Anice Hassim is founder and CEO of specialist mobile app development studio immedia that is currently redefining South Africa’s digital landscape. His command of the current post-PC revolution, and the accompanying explosion of smartphone and tablet devices; means he is able to offer clients insight, guidance and the products that can define this new media space. He’s also passionate about the development of the multidisciplinary talent associated with bringing apps to life as part of his mission to imbue all the work immedia does with a dynamic set of African values and sensibilities.

Ronald is Mobile Product Manager at 24.com, responsible for the mobile and tablet applications portfolio for News24 and 24.com’s other brands across multiple platforms including iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Nokia. Ronald attended the Naspers Harvard Business School programme in 2009 and Naspers Media Management Programme at the University of Stellenbosch Business School in 2010. Ronald was recently elected to chair the Measurements project committee for the Mobile Marketing Association of South Africa. Follow him at @amabacha

Thibaut has been active in the mobile, telecom, software world for the past 10 years as an all-rounder from the research labs, to the telecom shelter, from core network to core OS, from photons to airwaves and from product management to community strategy. 
Over the past few years has been heavily engaged in the migration of the mobile industry towards a more open and community led approach to development and innovation,especially active in developing the Eclipse and Symbian communities but also supporting operators and OEMs devise their developers program.
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Henk Kleynhans is a Computer Scientist and Internet Junkie turned Social Entrepreneur and Broadband White Knight.

He realised that if he could incentivize thousands of small entrepreneurs to set up Wi­Fi internet hotspots, it would soon lead to a dramatic increase in broadband penetration in South Africa. He thus founded Skyrove, which enables anyone to earn an income by sharing their internet access with their neighbours.

Alan is the founder and CEO of World of Avatar (www.worldofavatar.com), a developer of mobile applications for Africans. Between 2003 and 2006 co-founded five companies in the mobile telecoms sector. In 2006 appointed managing director of iBurst, the third largest wireless broadband network in South Africa. In April 2008 published Don’t Panic, persuading South Africans to come home. In June 2008 founded The Trust, an NGO focused on assisting charities access skills and capital. . In 2009 nominated as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Alan is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA.)

Prins Mhlanga is Managing Executive of Vodacom’s South Africa Digital Media space. What that means is that if you’ve ever used any kind of communication device available, chances are very good that Prins’ portfolio has affected the world in the palm of your hand through mobile banking, advertising, content delivery or purchases.

He joined Vodacom South Africa in 1998 in marketing but his involvement with the Wireless Application Service Providers since 2003 has alleviate the network take a leading role in the enabling of Content purchases and delivery by third parties.

Dr. Roland Beckmann-Kunz joined Etisalat Group in April 2009 and is responsible for the Content, VAS and Data business across its footprint. Before, he served as SVP Content and Digital Commerce for Vodafone Germany, where he ran the most successful digital content business in Europe. He has been nominated for the Global Mobile Awards at Mobile World Conference in Barcelona.

Anwar has been working in mobile industry for over 10years, after graduating with a engineering degree from Brunel University he worked for a start-up developing DSP software, also worked as a software developer with Qualcomm Inc, working on 1^st 3G + LBS chip development. After switching to Sales and Marketing role he was the pre-sales manager for BREW , moving to Symbian Ltd as technical account manager for Sony Ericsson. Before joining Navteq he was the global relations manager sourcing bada app’s at Samsung. He loves to hear from people who are trying to solve global issues using technology.

Brett has been working in mobile media and mobile marketing and advertising for 15 years all over the globe – engineering, implementing and selling mobile operator infrastructure from London to Mongolia. After a decade in London, Brett headed back home to Johannesburg, to start his own mobile media agency. Brett now gets to use his extensive experience in the South African and African mobile media market Heading up Mobile Ad sales for Google South Africa. Brett has recently been elected as the South African MMA Co Chair for the next year where our goals are to grow the Mobile Marketing market space, focusing on measurements, Standards Guidelines and Education.

