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TMT FINANCE AND INVESTMENT AFRICA 2012 – June 7, London
Addressing the Next Phase of Mobile and Fixed Broadband Roll Out
8.00 – 9.00 - Registration and Networking Breakfast
9.00 – 9.05 OFFICIAL CONFERENCE OPENING
9.05 – 9.30 VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
9.30 – 10.45 TELECOM LEADERSHIP ROUND TABLE – INVESTING IN THE NEXT PHASE OF GROWTH
How can telecom operators in Africa sustain growth as the region enters a new challenging phase of development? How are the demands of investment community changing?
- What are the latest strategies of regional operators?
- Structuring the business to beat the competition in different markets
- Investing in Mobile and Fixed Broadband
- Where are the opportunities for JVs and Mergers?
- Assessing infrastructure ownership options
Chair - TBA
Speakers
Claude Sassoulas, Head of EMEA, Tata Communications
Richard Bell, Group CEO, Wananchi Group (Holdings) Ltd
David Williams, CEO, Avanti Communications
Wafik Shater, Chairman, LAP Green
More speakers to be announced shortly
10.45 – 11.15 Networking Break
11.15 – 11.30 VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
11.30 – 12.30 THE M&A PANEL – WHERE WILL MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS HAVE THE BIGGEST IMPACT?
Leading merger and acquisition advisers and practitioners discuss the likely impact of telecom M&A in African telecoms.
- How will macro-economic conditions and access to finance effect strategy?
- Who will lead consolidation in different African markets?
- Transaction and financing strategies assessed
- Competition and regulation issues
Chair - Daniel Sandelson, Partner, Clifford Chance
Speakers
Jack Callaway, Managing Director, Global co-head of telecoms and media, Barclays Capital
Simon Holden, Managing Director, Global Head of Telecoms, Goldman Sachs International
Nina Triantis, Managing Director, Global Head of Telecoms & Media, Standard Bank
Vincent Le Stradic, Head of Technology and Telecom M&A, Lazard Frères
Gulfraz Qayyum, Managing Director, Head of Telecoms MENA, Citi
12.30 – 13.30 Networking Lunch
13.30 – 13.45 VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
13.45 – 14.45 INVESTMENT MODELS FOR NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS – IS OPEN ACCESS THE FUTURE?
How should African broadband infrastructure investment be accelerated? Regulators, Operators, Policy Makers and Financiers discuss strategies for successful roll out and implementation.
- Wholesale NGN Investment Models
- Public Private Partnerships for investing in Infrastructure and Spectrum
- Government and Regulation – how can policy stimulate growth?
- Auctions and bundling - What new spectrum in available and necessary?
- 4G, LTE and Wimax - protecting against new technology shifts
Chair - Peter Lyons, Director of Spectrum Policy, Africa & Middle East, GSM Association
Speakers
Dr Bashir Gwandu, Executive Commissioner, Nigerian Communications Commission
Roland Janssens, Director, Frontier Markets Fund Managers (FMFM)
More speakers to be announced shortly
14.45- 15.00- Visionary Keynote Speech
14.45 – 15.45 MAXIMISING ROI FOR MOBILE TOWERS – HOW ASSET SALES AND OUTSOURCING IS SHIFTING THE BALANCE
Leading infrastructure owners and investors discuss opportunities and benefits for sales, sharing and investment across Africa.
- Wireless Towers – assessing sale and leaseback opportunities
- New investment strategies for independent infrastructure assets
- Where next for Mobile Towers
– ew Financing models - Comparing Business Plans for Towers Operators
Chair - John Graham, Partner, Clifford Chance
Speakers
Chuck Green, CEO, Helios Towers Africa
Issam Darwish, CEO, IHS Africa
Terry Rhodes, Co-founder and Director, Eaton Towers
15.45 – 16.15 Networking Break
16.15 – 16.30 VISIONARY KEYNOTE SPEECH
16.30 – 17.30 RAISING FINANCE FOR AFRICAN TELECOMS
Leading telecom bankers, vendor finance heads, and investors debate the latest fundraising methods.
- Accessing debt and equity capital markets locally and internationally
- Assessing the latest private and public funding initiatives
- Vendor and Project Financing, Private Equity and Venture Capital trends
- What is driving valuations and pricing levels?
- Where are the next opportunities for investment?
Chair - David Nelligan, Partner, Simmons & Simmons
Speakers
Torsten Thiele, Head of Telecoms Project Finance, Investec Bank
Kent E. Lupberger, Global Head, Telecom, Media and Technology, Global Infrastructure & Natural Resources, IFC
Stefan Verhoeven, Head of Telecom, Media & Technology - Wireless Finance, ING Commercial Banking
Robert Wallin, Executive Director, Customer Financing Solutions Dept, Huawei
17.30 – 18.00 Q&A
18.00 – 19.00 Cocktail Reception
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