The Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit 2014 was held in The Gambia from March 25-27, 2014. The summit attracted over 255 attendees from 54 countries to discuss improving telecoms and ICT in Africa. Topics included increasing investment, improving quality assurance, and focusing on customer experience. Interactive workshops allowed delegates to explore issues in depth and make valuable connections. The summit concluded with a commitment to prioritizing service excellence to improve quality for users, providers, and Africa's position globally.
Following from the theme of the 16th annual IAD Summit, this report provides tips and roadmaps to how you can access, engage and retain your stakeholders
Following from the theme of the 16th annual IAD Summit, this report provides tips and roadmaps to how you can access, engage and retain your stakeholders
Information and communications technology in south africa slideshare versionDibussi Tande
A lecture given to the Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) South Africa program at Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management), Evanston, IL, USA.
Africa, adopting cloud computing on its own termsitnewsafrica
Africa, adopting cloud computing on its own terms. An overview of cloud adoption in Africa.
Presented by Ian Duvenage, Head of ICT, Africa, Frost & Sullivan.
September 05, 2013 edition of the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner (www.innovationdinner.co.za)
Presentation from the Intelligent Community Forum Master Class presented June 6, 2013 at the ICF Summit in New York City. The Intelligent Community Forum's Master Class is for decision-makers on community development including Mayors, members of Council, city managers, information technology managers and economic development officers. The Class identifies what the 21st Century community needs in order to be globally competitive, as well as the obstacles that stand in its way and how those obstacles can be overcome.
The content is based on a decade of study into how communities build pros¬perous inclusive economies and meet social challenges on a foundation of information and communications technology. It focuses on key areas including broadband, workforce development, innovation, digital inclusion and economic marketing and advocacy – a mix of traditional and non-traditional factors that power the success of Intelligent Communities around the world.
Cloud Services: Opportunities & Challenges for East Africaitnewsafrica
Cloud Services: Opportunities and Challenges for East Africa
Danson Njue
Research Analyst – Africa
Informa Telecoms & Media
Danson.njue@informa.com
ITNewsAfrica Innovation Dinner Nairobi, 10 December 2013
Cloud computing in africa emerging trends & perspectivesFola Odufuwa
Cloud-computing is in its early growth stages, large corporate enterprises being earlier adopters. Market activity across Africa appears supply-side driven rather than demand-side driven. Exception is South Africa where demand is arising from the private sector. SMEs and the public sector without legacy IT assets can be greatest beneficiaries.
Cloud providers are mostly global US-based players with some local presence. A number of South African based companies like Dimension Data and Internet Solutions are competing aggressively by providing services on the continent. Local IT providers and telcos typically compete with global brands within the cloud market. Public sector usage is limited though the governments of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria are beginning to explore public cloud solutions
Information and communications technology in south africa slideshare versionDibussi Tande
A lecture given to the Global Initiatives in Management (GIM) South Africa program at Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management), Evanston, IL, USA.
Africa, adopting cloud computing on its own termsitnewsafrica
Africa, adopting cloud computing on its own terms. An overview of cloud adoption in Africa.
Presented by Ian Duvenage, Head of ICT, Africa, Frost & Sullivan.
September 05, 2013 edition of the IT News Africa Innovation Dinner (www.innovationdinner.co.za)
Presentation from the Intelligent Community Forum Master Class presented June 6, 2013 at the ICF Summit in New York City. The Intelligent Community Forum's Master Class is for decision-makers on community development including Mayors, members of Council, city managers, information technology managers and economic development officers. The Class identifies what the 21st Century community needs in order to be globally competitive, as well as the obstacles that stand in its way and how those obstacles can be overcome.
The content is based on a decade of study into how communities build pros¬perous inclusive economies and meet social challenges on a foundation of information and communications technology. It focuses on key areas including broadband, workforce development, innovation, digital inclusion and economic marketing and advocacy – a mix of traditional and non-traditional factors that power the success of Intelligent Communities around the world.