Dave is a Technical Developer Evangelist at Microsoft South Africa, working with local developers to create applications on the Microsoft platform. He has 10 years of experience working in various industries including SCADA, GIS, and Enterprise and has worked with a wide variety of technologies including .Net, Silverlight, SQL Server, SharePoint, XNA, and DirectX. Dave presents at a number of local conferences and events including Teched, DevDays, Devs4Devs and other community events.  His love for technology is only equalled by his love of game development and he is an active member of the local game development community.

Brett has been working in the mobile environment for nearly 15 years and is deeply passionate about mobile and relevant technologies. He has worked together with MTN, Nokia, HTC and Samsung – as well as a stint consulting to a variety of mobile focused entities in SA. Mostly, he has spent his time involved in product technology and marketing initiatives, but most recently Development in the Mobile Application space for Samsung.

Robert has worked in the mobile industry since 1999.

He created J2ME Polish, the Open Source framework for mobile application development in 2004 and founded Enough Software to commercialize it. Today, J2ME Polish is the quasi standard for mobile Java development, comnmercially licensed by Nokia, Motorola, Qualcomm, Huawei and many more. As a service provider, Enough Software nowadays develops applications for all major platforms. This means that Robert has a first-hand knowledge of the fragmented mobile ecosystem- not only as a manager, but also as an experienced programmer who still enjoys coding whenever possible.

Grant started his career as a qualified MCSE working in the Legal computing industry. He left the industry to further his studies. In 2006 Qualified with a B.Sc IT Degree and a B. Ing Electrical and Electronic Engineering Degree. On completion of studies he was a founding member of Pbel (PTY) Ltd and has been the Head of Mobile Design and Development ever since.

GSM Telecommunications Professional since 1994 with strong focus on financial performance management and game changing Innovations within the Industry. Highly experienced across various areas of the business, these include:
• Strategic Management and Operations Management, including Organizational Design and Structure, Simulation Models, Capacity Planning, Project Management (PERT and CFM), Just in Time Inventory, Quality Management, Compensation, Job Design

First National Bank (FNB) recently appointed Yolande van Wyk as the new CEO for Smart Services. Yolande and her highly skilled and dedicated team are responsible for the development of innovative alternative banking solutions a well as FNB’s eMoney business.

Mike Johns is the Founder and President of Digital Mind State formerly known as UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridged wireless technology and hip-hop culture. Mike Johns is the driving force behind the Digital Mind State brand, responsible for planning, business development, marketing and the company expansion. A true liaison between urban youth culture and the mobile industry, Johns has been successful at building and maintaining profitable business relationship with some of the biggest company names in mobile industry including T-Mobile, Zed, Fun Mobility, Nokia, Microsoft, amongst others. Motivated byleveling the playing field of the “Digital Divide,” he’s been dubbed “ambassador” of the urban/hip-hop lifestyle segment as well he’s achieved numerous “first” in the mobile entertainment space.

A Nike veteran, Kemi kick started his career in 1999 at NikeTown London, Nike's European flagship store.  His role?  A cashier, a role that enabled him to have constant dialogue with Nike's consumer and gave him great ammunition to secure a position with Nike's London marketing team.  In 2007 Kemi joined the Nike South Africa team as Nike Sportswear Brand Manager.  His understanding of youth culture and social media trends made him a key member of the Nike World Cup integrated marketing team, contributing to the success of Nike’s social media efforts, as well as elevating and established a successful footprint for Nike in this important emerging region.

Michael is responsible for defining and implementing the BlackBerry® Alliance Partner programme strategy for Sub Sahara Africa. This includes recruiting new partners to the eco-system as well as working with existing partners on their product and go-to-market strategies. Michael also provides development support for regional partners that develop solutions on the BlackBerry® platform.
After completing his education, Michael worked as an IT specialist for a global bluechip company in Scotland before joining Research In Motion (RIM) in 2002. Michael joined RIM as a server support specialist. He then joined the training department and worked as a technical trainer for the BlackBerry® solution.

