Keynote Panel: Governing Growth Across Africa’s Connected Economy: The Role of Public–Private Partnerships

08 Sept 2026
Datacloud Keynote Stage, Floor 1
Data Centre Operators , Cloud, AI & Hyperscalers , Government & Policy , Market Growth , Datacloud

  • How policy decisions shape where connectivity and compute scale

  • Co-designing regulatory, licensing and investment frameworks

  • Supporting national goals while enabling regional growth

  • Creating conditions that attract long-term private capital

  • Aligning infrastructure policy with talent development and digital service growth

Chairperson
Ivan Skenderoski
Ivan Skenderoski, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner - Salience Consulting
Speakers
Zain Shamim
Zain Shamim, Direct Investments Director - U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Sade Dada
Sade Dada, Head of Public Policy, Anglophone West Africa - Meta Platforms
Roque Lozano Barbero
Roque Lozano Barbero, SVP, Middle East & Africa - NOKIA
Eng. Kefa Seda Odhiambo
Eng. Kefa Seda Odhiambo, Director General - Public Private Partnerships Directorate, Kenya
Christopher Fabian
Christopher Fabian, Lead, Digital Inclusion - UNICEF