Cloud Services: Opportunities & Challenges for East Africaitnewsafrica
Cloud Services: Opportunities and Challenges for East Africa
Danson Njue
Research Analyst – Africa
Informa Telecoms & Media
Danson.njue@informa.com
ITNewsAfrica Innovation Dinner Nairobi, 10 December 2013
Cloud computing in africa emerging trends & perspectivesFola Odufuwa
Cloud-computing is in its early growth stages, large corporate enterprises being earlier adopters. Market activity across Africa appears supply-side driven rather than demand-side driven. Exception is South Africa where demand is arising from the private sector. SMEs and the public sector without legacy IT assets can be greatest beneficiaries.
Cloud providers are mostly global US-based players with some local presence. A number of South African based companies like Dimension Data and Internet Solutions are competing aggressively by providing services on the continent. Local IT providers and telcos typically compete with global brands within the cloud market. Public sector usage is limited though the governments of Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria are beginning to explore public cloud solutions
GreenN Shoots Special edition to Q4 2013LAP GreenN
GreenN Shoots Special Edition covers LAP GreenN's semi-annual strategy meeting where Group, OpCos and partners meet in one place to discuss their strategies.
For more information, please check our website:
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Summary South East Asia (SEA) IGF 2021 Bali - English (tata kelola internet /...ICT Watch - Indonesia
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Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
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Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
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Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !
Iad 2014 summit review
1. Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit 2014
The Gambia, 25th-27th March 2014
Extensia’s annual flagship event, The Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit, was supported this year
by the Ministry of Information Communication & Infrastructure (MOICI), The Gambia.
Recognised by many as the most valuable Telecoms and ICT Business summit in Africa, IAD 2014
attracted over 255 international policy makers, regulators, service providers, major end users and
solution providers. Attendees came from 54 countries with 39 of these being across Africa.
Leading experts and practitioners delivered an innovative blend of interactive workshops, keynote
presentations and panel discussions to add even more value to the high level networking and
facilitated business meetings which took place throughout the three days of this intimate gathering
of key decision makers.
The theme of the summit, ‘Towards Service Excellence’, covered all aspects of service quality and
customer experience with discussions ranging from: Finance and Investment; Quality Assurance;
Regulatory Excellence; Network Optimisation and Performance; Knowledge Management; Cyber
Security; Outsourcing; Licensing and much more. The intimate nature of the summit combined with
the breakout ‘Master-Class Workshops’ meant delegates had the opportunity to explore the issues
most relevant to them, in depth and leave with valuable connections and insights to help them
implement improved strategies.
As usual, IAD 2014 supported the sustainable growth of Africa’s Telecom and ICT ecosystem with
delegates making a firm declaration to put Service Excellence at the heart of all development plans,
following a rousing call from the Summit Knowledge Partners, Analysys Mason, to ensure a clear
focus on improving quality for the good of the end user, for the good of the service provider and for
the good of the great Continent of Africa in positioning itself as a viable business partner in the
International Business Community.
The charts below show a breakdown of delegates by region, country, sector activity and job title.
The summit was very informative and the networking was outstanding. The NCC delegates want to
thank Extensia for a job well-done.
Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria
MOICI Gambia
2. IAD 2014 Representation by Region and Country
IAD 2014 Attendance by Industry Sector
2% 10%
8%
75%
5%
USA
UK
Europe
Africa
Asia
6%
25%
12%
7%9%
30%
11% Academic
Comms Service Provider
Finance /Consulting
Policymaker
Regulator
Solutons Provider
Other
Zimbabwe
USA
UK
Uganda
UAE
Tunisia
Togo
The Gambia
Tanzania
Swaziland
Sudan
South Africa
Somalia
Sierra Leone
Senegal
Rwanda
Republic of South Sudan
Nigeria
Niger
Netherlands
Morocco
Mauritania
Mali
Malawi
Liberia
Lebanon
Latvia
Kenya
Italy
Israel
Ireland
India
Hungary
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Ghana
Germany
Gabon
France
Ethiopia
Equatorial Guinea
Dubai
DRC
Cyprus
CAR
Cameroon
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Botswana
Benin
Belgium
Angola
Algeria
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
No. of Attendees
3. IAD 2014 Attendance by Job Title
IAD 2014 Attendance by Industry Sector
44%
22%
21%
3%
10%
Minister /VP /Director C-Level Head of /Manager Advisor Other
6%
25%
12%
7%9%
30%
11%
Academic Comms Service Provider Finance /Consulting Policymaker
Regulator Solutons Provider Other
4. IAD 2014 Representation by Region and Country
Service Excellence and Evolution: 12th
annual Innovation Africa Digital
Summit Promotes Dialogue and Deals!
by Dr Madan Rao, Conference Chair
The 12th
annual Innovation Africa Digital Summit highlighted as usual a number of relevant priorities
and progressive achievements of ICT stakeholders in the region. The IAD Summit brings together a
unique blend of local, pan-African and global perspectives, and our host country The Gambia
provided its own unique flavour of the ICT agenda.