Functional Expertise
20 years of sales, consulting and market research expertise, which include primarily ICT and Retail / FMCG related focus. Particular expertise in:
- Market intelligence analysis, growth strategy formulation, customer benchmarking,  geographic expansion, partner identification, distribution channel development, vertical expansion and new product development
- General management, project management, mentoring, business planning and implementation
- Business development and client relationship management

After training as a Hardware & Software Engineer, I quickly made the sharp turn into Online Marketing. Starting off in Online Affiliate Marketing, I ran the OfferForge US and OfferForge ZA affiliate networks. I then moved into Social Media where I ran a niche social network called Designmind.co.za, dedicated to South African architects and their peripherals.

Once I got to take on the role as Cell C's Online Marketing Manager, it was a totally different ballgame, since the scope and size of the operations kept me, and still keeps me on my toes. I'm currently responsible for Cell C's social media activities, web platforms and mobi sites.

Ankit Rawal is a leading mobile evangelist within the African market. He is focused on growing and developing advertising within the rapidly evolving African mobile ecosystem.  In his role at InMobi, he works to engage and educate brands, agencies and app developers on mobile best practices.  Prior to InMobi, Mr. Rawal worked at Microsoft Corp. and Oracle in various technical roles and he holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and a Masters in Business Management.

Sébastien holds a Bsc in Chemical Engineering from Toulouse University (France), an Msc in Process Control from Natal University, and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.

He has been involved in the energy sector for over 8 years. Starting his career as a Process engineer at Saint Gobain, a leading industrial group, he developed energy efficient concepts for their operations and contributed to design and implement the group energy strategy. Moving to Cape Town in 2009 he participated in a number of entrepreneurial ventures in West Africa and then joined Energy Intelligence, a dynamic solutions driven company focused on integrating BI solutions to enhance energy performance management for business and residential customers.

I play in the social media space, creating application to engage online audiences. I'm a sports fanatic and I’m currently building fantasy and casual games which have social media integration components to drive the distribution model for the product.

New sales manager to drive Acer's smartphone business
Acer South Africa appointed Gwen Goodwin as the Sales Manager for South Africa for its Smartphone product range, Gwen also manages the country’s boarder lying South Africa, Gwen was appointed by Acer Africa to bring their Smartphone division in line with its strategy to grow this new business in South Africa.
Gwen joins Acer with 15 years of telecom and IT experience, she has extensive sales, management and technical skills, and has a deep passion for the mobile telecoms market.
Gwen has worked with many blue-chip clients during her career, including financial service firms, logistics companies, food beverage manufacturers and the large Telecom networks.
Gwen comes with extensive skills in the Telecoms space with expertise of Private Networks,LAN’s and WAN’s (VPN),Satellite Connectivity, Voice over IP, Hosting, Network Security, ADSL Platforms and has extensive knowledge in the Mobility industry.

Phillip joined ThoughtFaqtory with 20 years of IT experience, he has extensive sales, marketing, management and technical skills, and has a deep passion for the mobile market.

Phillip has worked with many clients during his career, including a POS software development company, education and training companies, logistics companies, equipment manufacturers and hire companies.

I am something of a start-up specialist having been instrumental in the launch of a number of businesses within the telecommunications, media, ISP and consumer services sector in my working career, both as an owner and an employee.

Specialties: Pioneering the development of the Mobile Phone as the 7th of the mass media both in South Africa and in developing markets globally.

John Press is the Business Development Manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft in South Africa.  His responsibility is to lead the Windows Phone business development working closely with mobile operators and Windows Phone OEM’s to deliver sales and marketing strategies for the Windows Phone brand in SA.

John’s background is predominantly in the areas of sales and marketing of consumer technology product and he has over 15 years’ experience in bringing new products to market.

Michelle Atagana has a Masters Degree in New Media and Journalism, her thesis focuses on social media technologies in the South African journalistic space with some focus on the public sphere. She has been hanging around the Internet since she was 11 back in proper Netscape days and even found a way to get not one, but two degrees out it. She blogs with moderate regularity and tweets with alarming consistency and works tirelessly at memeburn.com.

