The GSMA is happy to share that His Excellency Paul Kagame, the President of the Republic of Rwanda, will formally open MWC25 Kigali on 21 October on the Kigali Conference Centre in Rwanda for the third consecutive version of the occasion.
“We’re delighted and honoured to welcome His Excellency Paul Kagame to MWC Kigali as soon as once more, the place we’ll collect with innovators, policymakers and enterprise leaders to deal with the vital points driving Africa’s digital ambitions. I sit up for participating with leaders from numerous sectors to form the subsequent chapter of Africa’s digital transformation, from smartphone affordability and AI adoption to connectivity and fintech options,” stated Vivek Badrinath, the director common of GSMA.
MWC25 Kigali will convene authorities, enterprise and start-up leaders from throughout the expertise ecosystem to debate how innovation can speed up Africa’s digital transformation. The occasion options impactful summits and boards aligned with MWC Kigali’s 4 core themes – Linked Continent, The AI Future, Fintech and Africa’s Digital Frontier. In response to rising demand for sector-specific perception, the programme will embody a variety of summits, reminiscent of a devoted two-day Fintech Summit, 5G and the debut Safety Summit.
New occasion initiatives, options and companions
The GSMA Ministerial Programme, an invitation-only programme, will be a part of the MWC Kigali agenda for the primary time throughout the three-day occasion that may showcase the coverage and regulatory subjects, reminiscent of AI, which are accelerating the digitalisation of African economies.
New for this yr, MWC Kigali will host the Orange Social Ventures Prize in an award ceremony for social innovators in Africa & the Center East. The Way forward for Training & Work in Africa (FEWA) may even co-locate for the primary time at MWC Kigali to converge Africa’s AI pioneers, policymakers and innovators to architect scalable options for schooling and workforce transformation.
MWC Kigali’s agenda is enabled by the companions of our occasion. We’re proud to have the assist of world and regional corporations together with our founding and headline sponsors Huawei, MTN and ZTE; our trade sponsor Orange; and our occasion companions the Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) and Good Africa.
For extra data, comply with our updates on the MWC Kigali Press Zone or go to www.mwckigali.com. The media are invited to register with a complimentary go by following the directions on the press zone.
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