{"id":125606,"date":"2018-11-08T18:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/africacom-2018-press-briefing-notification\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T18:53:19","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T16:53:19","slug":"africacom-2018-press-briefing-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/africacom-2018-press-briefing-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"AfricaCom 2018 \u2013 Press Briefing Notification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/africacom-2018-press-briefing-notification\/\">AfricaCom 2018 \u2013 Press Briefing Notification<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p>AfricaCom 2018 &#8211; Press Briefing Notification. One week to go to the world\u2019s largest Africa-focused TMT event<\/p>\n<p>London, 8 November 2018 \u2013 There is now less than one week to go before the 21st AfricaCom. This event, as always, is expected to cast the net wide in terms of how technology, media and telecommunications is shaping the future of the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the hundreds of exhibitors, speakers and thousands of delegates that will congregate next week with loads of newsworthy insights to fill column inches, there will be some key press briefings for press. Media are requested to please diarise the following:<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday 13th November 2018:<br \/> Liquid Telecom<br \/> 11H30 \u2013 12H30<br \/> Room 1.3 which is at the top of the escalator by the main entrance to CTICC.<br \/> Nic Rudnick, Liquid Telecom\u2019s Group CEO, will be giving an update on the company\u2019s progress across Africa &#8211; and plans for the future.<br \/> Please contact bridget@telecomsprafrica.com to confirm attendance.<\/p>\n<p>MTN<br \/> 14H00 \u2013 15H00<br \/> Grand Ballroom<br \/> Press conference to announce the biggest strategic technology partnership on the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>Orange<br \/> 14H00 \u2013 15H00<br \/> Connectivity Hall \u2013 Stands D1A-D1B-D2A<br \/> Meet Alioune Ndiaye, CEO of Orange Middle East &amp; Africa as he presents the company&#8217;s strategy for Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 14th November 2018<br \/> Huawei Technologies South Africa (Proprietary) Limited<br \/> 09H30 and 11H30<br \/> Huawei to launch its Public Cloud service in South Africa in partnership with its local South African partners.<br \/> Attending:<br \/> \u2022 Minister of Telecommunications and Postal services<br \/> \u2022 Mr. Li Peng, President of Huawei Southern Africa<br \/> \u2022 Mr. Deng Tao, Vice President of Huawei Cloud BU<br \/> \u2022 Accenture, IDC, MTN, VDC, SITA, EMM, Standard Bank, ABSA, SAPS, PRASA, Transnet, ESKOM<\/p>\n<p>In other news: Media should note that the Media Lounge will be located in the Technology Arena this year. We look forward to welcoming you all there.<\/p>\n<p>To attend any of the above mentioned press conferences or gatherings, please contact: kaz@networxpr.co.za or call +27 21 201 1522<\/p>\n<p>For media accreditation, please apply here. 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