Strategy Stream - Day 1

9:40-10:00 - Keynote Session: Opening Remarks and Welcome

Supported by:

Speaker

Dr Ayotunde Coker

Chairman, Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA) & CEO

Open Access Data Centres

10:00-10:30 - Oxford Business Group Report

Speaker

Paul-Francois Cattier

Managing Director

Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA)

10:30-11:10 - Panel Discussion - The African Data Centres Market

Speakers

Mark Acton

Head of Technical Due Diligence

Future-tech SCi Limited

Martien Arts

Director Mission Critical Facilities

Royal HaskoningDHV

Dr Ayotunde Coker

Chairman, Africa Data Centres Association (ADCA) & CEO

Open Access Data Centres

Sanjay Kumar Sainani

Global SVP & CTO Digital Power

Huawei

12:00-12:20 - Investment opportunities across Africa

Speaker

Juanita Clark

CEO

Digital Council Africa

12:20-13:00 - Panel Discussion: Investing in Data Centre across Africa and Building Local and National Supply Chains

Speakers

Juanita Clark

CEO

Digital Council Africa

Dr Angus Hay

Regional Executive

Africa Data Centres

Michelle McCann

Head of Platforms and Interconnection

Teraco

Neels Van Niekerk

Executive Director

EQUATE

13:45-14:30 - Panel Discussion: Site selection considerations for Africa

Speakers

Heath Anderson

Data Centre Consultant

Will Clarke

International Head of Site Selection and Development

Future-Tech

Dr Angus Hay

Regional Executive

Africa Data Centres

Rolf Mendelsohn

CTO

Paratus

Michael Nahon

MD

ONIX Data Centres

Henning Rasmuss

MD

Datascape Africa

14:30-15:00 - Panel Discussion: Current and future power technologies within Africa

Speakers

Norman Moyo

CEO

Distributed Power Africa

Niraj Shah

Sales and Business Development Director

IX Africa

Justin Wimbush

MD

Kambuku Consulting

15:00-15:30 - Data Centre Design - The Africa Challenge

Speakers

Heath Anderson

Data Centre Consultant

Henning Rasmuss

MD

Datascape Africa

Stephen Rose

Director Industry, Energy & Asset Management

Royal HaskoningDHV

Tertius Swart

Technical Director

Hilti South Africa

Diederik Venter

Associate: Mechanical Pr Eng

WSP Group Africa

16:00-16:40 - Renewables and their future role in African Data Centres (Conference Room 2)

Speakers

Mark Acton

Head of Technical Due Diligence

Future-tech SCi Limited

Stefan Frenzel

OCP Project Lead Europe / Independent Consultant

DME

Finhai Munzara

Chief Financial Officer

Africa Data Centres

Justin Wimbush

MD

Kambuku Consulting