MTN, Rand Merchant Bank, Vodacom, Standard Bank top agenda at TMT Finance Africa in Cape Town 2019

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Jan. 3, 2019 - PRLog -- Leaders from key African telecom, media and technology companies, investment banks and investors are meeting to assess investment opportunities at the expanded TMT Finance Africa in Cape Town 2019 forum on March 28.

The senior executive only conference, supported by sponsors Rand Merchant Bank, DLA Piper, Standard Bank and IFC (World Bank Group), will gather key leadership from telecom, media and technology companies, global and regional financial institutions, government representatives, investors, professional and legal advisers to assess the best opportunities for co-investment and partnership across Africa.

20 CEOs have been announced as speakers, with a total of 80 speakers participating across 25 dedicated sessions on topics such as TMT Leadership Strategies, Broadband Infrastructure Investment, TMT M&A, Mobile Payments and Fintech, Next Generation Media and Content, Powering Africa's Mobile Towers, Financing TMT, Connecting the Unconnected, Enterprise Cloud and Datacentres, eCommerce, and Digital Africa.

Companies represented include: MTN, Vodacom, Rand Merchant Bank, CSquared, Standard Bank, Convergence Partners, Oracle, DLA Piper, Telkom BCX, Dark Fibre Africa, Angola Cables, Seacom, WorldRemit, Dimension Data, Investec Asset Management, iROKO, TRACE and PayStack.

"We are thrilled to bring the conference series and our global network of industry and finance executives back to Cape Town again in 2019, to meet the massive demand for investment into Africa's TMT sector," said Ben Nice, Managing Editor and Events Director, TMT Finance. "South Africa is a critical hub for investment in telecoms infrastructure and services, plus new exciting digital platforms and media companies, and the conference will provide a platform for the leaders in those segments to assess exciting opportunities for partnership and investment across the region," he said.

The now well-established TMT Finance Africa franchise has previously been held in Nairobi, Lagos and London annually since 2009. TMT Finance global events provide a unique platform for facilitating dialogue between leading industry executives and the global financial and advisory community. Speakers and delegates are telecom, technology and infrastructure CEOs, CFOs, CSOs, MDs and Heads of M&A, investment banking heads, private equity investors, government representatives, regulators and specialist legal and strategic advisers and thought leaders.

For more information or to register go to http://www.tmtfinance.com/capetown

For sponsorship or speaking opportunities, contact enquiries@tmtfinance.com