GSMA Announces Speakers for Mobile 360 Series – West Africa
21 March 2018 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
Côte d’Ivoire Programme Features Executives
from African Development Bank,Government of Benin, Lumos Global,
MTN Cote d’Ivoire and Orange, Among Others;GSMA Provides Further
Details on Global Mobile 360 Series of Events
The GSMA today announced the first speakers for the 2018 Mobile
360 Series – West Africa conference, which will take place 11-12
April at the Radisson Blu Abidjan Airport Hotel in Abidjan, Côte
d'Ivoire. The event is organised with the support of the Ministry
of Post and ICT of Côte d'Ivoire, with sponsors including MTN Cote
d’Ivoire (Host Sponsor), Orange (Headline Sponsor), Telepin
(Industry Sponsor) and Ericsson, Facebook, Intelsat, Mastercard,
Nearex and World Remit (Supporting Sponsors). New for 2018, the
event will feature an Innovation Showcase highlighting leading
start-ups and innovative solutions for the West African market.
“The mobile industry is playing a key role in driving digital,
financial and social inclusion in many African countries by
providing access to essential information and services,” said
Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer, GSMA. “We are excited to
be returning to West Africa, convening key stakeholders to examine
the practical steps needed to overcome critical roadblocks in
technology, governance, business models and investment.”
At the event, discussions will centre around two main themes:
‘Empowering the Consumer through Mobile’ and ‘Is Policy Supporting
the Integration of Technology into Society Enough?’. The conference
will also examine different aspects of the empowerment story, with
sessions including: ‘How Digital is Changing the Consumer
Landscape’, ‘Opening New Markets to Financial Services through
Technology’, ‘Supporting the Expansion of the Digital Economy in
the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)’ and
‘Building a Culture of Confidence and Trust in Data’. The first
speakers confirmed to present at Mobile 360 – West Africa
include:
- Pierre Guislain, Vice-President,
Private Sector, Infrastructure and Industrialization, African
Development Bank
- Aurelie Adam-Soule, Minister of ICT,
Benin
- Kago Kagichiri, CEO, Eneza
Education
- John Giusti, Chief Regulatory Officer,
GSMA
- Fatoumata Ba, Group Chief Marketing
Officer, Jumia
- Davidi Vortman, CEO, Lumos Global
- Rachel Balsham, Deputy CEO and Chief
Impact Officer, MFS Africa
- Freddy Tchala, CEO, MTN Cote
d’Ivoire
- Aurelien Duval-Delort, Managing
Director, Orange Bizao
The full conference agenda is available at www.mobile360series.com/west-africa/agenda/.
In addition to the conference, Mobile 360 – West Africa will
highlight the initiatives and activities undertaken by the GSMA
Mobile for Development programme. The event will focus on the
GSMA’s work to increase access to and use of life-enhancing mobile
services; accelerate socio-economic improvements for the
underserved, especially women, rural populations and youth; drive
digital and financial inclusion; and provide identity services for
the unregistered.
Alongside the conference, the first day of the event will kick
off with an inaugural Annual Regional Conference organised by the
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in partnership
with the GSMA and the African Development Bank. This
invitation-only event will explore how government, working in
partnership with industry, can create an enabling environment for
the development and promotion of a digital regional economy.
Mobile 360 – West Africa Registration Now Open
Registration for Mobile 360 – West Africa is now open; individuals
wishing to attend should visit
www.mobile360series.com/west-africa/attend/. For further
information on Mobile 360 – West Africa, including sponsorship
opportunities, please visit
www.mobile360series.com/west-africa/overview/. Follow developments and updates on Mobile 360 –
West Africa (#M360WA) on Twitter @GSMA, on Facebook
www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series and LinkedIn
on www.linkedin.com/company/gsma-mobile-360-series.
Mobile 360 Series The 2018 GSMA Mobile 360 – West Africa
is the first in a series of industry-focused events held in major
cities across the world. The GSMA Mobile 360 Series of events
fosters regional engagement and examines the pressing issues that
are shaping the mobile industry on both a local and global scale.
The first confirmed Mobile 360 Series events for 2018 include:
Mobile 360 Series Conference
Location
Dates
Mobile 360 – West Africa Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire 11-12
April Mobile 360 – Privacy & Security The Hague, Netherlands
30-31 May Mobile 360 – Africa Kigali, Rwanda 17-19 July Mobile 360
– Latin America Buenos Aires, Argentina 4-6 December
Further information on the entire Mobile 360 Series of events is
available at www.mobile360series.com/. Follow developments and
updates on Mobile 360 Series (#mobile360) on Twitter @GSMA and on
Facebook www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series.
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About the GSMA The GSMA represents the interests of
mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with
almost 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including
handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers
and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent
industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events
such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai,
Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of
conferences.
For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at
www.gsma.com. Follow the GSMA on
Twitter: @GSMA.
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