As former Senior Research Fellow at University College London and Chief Scientist at the University of Cape Town's Cape Heart Centre, Moneeb has carved a second successful career latterly in the worlds of technology and enterprise.  Today, Moneeb is MD of UK-based eSAY Mobile, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning mobile software company.  He is evangelical in his belief in harnessing the power of mobile technology to benefit any organisation with a mobile workforce that uses paper-based reporting.  To this end, the company launched its flagship software as a service (SaaS) - WorkMobileTM at Mobile World Congress in February 2011 to great acclaim and already has more than 10,000 users in over 25 countries.

As Team Lead for Product Management in Africa at RIM, Rui Brites works closely with network partners to introduce new products and solutions to mobile subscribers in Africa.

With more than 12 years of experience in the telecoms industry, Rui has an excellent understanding of the African mobile landscape. Prior to joining RIM, Rui was the product and technical support manager at Samsung Electronics.

He spent seven years with Samsung, helping the company to grow its handset market share in partnership with the network operators. Before that, Rui was the national service manager for Philips Mobile, where he worked with the carriers to provide support and service to South African customers.

Driven by a passion for software and problem solving, Wesley Lynch founded Realmdigital in 1999.  With over a decade of experience in the financial, business and software development industries; gained both locally and during his time in the UK; Wesley is deeply involved in producing innovative technology solutions for African and international businesses. Motivated by a strong belief that collaboration is essential for business and industry success, Wesley regularly shares his knowledge and experience through participation in various conferences and events focused on Tourism, digital content, social media and eBusiness. In his spare time, Wesley enjoys to travel with his chef wife, Sam, and their two children.

With more than 16 years in the online and mobile industry, Tim spearheaded Prezence Digital UK’s expansion into South Africa in 2002 to become one of the country's leading online and mobile creative agencies and branded interactive mobile technology experts. Tim's focus is 'digital for the masses' and has been instrumental in high profile mobile and online development, brand strategy and enhanced user experiences throughout Africa. Passionate about 'mobilising' properly rather than 'miniaturising', Tim presents at high profile International and local conferences and judges for multiple mobile awards. Tim is currently the only African based judge for the highly esteemed global MMA Awards.

A self-motivated technologist who can manage successful projects with confidence and certainty. Steer product strategy in business aware manner with continuous attention to technical excellence. Dirk is Afrozaar’s integration and hosted solution architect that does not stop until IT works. Dirk is an industry leader with a great reputation locally and internationally. Implemented Projects for: Old Mutual, Sanlam, Pick ‘n Pay, Metropolitan Life, ICG, Old Mutual, T-Systems Versant JDOGenie product architect (Java Data Objects implementation of SUN’S JDO specification) Eclipse plug-in architect for JPA implementations. Member of SUN Microsystem’s JPA Specification Expert Group.

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Growing up in the Middle East left an indelible impression on Simon and sparked a passionate interest in community development, entrepreneurship and technology. After completing a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Media Technology in the Netherlands Simon worked for several prominent digital agencies before being appointed CTO of a promising internet startup in Amsterdam. The potential to be directly involved in the use of technology to improve the lives of the less privileged proved irresistible, however, and Simon moved to South Africa to focus on community development work in 2009.

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Juan has a long history of developing success strategies for companies in the new technology and social media sectors and his drive and ambition reflects his passion for the industry.

As the Head of International Business Development and Marketing for MXit, Juan has been responsible for driving Africa’s largest, and most successful, mobile social network’s expansion into Latin America, South East Asia and continental Africa.  He has achieved this by developing strategies aimed at unlocking the company’s growth in these regions and by forming sound business relationships with some of the world’s top telecoms companies.

Siphelele is the new, dynamic Marketing Manager of SAfm. His career background dates back from the Business Development Unit of the SABC, where he worked as a Business Strategist in Gauteng looking after Limpopo and Mpumalanga Regions. He has gained extensive experience and knowledge in the advertising and media industry, worked as an Advertising and Media Consultant on clients such as: Industrial Development Corporation, Revlon, Peugeot, Nando’s as well as a Consultant for the SABC in Media Placement and strategy before joining the Group.

