Mobile 360 \u2013 Africa conference, which will take place 11\u201313 July 2017 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Additionally, the GSMA announced that its Mobile for Development Utilities programme has launched a new call for applications for its Innovation Fund. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":13220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,103,399,19,382],"tags":[389,1629,381,2539,655,1003,715,2272,924],"class_list":["post-13219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-mobile","category-more-news","category-regional-news","category-telecom","tag-digital-transformation","tag-event","tag-huawei","tag-mobile-360-series-africa","tag-mobile-technology-2","tag-nokia","tag-tanzania","tag-tigo","tag-vodacom"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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