The Future of IT: Rethinking Digitalization for an AI Everywhere World
Mark Walker
Associate Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Jyoti Lalchandani
Regional Managing Director, Middle East, Türkiye, Africa & India, IDC
Saad Ouchkir
Director of Customer Engineering for Middle East, Turkey & Africa, Google Cloud
Muhammed Omar
Country Manager - Africa, ServiceNow
Douglas Woolley
General Manager, South Africa Dell Technologies
Claudio Polla
Senior Country Sales Manager, Africa, NVIDIA
Omair Zaman
Regional Leader, EMEA Growth, Digital Service Operations Management, BMC Software
Sudipto Moitra
General Manager for ICT Solutions, MTN Business
Lauren Wortmann
Vice President: Applications and Cloud, NTT DATA Middle East and Africa
Andrew Broune
Regional Manager, Africa, Zoho Corporation
Google Cloud Liquid
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.
Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice
BMC
BMC works with 86% of the Forbes Global 50 and customers and partners around the world to create their future. With its history of innovation, industry-leading automation, operations, and service management solutions, combined with unmatched flexibility, BMC helps organizations free up time and space to become autonomous digital enterprises capable of conquering the opportunities that lie ahead.
Privacy Policy: https://www.bmc.com/legal/privacy-policy.html
NTT Data
NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. We invest over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group and headquartered in Tokyo. Visit us at nttdata.com
Previously known as Dimension Data, the company rebranded to NTT DATA, in Middle East and Africa, in 2024.
Privacy Policy: https://services.global.ntt/en-us/legal/privacy-statement
ServiceNow
MTN Business
MTN Business, the preferred ICT partner in Africa, facilitates seamless digital transformation for businesses. Our tailored solutions empower firms to navigate their digital journey effortlessly. From Managed Networks to IoT, Security, and Cloud Solutions, we simplify operations. With our extensive Africa-wide presence, we enable businesses' geographic expansion, epitomizing #BusinessDoneBetter.
Privacy Policy: https://group.mtn.com/privacy-policy/#:~:text=MTN%20does%20not%20collect%20personally,gathered%20from%20the%20registration%20process.
Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live, and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.
Zoho Corporation
With 55+ apps in nearly every major business category, Zoho Corporation is one of the world's leading technology companies. Zoho Corporation is headquartered in Chennai, India. The company began its journey in 1996 and serves business of all sizes. It is a privately held and profitable organization with more than 12,000 employees that serve more than 80 million users worldwide.
For more information, please visit : https://www.zoho.com/
Privacy Policy: https://www.zoho.com/privacy.html
OpenText
OpenText™, is The Information Company™. We are the No. 1 information
management software and services company in the world. We power and protect
information to elevate every person and every organization to gain the
information advantage and be their best.
OpenText
offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for content, business network,
digital experience, security, analytics and AI, DevOps, IT operations
management, and developer APIs. OpenText solutions help customers simplify
their systems, connect their data, build frictionless automation, and thrive in
a multicloud world. The company leverages the diverse backgrounds and
perspectives of all employees, customers, suppliers, and partners to create an
award-winning culture that fosters diversity and inclusion while solving our
customers’ most complex problems. For more information about OpenText
(NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), visit www.opentext.com.
Freshworks
Splunk Inc.
Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) turns data into doing with the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk technology is designed to investigate, monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale. Our powerful platform and unique approach to data have empowered companies to improve service levels, reduce operations costs, mitigate risk, enhance DevOps collaboration and create new product and service offerings.
Mendix
ManageEngine
Privacy Policy: https://www.manageengine.com/privacy.html
Fortinet | Maxtec
Fortinet
Founded more than 20 years ago in Sunnyvale, California, Fortinet continues to be a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Securing people, devices, and data everywhere is Fortinet’s mission. More than 730,000 customers trust Fortinet solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry.
Privacy Policy: https://www.fortinet.com/corporate/about-us/privacy
Maxtec
Maxtec is a distributor of market-leading cybersecurity technologies that are trusted around the globe. Maxtec empowers South African and SADC IT partners with best-in-class solutions, support services, and managed services designed to enhance their cybersecurity offerings and secure their customers’ data.
Privacy Policy: https://maxtec.co.za/privacy-policy/
Snowflake
Appian
Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AI-Powered Process Platform includes everything a company needs to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world's most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operations—resulting in better growth and superior customer experiences.
Privacy Policy: https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/appian-data-privacy
Liferay
Liferay makes software that helps companies create digital experiences on web, mobile and connected devices. Our platform is open source, which makes it more reliable, innovative and secure. We try to leave a positive mark on the world through business and technology. Hundreds of organizations in financial services, healthcare, government, insurance, retail, manufacturing and multiple other industries use Liferay. Visit us at liferay.com.
Privacy Policy: https://www.liferay.com/privacy-policy
Institute of Chartered IT Professionals ( ICITP)
The Institute of Chartered IT Professionals is the recognized professional body in the Information Technology sector of South Africa, the leading advocate of information technology issues in South Africa and is the only institute that administers and awards the two benchmark professional certifications in Information Technology nationally and internationally. These recognized professional designations are registered on the SAQA’s National Qualifications Framework (NQF). ICITP consists of the most extensive growing network of individuals knowledgeable in all areas related to Information Technology.Our mission is to ensure the advancement of the NQF by promoting public interest and trust in the Information Technology Profession by encouraging ongoing professional development; developing and maintaining the standards for the practice of Information Technology and by facilitating access to its designations in recognition of deserving Information Technology practitioners in South Africa. Our vision is to develop, manage and empower the IT Profession in South Africa
International Business Magazine
Founded in 2018, International Business Magazine covers trending topics across the globe, with a particular focus on the Middle East and the world's emerging markets. The magazine has an avid readership across the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, providing extensive coverage of all the latest developments in the world of business, banking, finance, and technology.
Siliconindia
siliconindia publishes exclusive and authentic content through the stories of burgeoning entrepreneurs, outstanding technologists, and accomplished CXOs, along with business analysis, leading technology trends, and opinions. Having procured the wisdom and augmented the insights on various verticals, besides technology, siliconindia over the years has branched into sectors ranging from enterprise services to healthcare, education, consultants, real estate, lifestyle, and start-ups. Having grown profoundly, siliconindia today reaches out to top management and senior executives (VPs and CXOs), venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs across India. siliconindia is a proponent of the bilateral business corridor, acting as a quintessential forum for professionals to interact, exchange knowledge, develop business relationships, and share their experiences — a one-of-a-kind proposition.
IT News Africa
IT executives worldwide rely on IDG’s technology events to discover new ideas, trends, and solutions. Leveraging 60 years of IDC’s market intelligence and Foundry’s media brands (CIO, CSO, Computerworld, InfoWorld, Network World), these events offer powerful learning and networking experiences.
Held in more than 30 countries, they foster networking, collaboration, engagement, and knowledge sharing among industry leaders and professionals. Each event is meticulously curated to provide valuable insights and meaningful connections through analysts and editor-led content, global perspectives, case studies presented by the world’s leading tech companies and a range of interactive formats including expert panels, live demos, roundtables, 1:1 meetings and workshops.