Liron Segev has been in the IT industry for over 18 years working both in South Africa and in the UK. Back in 2000 Liron founded his first Mobile company, SwiftSMS (www.SwiftSMS.co.za) which offers SMS based mobile solution to companies of all sizes. SwiftSMS survived the Dotcom days with solid business model and is still going strong 11 years later developing SMS apps, Mobi sites and Blackberry, iPad and Android applications.

In 2005, Liron founded an IT consulting firm, Swift Consulting (www.SwiftConsulting.co.za), which provides IT consulting services to corporates. The company prides itself on understanding Business requirements and being able to marry Technology to those requirements.

 

Daniel Oluwagbemiga Ben-Daniel is the Country Manager (Africa) for QT Electronics SA. Before joining QT Electronics, Daniel was the Distribution Manager for MTV Networks Africa, Media Strategist for Media Plus Branding (Pty) Limited, and Distribution Manager for CNBC Africa. All companies based in South Africa.

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Hannes is the Chief Executive and Founder of Fundamo (www.fundamo.com). Fundamo is the leading supplier of technology for mobile banking and payment deployments. With clients on four continents and offices in Cape Town and Singapore, Fundamo technology runs millions of transactions each month. He is the author of a widely read blog on mobile banking and an active participant in mobile banking conferences. Having launched the first mobile banking solution in 1999, Hannes is often seen as the pioneer of mobile banking. Before Fundamo, he held executive positions in large financial services companies, as well as being a co-founder of a very successful technology start-up company. He consulted at some of Africa's largest corporations (including Banks, Telco’s and Retailers).

CEO of Silverstone Solutions, Buckle is a B.Com Informatics graduate from the University of Johannesburg and a founding member of the South African Council of the Mobile Marketing Association.

Quality Software Development. I'm passionate about it.
Whether I'm training, consulting, or coding, I believe that it is a core part of crafting great software. Not just quality code and design, but also great user experience.
I try to spread this passion wherever I'm involved in projects and course presentations, maybe overdoing the sermons a bit at times...
For years I have been mostly involved in big Java-based systems, and more recently moving more and more into the mobile space, especially the attractive smartphone (iOS, BlackBerry, Android) playground.

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Simon Barber is currently CTO of ThoughtFaqtory, a unique software development company based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is best described as eclectic with an insatiable appetite for challenging the impossible.

After consulting to SA Tourism in a number of different areas, in 2008 William joined the Marketing Team at SAT as the ‘eMarketing guy’.

Starting out as a project manager at Rapid Blue Interactive as many as 12 years ago, William has been in the digital communication space since then working as part of agencies and global companies all that time.

Yaron Assabi is an entrepreneur with a passion for ICT. He has been consulting in the ICT industry for the past 20 years in the US, UK and SA.

He founded the Digital Solutions Group (DSG) in 1998 which focuses on relationship marketing solutions using multi channel commerce. In 2000 he sold a 51% stake to iTouch prior to their listing on the FTSE and expanded internationally into the UK and Australasia. Due to the market crash in late 2001 he purchased the group back and refocused on the SA market.

Yaron served as the ICT strategist for the Nelson Mandela Foundation and is currently formulating the strategy for the 46664 global communities.

He has been involved in raising awareness and fund raising to fight HIV AIDS .

Serial entrepreneur and CEO of Groupon South Africa. An eternal optimist driven rather by making my dreams a reality.

Dr. Ndubuisi Ekekwe is the founder of First Atlantic Semiconductors & Microelectronics Ltd (Fasmicro) which is developing medical devices, microchips and other technologies in Nigeria. He holds two doctoral and four master’s degrees including a PhD in electrical & computer engineering from the Johns Hopkins University, USA and MBA from University of Calabar. He graduated as his class best student from Federal University of Technology, Owerri (Nigeria), in 1998, and spent years in Diamond Bank Lagos. An Adjunct Professor of engineering, Babcock University (Nigeria), Ndubuisi authored Nanotechnology and Microelectronics that received IGI Global 2010 Excellence in Technology Research ‘Book of the Year’ Award

Garmap Head of Mobile and Content, with the overall responsibility of running the Garmap Mobile and Content departments. Having started in March 2008 we have grown our Garmap for Mobile Navigation install base from only a few thousand to 100K+ in South Africa only.
Prior to joining Garmap I was employed for five years working at Leaf International Communication, having spent two years heading up Leaf’s African expansion, selling to mobile operators and partners in sub-Saharan African. Before I took on the African expansion role I was Leaf’s executive account manager on the MTN account looking after the http://www.mtnloaded.co.za portal, at time it was the largest mobile portal in Africa with over one million subscribers.

