Two days to the opening ceremony, logistics are nearing perfection for the hosting of the 7th edition of Mobile West Africa in Lagos from Wednesday.
The planned two days of unrivalled conferencing, with more than 60 contributors and a delegation that features the entire spectrum of industry stakeholders both home and abroad, will be among the best in 2017.
The orginsers said all four Nigerian mobile network operators will join senior executives from organisations such as Uber, Facebook, Ringier, BBM, Access Bank, TECNO, BellaNaija, OLX, Dress Me Outlet, Sliide, Stanbic, HERE, Battabox, TalentBase, Flutterwave, Jiji.ng and Intel.
Key focus of the summit include key topics including analysis of finTech progress; debate around success in eCommerce; evaluation of mobile product management; the growing impact of mobile marketing and social media; showcases on education and social impact projects; panel discussions featuring the industry’s young guns; the creation of content; as well as a one-off opportunity to listen to and learn from Kai Diekmann, who is without doubt one of the leading digital publishing experts on the planet.
According to the lead planner and founder, Matthew Dawes, the “What I really enjoy about organising Mobile West Africa, aside from the awesome buzz in the room on the days of the conference, is that it brings together such a wide range of people – from the operators to the VAS companies to the startups. It’s what makes the interaction, networking and outputs such high quality. Attendees are meeting peers who are passionate, knowledgeable decision makers.”
Mobile West Africa 2017 will take place at a hotel in Ikoyi from Wednesday.
