Details of the African ACT-2005 Conference

OPENING KEYNOTE

Partnerships: The key to accelerate ICT development in Africa : Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casburri, Minister of Communications, South Africa
Overcoming obstacles to ICT deployment in rural areas Sam Gulube, CEO, Universal Service Agency, South Africa
ICT Partnerships: The Pragmatic Approach : Salim Dewji, CEO, Dynamic Communications, South Africa
ICT business development in a harsh investment climate : Bjorn Soderberg, CEO, Spintrack, Sweden
Leading Africa into the Knowledge Society : eNotus

ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS FORUM

IT Security: The new frontier in corporate growth : Dr Anil K. Shai, Executive VP & CTO, Procera Networks, USA
Harnessing ICT for Africa’s development :Desi Lopez-Fafie, MD African Operations, Oracle, Ghana
Enterprise management challenges in the 21st Century : Andre Hartley, Head of African Sales, Hewlett-Packard
New challenges and old for online banking : Arthur Goldstuck, CEO, World Wide Worx, South Africa
CRM – No longer an island of information : Jeremy Waterman, CEO, Softline AccPac, South Africa
Hey CIO!!! You are the in-house consultant: Empower your “clients” with professional ICT consulting skills, methodologies and tools : Zwelibanzi Ndlovu, CEO, Zedesen Associates, Kenya

THE SECOND AFRICAN VOIP FORUM

Moving VoIP applications beyond cheap calls : Yves Desmet, Vice-President, EMEA, Verso Technologies, USA
The realities of launching a VoIP platform :Tomer Treves, Business Development Manager, DeltaThree, Israel
Open Source applications in VoIP: Prof Alfredo Terzoli, Dept of Computer Science, Rhodes University, South Africa
Clever VoIP management to save costs: Allen Niven, CEO, GlobalFone, USA
Delivering carrier-grade VoIP and IP services in Africa – Providing customers with equal or better quality and features than circuit switched services
Eric D. Ram, Executive VP, International, Fusion Telecommunications International, USA
Practical VoIP implementation in Africa :Lukshman Maharaj, Sentech, South Africa
Power Protection for VoIP and PoE applications : Thierry Gougeot, MGE UPS Systems, France
Providing VoIP access platforms over satellite : Wayne McDonald, Africa Manager, Gilat Satellite, South Africa

THE SECOND AFRICAN INTERNET FORUM

Session 1 - Broadband
The impact of broadband on the market: Russell Southwood, CEO, Balancing Act, UK
Creating a broadband market strategy: Ato Sarpong, General Manager, Africa Online, Ghana
So you have the technology for satellite broadband, but do you have a business plan to make money out of it? : Dawie de Wet, CEO, Q-Kon, South Africa

Session 2 - Making wireless stretch further
Using Wi-MAX to provide voice services : Leon Nthale, CEO, Microcom, Dem. Republic of Congo
Wi-MAX for the Local Loop : Kai Wulff, Kenya Data Networks
Using Wi-Fi for trunking : Asif Kassam, Operations Director, Skyband, Malawi
Wi-MAX: looking at the costs of the new business model : Barak Madar, Regional Sales Manager, Alvarion, Israel

Session 3 - Self-managing Internet resources effectively
Chair: Chima Onyekwere, MD, Linkserve, Nigeria: Internet resource management in Africa
Adiel Akplogan, GM, AfriNIC, Mauritius : The challenge of implementing effective Internet eXchange Points in Africa
Lanre Ajayi, MD, PiNET Informatics, Nigeria

Session 4 - Getting cost-effective connectivity
Buying on demand: Providing efficient and cost-effective Internet options for business Soheil Mehranbanzad, Regional Director for Africa/Middle East, Hughes Network Systems
Inclined Orbit: An opportunity to lower the cost of connectivity in Africa: Joe Luel, Market Development Manager, SkyVision
iDirect applied to small C-Band Antennas : Michael Tolub, VP Sales, SkyVision
Creating a new bandwidth economy through effective bandwidth management : Darren Bishop, Director, Excotek, South Africa