Steven Preston is Co-Founder and a Mobile Specialist at Cobi Interactive, one of the first South African technology companies to offer custom software development for the full range of mobile platforms including iOS, BlackBerry, Symbian and Android. After completing his BSc (Honours) in IT and Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Management at UCT; Steven Preston joined the mobile VoIP startup Yeigo Communications. At Yeigo, Steve took up the position of Business Development Manager where he spent his time developing Yeigo's business relationships and sales strategy. Steve left Yeigo in 2008 and began contract software development, primarily for the boutique asset manager Mergence Africa Investments.

Jamaaludeen Khan is the Founder and CEO of Jayz Internet Solutions. He has a decade of experience in building websites and forming online communities. He is passionate about the Internet, and about the possibilities now available through Web 2.0 technologies.

Being a people’s person, he very much enjoys public speaking and delivering seminars and workshops. He speaks at networking events, unConferences, and other events (across the country) on Web 2.0 and Social Media topics. When not on stage, he blogs, writes articles for magazines, and talks on radio about the Web. He has a firm commitment to contributing to people’s understanding of what can be achieved online, and this has earned him a huge reputation globally, with numerous added bonuses such as being written about on blogs in South Africa and as far as California, and also securing international business. Jamaal has also appeared in the Cape Argus as well as the Sunday Tribune newspapers.

Bradley Shaw is the Managing Editor for 3i Publishing the publishers of the Africa Telecoms Magazine, having been involved since inception of the company and the magazine. Bradley is involved in the monthly editorial planning for the magazine and is actively involved in ensuring that the editorial content remains of the highest quality. Bradley is also involved in Business Development for 3i Publishing taking care of key African and International clients. Bradley was also a Judge at the 2011 Global Mobile Awards and judged the category for Best use of Mobile for Social and Economic Development.

 

Renier manages the Stellenbosch office and is also a shareholder in the Omniscience group.  Amoung other apps, 4i developed the hugely popular Powertime app, which allows you to buy your electricity vouchers through the app, ensuring you are never left in the dark.

Nic is the co-founder of mobile-web startup, Motribe. He is a child of dead tree media having studied as a print journalist at Rhodes University in South Africa.
He moved through top media organisations in South Africa and pushed in to mobile media at the Mail & Guardian. Subsequently he ran mobile social projects for Vodacom SA, a South African OpCo. Projects included The Grid, a location based social network and Legends of Echo, a massive multiplayer online location based mobile game.

Etienne Louw joined MapIT in 2010 as Managing Director taking the company to the next phase of addressing the growing demand for enriched geo-spatial mapping content. With 30 years in the ICT industry and 25 years practical GIS experience Etienne, a professionally qualified geo-spatial application expert has comprehensive knowledge in the use of spatial solutions and plays a leading role in the geospatial industry.

Previous roles include Managing Director of MMB Service Providers, a multi-media broadcasting services provider, where he provided services in the area of multimedia broadcasting specialising in content delivery over broadband infrastructure. As Business Development Manager for GISCOE he was responsible for system analysis, application development design, strategic client development, new business development and the management of partner relationships.

Yoav Tchelet currently manages the Digital Channels division of Avis South Africa. He has spent the better part of the last 12 years in various digital marketing roles and projects including founding a digital agency, working with some of the largest brands in SA and abroad and has been involved in a number of internet startups locally. He co-founded Ratesdirect, a pioneer in the local lead generation industry and Noobi, the online feed aggregator and is part of the in-depth, ongoing Social Media research project - The Social Media Value Factor. A keynote speaker at Ad:Tech London in 2010, Yoav has been an Internet Media Award Nominee in 2007 and Winner in 2008 and Technology Top 100 nominee in 2008. As a Digital Marketing evangelist, Yoav seeks to spread his passion for all things Internet and writes extensively for various publications and websites and speaks at various conferences around the world.

