Andrew Owens is the Senior Product Manager for Interconnection & Peering at Teraco Data Environments, and is responsible for the design, commissioning and management of the NAPAfrica peering platform.
Ben worked in electronic and software design of satellite paging systems and systems support of Voice over IP networks before joining Econet group in 2002.
Since 2000 he has been working with the ISP industry in Tanzania, and is since 2003 active in the establishment and operation of the Tanzania Internet Exchange (TIX)
Hisham Ibrahim is the External Relations Officer – Technical Advisor (Middle East Regional Program Manager) at the RIPE NCC. (in charge for training programs, technical support and relations with RIPE NCC members and the MENOG community).
Jérôme helped build large ISPs in France, including Tiscali and Telecom Italia. He deployed one of the largest Local Loop Unbundling networks during the 2000 market deregulation in France.
He is currently interested in Internet measurements research, primarily focusing on the impact of interconnection, routing strategies, as well as adoption and performance of IPv6 in the AFRINIC region.
Kyle Spencer is Chairman and Executive Director of the Uganda Internet
eXchange Point (UIXP), Co-Coordinator of the African IXP Association (AFIX), board member at the Internet eXchange Federation (IX-F), and CEO of Stormzero Consulting.
Mark is a techie at heart. He's into new technology like IPv6, DNSSEC and DANE and wants to encourage Domain Name growth in Africa. Mark also enjoys Afrika Burn and SCUBA Diving.
Michele is an industry expert in peering, content and carrier aggregation and has a key understanding of the opportunities and challenges within the South Africa market.
Nico TSHINTU is responsible for the administration, finance and operation of the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA-DRC) and KINIX. He has a Graduate Degree in Mathematics and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information.
Patrick Christian is a Senior Analyst with TeleGeography. Patrick has over 15 years of telecom market research experience. Patrick heads the Cloud and WAN Infrastructure research service.
William has been fighting the good fight for telecoms liberalisation in Africa since 1999. This has taken him via ISPA, AfrISPA and ISOC to ICASA and back to consulting