THE AFRICAN e-GOVERNMENT FORUM

The ECA’s NICI policy for poverty reduction: Dr Baharul Islam, Consultant, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ethiopia
Authentication issues for eGovernment services and potential benefits for the private sector:  Mike Silber, Consultant, South Africa
Satellite broadband to Improve civil service skills : Soheil Mehrabanzad, Regional Director for Africa/Middle East, Hughes Network Systems, USA
Public health status and how we can leverage with IT - A need for today in every country: Mazhar Pasha, President & MD, Netripples Software, India
Lessons from population censuses and surveys in Sudan : Salih Hamza Abu-El-Yamen, Director of the Computer and Information Centre, Central Bureau of Statistics, Sudan
Satellite technology for democratic elections : Wayne McDonald, Africa Manager, Gilat Satellite, South Africa

MOBILE TELEPHONY FOR DEVELOPMENT FORUM

Latest mobile technology & applications in South Africa: Lessons for Africa : Brian Neilson, Director of Telecommunications Research, BMI-T, South Africa
A new approach to the successful marketing of GPRS, MMS and EDGE in Africa : Bill Hearmon, CEO, Red Chillies Enterprises, Botswana
Media habits of mobile subscribers in Africa : Fola Odufuwa, CEO, eShekels, Nigeria
Tradenet: The trading network of the future  : Shaun Ferris, Project Manager, Rural Agro-enterprise Development Project, Uganda
Cost effective deployment of GSM technology in rural areas : Wayne McDonald, Africa Manager, Gilat Satellite, South Africa

THE AFRICAN OPEN SOURCE FORUM

Government and FOSS – The benefits and challenges : Envir Fraser, Meraka Institute, South Africa
FOSS – What progress has been made in Africa? : Nhlanhla Mabaso, Meraka Open Source Centre
FOSS solutions for a developing world – A case study : Denis Brandjes, OpenLab International, South Africa
Free software and localisation : Dwayne Bailey, translate.org.za, South Africa
Impi Linux – Building a local open source industry (to be confirmed) : Andre Coetzee, ImpiLinux, South Africa
Creating Open Communities : Hagen Graf, Alternative Unternehmensberatung, Germany
Open Source: With great power comes great responsibility  : Pria Chetty, Lawyer, Buys Incorporated, South Africa
Open source solutions: Yossi Hasson, Synaq, South Africa

POLICY & REGULATORY REFORM POLICY

Regulatory issues affecting the ICT sector : Neil Emerick, Nightsbridge, South Africa
Process and Product: ICT policy for education in Namibia : Todd Malone, Academy for Educational Development, Namibia
A multi-track journey: Developing ICT Policy and Regulations in Kenya : Florence Etta, Consultant, International Development Research Council (IDRC), Kenya

CALL CENTRE & BPO FORUM

The challenges in developing call centre operations in Kenya: Pauline Muthigani, Telecom Strategy Analyst, 3nB Consulting, Kenya
Call Centres: Delivering effective customer service: Rod Jones, Contact Centres & Customer Management, South Africa
BPO - Kenya vs Africa - Partnership will serve us better than individualism : Wallace Gichoho, Chairman, Kenya ICT Service Exporters (KISE) & Founding Director, Call Centre Africa Consulting

AFRICAN ICT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Session 1: ICT Industry representation – making it work for you : Presenter: Adrian Schofield, Convenor, African Federation of ICT Associations
· Who needs to be represented? o Business, government, academia, professionals
· Why work together? o Synergy, strength, resources
· What are the issues? o Regulation, taxes, access, trade, costs
· Unitary or segmented structure? o Catering for the spectrum of interests
· How is it funded? o Revenue models
· Member benefits o Value for money
· Local, national, regional and global representation o From branch meetings to world alliances
· The big events o Participation in ACT, CeBIT, WSIS, WCIT…

Session 2: The global voice for local industry – a case study and discussion
Presenter: Waudo Siganga, Chairman, Kenya Computer Society : · African ICT associations – some examples
o Kenya, Senegal, Uganda…
· Pulling Africa together: ITMA, WITSA, NEPAD, AU – AFICTA

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