Wilter is a serial entrepreneur that is passionate about business models and innovation. His key focus is to generate new business models to disrupt existing industries and to then iteratively validate them through execution.

He previously founded Yeigo which was one of the first mobile VoIP companies to launch a solution into the enterprise mobile VoIP space. He formulated the company strategy and vision and then recruited two co-founders to aide in driving the company forward. 

Subsequently they raised angel funding and grew the company to 12 employees. He exited the company in October 2008 after a majority share was acquired by another company.

Currently he is serving as CEO of Virtual Mobile Technologies, a mobile enterprise application platform (MEAP) backed by Mvelaphanda Group

Currently heads up Training and Consultancy at Quiver Tree House, which involves Mobile Marketing Training (Tier 1 Mobile Marketing Certification)  and Mobile Marketing consulting in compliance and regulations, currently focusing on The Consumer Protection Act.

Also is the Chairperson for Advertising Guidelines of the Mobile Marketing Association of South Africa and is the co-Chairperson of Mobile Monday an international mobile networking event.

Gustav Praekelt is the founder of Praekelt Digital - a company that develops mobile solutions for emerging markets. After completing his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Philosophy, he co-founded one of the early digital interactive studio in Africa and was its technical director for 10 years.
His belief in the power of mobile phones to transform Africa inspired him to establish the Praekelt Foundation in 2006. A technology incubator that develops robust, highly scalable mobile solutions for social good, its programmes have reached over 50 million people across 15 countries in Africa.  
Gustav is a passionate advocate of the idea that mobile technology should be available to all and is a frequent speaker at a variety of international conferences.

Jaco Meiring heads up digital marketing for Investec South Africa.  He has been dabbling in Internet related stuff since 1997. His areas of interest and application include, digital marketing, eMarketing, mobility and social engagement as well as integrated marketing where digital link with print, television, radio, billboards and other off-line marketing channels in order to create more engaging communication across channels.

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Co-Founder of evly.com & Springleap.com. Founder of Techgater.com. Entrepreneur. Tech presenter on Radio 702, Cape Talk. Practitioner of Shaolin Kung Fu & Bagua

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Arthur Charles Van Wyk, a native Capetonian, is the CEO of Fluence New Marketing, a specialist digital marketing & communications agency based in Durban, South Africa. He is also the social media columnist for Airport Magazine and Founder of offline business social network SCHMooZ 2.0. He got hooked on the web when - as a BCom student in 1995 - he successfully put an HTML page together for his faculty. Arthur is passionate about people, technology and information and nothing energises him more than helping business owners use those 3 things to propel their companies forward and upwards.

Garth has a decade of media experience, including 3 years in the United Kingdom, ranging from outdoor to magazine advertising to digital media for both online and mobile. He currently runs the media team at Habari who are sales partners with Facebook, LinkedIn, MTV, BBC, Vodacom, Cnectd, Business Day, Financial Mail, Daily Maverick to name a few in the portfolio.

Predominantly from a traditional media background, Garth held a management position in the custom publishing division at Touchline Media for two years before recognising the need to move into the digital arena. He is responsible for monetizing the commercial partners for online and mobile for Habari Media and passing knowledge and experience to brands on how best to take their brands into digital.

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Nadia Boucher is the Online Brand and Marketing Manager for 24.com (part of Media24). 24.com is a network of popular digital publishing brands and online services across internet, mobile and interactive TV.  24.com welcomes almost 40 percent of South Africa's online population.

Nadia graduated from the University of the North-West, Potchefstroom, in 2003 with an Honours Degree in Business Communication and Mass Media and worked in a number of marketing and project management roles in the lifestyle, restaurant and media industry before moving purely into the online trade.

Nadia is an avid believer that there is far more to social media than Facebook, YouTube and Twitter and always factors in other networks, bloggers and reviews when gathering customer feedback.