2nd DataCentre Africa

Key Speakers include

Robert Aouad Paul-François Cattier Bernard Donnelly Jan Hnizdo Kent Lupberger
Bejoy J Nettikadan Greg Montjoie Dr. Geoffrey G Seleka Didier Soucheyre Jeff Vanden Berghe

Robert Aouad, CEO, Isocel Telecom; Paul-François Cattier, Global Vice President Data Center, Schneider Electric; Bernard Donnelly, Executive, Solution Architecture, Telkom Business IT and Cloud Solutions; Jan Hnizdo, CFO, Teraco; Kent Lupberger, Global Head, TMT, International Finance Corporation; Bejoy J Nettikadan, Managing Director, NetOne; Greg Montjoie, Cloud Executive, Internet Solutions; Dr. Geoffrey G Seleka, Senior Director, Botswana Innovation Hub; Didier Soucheyre, President, Neo Telecoms; Jeff Vanden Berghe, CTO, Burundi Backbone Systems

Welcome to the 2nd DataCentre Africa

DataCentre Africa event creates a new platform for information and networking.

Africa’s first regional datacentre conference has taken place in Johannesburg 26-27 June 2012 and has been widely welcomed as a new platform for information and networking.

The extensive programme included a review of modular deployment, Africa leadership panel, finance and investment in datacentres, energy and connectivity. Key findings of a new BroadGroup study were presented at the event.

The development of datacentre infrastructure is vital to the growth of African economies. Private investment funds are underwriting the cost of selected fibre deployments across key metropolitan areas, subsea cable connectivity is significantly higher and seeing sustained development across the continent.

BroadGroup research also suggests that modular data centres may offer many African countries the fastest solution in terms of durability, cost and time to deploy.

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Key benefits of attending

Network with the leadership of Africa’s datacentre and cloud services market face-to-face.
Discover the benefits of hosting and outsourcing to datacentres in Africa.
Find out how to establish your datacentre facility in Africa.
Set up appointments and communicate with other attendees.

Highlights of the Event

Network with more than 250 attendees
Hear new research on Africa markets
Case Studies
Finance and investment in Africa
Fibre connectivity in Africa
High level usable content providing insight into datacentre and cloud markets
International expert guest speakers
New business opportunities in Africa
Outlook and forecasts for Africa region

Commentaries

“With the arrival of the WACS undersea cable and proposed BRICS cable, the region is now benefitting from greater connectivity than ever before,” commented Alex Preston, consultant at BroadGroup.
“As a result, we expect to see bandwidth costs falling in the coming years and the persistent issue of last mile redundancy addressed. With governments committed to mass infrastructure improvements, datacentres will assume a prominent role in contributing to the region’s further sustained economic growth.”