MOICI Gambia
USA
2% UK
10%
Europe
8%
Africa
75%
Asia
5%
USA UK Europe Africa Asia
5. The Gambia has the teledensity in Africa, and despite its small size, punches above its weight when it
comes to ambitions and targets. As the panellists from The Gambia have indicated, the country plans
to become an ICT hub in the next 3-5 years. The ICT industry welcomes this position and is
committed to helping the government and local stakeholders achieve this vision.
As the cultural events of the past few days have also shown, The Gambia is already a cultural hub
with a unique blend of local and international music! Africa stands proud today, and is confident to
have one foot planted in its own culture and the other foot planted solidly on the global arena and in
the digital future.
Speakers from The Gambia also reminded the audience to have a holistic focus on ICTs – not just on
digital applications in science and technology, but also in the humanities and arts; to explore not just
business benefits but also larger positive social impacts of ICTs. This conversation triggered off two
deal offers from the audience of technology providers, with Uriel and Parnasse offering network
hardware and software solutions to the University of The Gambia – a fine example of the
cooperative spirit and proactive dynamism of the IADS community.
The international speakers at the event also stressed the importance of balancing productivity with
innovation. It is easy to get carried with the latest new gadgets and content, but as important to
focus on optimising use of existing ICTs.
A number of case studies were presented from companies such as SAP, addressing the use of ICTs to
improve quality and productivity in the private sector and government. Other perspectives on
quality were provided by regulators, operators and ICT agencies.
As accessibility of ICTs such as mobile media becomes less of an issue in Africa, efforts to bridge the
digital divide now include citizen education on the benefits of digital dividends, such as access to
government services, mobile payment channels and educational content.
The Summit also showcased a number of African ICT players who are now becoming truly pan-
African in scope and are expanding to other continents as well. ICTs in Africa are not just instruments
and enablers, but a whole industry in their own right. Services and product startups are emerging,
thus reflecting the digital innovation spirit in 21st
century Africa.
MOICI Gambia
6. The Summit this year highlighted quality moves and standards in three kinds of infrastructure: core
infrastructure (eg. satellite, cable, fibre), service infrastructure (eg. Internet governance, Internet
exchanges), and media infrastructure (eg. big data, open data, child safety mechanisms).
Issues of enforcement in quality metrics and standards were addressed by ministry officials, legal
firms, consultancies and research analysts. These discussions were augmented by 12 solution
showcases as well as 12 one-hour workshops on key topics such as knowledge management,
enterprise ICTs, digital dividends, open access networks and cybersecurity.
A wide range of recommendations were made at the Summit to government and industry: ensure
that digital relevance is promoted so that citizens adopt more e-services, keep provisions for
covering rural access, ensure that women and girls get adequate access and career paths in ICTs,
promote content generation at institutional and individual levels, reduce tax levels on ICT products
and services, cut down corruption, and promote digital entrepreneurship among youth.
Looking ahead, it is evident that one of the fastest growing middle class populations in the world is
in Africa, and they are spending a lot on ICTs. Future Summits will focus on issues like behaviours,
needs and aspirations of the digital citizen in Africa, as well as broader ecosystem issues and service
evolution.
The IAD Summits represent not just an annual industry event but a regular community of
stakeholders committed to Africa’s digital future – and this dialogue will carry on in a range of
articles, interactive forums on the Extensia website, and thought-provoking articles and books. Some
of the work of speakers at this conference has already been published in journals like Africa
Geopolitics, thus putting ICT issues firmly on Africa’s development agenda.
In sum, the main achievement of the conference was knowledge sharing between local and
international delegates, and a commitment towards greater excellence in digital infrastructure and
services.
MOICI Gambia