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Omdia forecasts that 5G penetration in Africa will grow from 1.4% in 2024 to over 25% by 2029, while 4G and 5G combined will account for more than 80% of all mobile subscriptions in 2029.
The president of the Fintech Association of Botswana, Tavonga Muchuchuti, spoke to Connecting Africa at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about the fintech ecosystem in Botswana and its prospects for growth.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Willie Ellis speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024")
Comviva's VP of Sales, Willie Ellis, spoke to Connecting Africa's Associate Editor, Matshepo Sehloho, at Africa Tech Festival 2024, about how the company is working with local operators to grow mobile financial services on the continent.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
Pan African Women Empowerment Network (PAWEN) MD Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters spoke to Connecting Africa Associate Editor Matshepo Sehloho at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about how the company is empowering African women in tech.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Matshepo Sehloho and Rami Osman speaking at Africa Tech Festival 2024.")
MediaTek Middle East and Africa Director of Business Development Rami Osman spoke to Connecting Africa's Associate Editor Matshepo Sehloho at Africa Tech Festival 2024 about MediaTek's partnerships, connectivity and the company's chipsets.
Africa Tech Festival 2024 concluded last week, celebrating the most successful edition in its 27-year history, while the continent's tech innovators were honored at the Africa Tech Festival Awards.
_(1)_(1).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Catherine Lückhoff speaking into a microphone at an event")
Catherine Lückhoff, co-founder and CEO of 20fifty, spoke to Connecting Africa as part of a Women in Tech series about her career, the challenges she has faced and how she overcame them, and her advice to other women pursuing a career in technology.
.jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Jessica Hawkey, founder and MD of RedAcademy.")
RedAcademy's founder and MD Jessica Hawkey spoke to Connecting Africa, as part of a Women in Tech series, about how digital skills development programs are growing Africa's tech talent pipeline while creating jobs for the youth.
Kreative Campus' operations and finance lead, Keitesi Aisha, talks to Connecting Africa as part of our Women in Tech series about how skills development can make Africa's tech ecosystem more inclusive.
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa speaking at a results presentation in Nairobi, Kenya in 2024.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Close up of African man's hands holding cash")
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_(1).jpg?width=100&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Picture of Matshepo Sehloho")
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.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "ITU Secretary General Doreen Bogdan-Martin")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Eutelsat OneWeb satellite outside earth.")
_(1).jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Ethio Telecom and AfDB representatives")
.jpg?width=300&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "4Sight Holdings Group CEO Tertius Zitzke")
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_(2).jpg?width=700&auto=webp&quality=80&disable=upscale "Informa's Event Director James Williams speaking at the Africa Tech Festival")
