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Ericsson Middle East and Africa VP and Head of the Customer Unit for South and East Africa, Todd Ashton, spoke to Connecting Africa at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about the growth of 4G and 5G networks in Africa and the opportunities in the enterprise sector.
MediaTek Middle East and Africa Director of Business Development Rami Osman spoke to Connecting Africa's Associate Editor Matshepo Sehloho at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about MediaTek's partnerships, connectivity and the company's chipsets.
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ben Selier, VP for Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.")
Schneider Electric VP for Secure Power for Anglophone Africa Ben Selier believes that as demand for energy rises, old data center cooling systems are not sustainable.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paula Gilbert and Todd Ashton speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024")
Ericsson Middle East and Africa VP and Head of the Customer Unit for South and East Africa, Todd Ashton, spoke to Connecting Africa at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about the growth of 4G and 5G networks in Africa and the opportunities in the enterprise sector.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paula Gilbert and Ravi Bhat speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
Microsoft Africa's chief technology and solutions officer, Ravi Bhat, joined Connecting Africa for a video interview at Africa Tech Festival 2024 to talk about the growth of generative AI (GenAI) in Africa and the trends that are impacting enterprises.
Africa Tech Festival 2024 concluded last week, celebrating the most successful edition in its 27-year history, while the continent's tech innovators were honored at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Catherine Lückhoff speaking into a microphone at an event")
Catherine Lückhoff, co-founder and CEO of 20fifty, spoke to Connecting Africa as part of a Women in Tech series about her career, the challenges she has faced and how she overcame them, and her advice to other women pursuing a career in technology.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Jessica Hawkey, founder and MD of RedAcademy.")
RedAcademy's founder and MD Jessica Hawkey spoke to Connecting Africa, as part of a Women in Tech series, about how digital skills development programs are growing Africa's tech talent pipeline while creating jobs for the youth.
Kreative Campus' operations and finance lead, Keitesi Aisha, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women in Tech series about how skills development can make Africa's tech ecosystem more inclusive.
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ben Selier, VP for Secure Power for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.")
_(1).jpg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Picture of Matshepo Sehloho")
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Digital rendering of the expanded Rack Centre Lagos facility")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Paratus workers laying fiber cables.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "African map illuminating country borders")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Kabelo Makwane, Google Country Director for South Africa.")
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_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Talk360 co-founders Hans Osnabrugge and Dean Hiine")
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Brelotte Ba, deputy CEO, Orange Middle East and Africa")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "An M-Pesa transaction between a customer and an agent in Nairobi, Kenya.")
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.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Rami Osman speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
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_(2).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Informa's Event Director James Williams speaking at the Africa Tech Festival")
