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Image The 5th TMT Finance & Investment Africa 2014 Conference will take place in London at the Grand Connaught Rooms Covent Garden on June 18, 2014.

Bringing together the most important leadership from telecoms, finance, government and advisory active across Africa to assess the latest opportunities for investment and partnership.

Join us at the 2014 conference to assess the latest telecom growth strategies and partnership opportunities for infrastructure investment and ownership, mergers and acquisitions, raising finance, licence acquisitions and establishing profitable regional businesses. It will be the number one place to meet all the key financial decision makers and advisers active in Africa.

TMT Finance & Investment Africa 2014 will take place at a critical time for Africa's telecom industry. Following on from 2013, there is enormous demand for new telecoms infrastructure and services across the continent and many billions of dollars of investment and financing is required. However restructuring, consolidation and realignment of business models and portfolios is also essential to raise the investment capital.

A Pivotal Year for Deals

An international network of industry and finance professionals is predicting that 2014 will be a pivotal year for deals

“TMT Finance conferences tackle critical global growth issues for telecom operators and include an excellent range of speakers and delegates with representation from the Operators, Financiers and Legal firms,” says Vinod Kumar, President and CEO of Tata Communications.

The next wave of joint ventures, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions and new investments will decide the shape of the industry across Africa for the next decade.

  • 40+ speakers and 10 leadership debates
  • Featuring over 40 speakers; 10 Leadership Panels, 5 Keynote Speeches and 6 hours of exclusive Networking during breakfast, coffee breaks, lunch and cocktails.
  • Speakers are CEOs, CFOs, Heads of Strategy and M&A from telecom companies, infrastructure owners and equipment providers, regulators and advisers from government departments, telecom media and technology sector heads from investment banks, investors, financiers and advisers.
Key Themes

TMT Finance's highly successful global portfolio of conferences is designed to facilitate debate for top tier executives and ensure that networking and knowledge sharing opportunities for all delegates are outstanding throughout the day

 “The conference is an excellent opportunity to network and build one's knowledge base about the industry's issues and strategies in the Middle East and Africa,” says Hal Hess, Executive VP, International Operations and President, Latin America and EMEA, American Tower Corporation.

Key themes for this year’s conference include:

  • Telecom Leadership – Strategies for regional growth
  • Policy & Regulation – Infrastructure sharing and spectrum
  • Mergers & Acquisitions – How will consolidation shape the market?
  • Mobile Towers – Investing in towers and maximising profits
  • Media and Content - Delivering content and killer apps
  • Next Generation Networks – 4G and fixed broadband services
  • Financing Growth - Raising capital via debt and equity
  • Datacentres & Cloud - Meeting the demand for data
  • Future of TMT - Investing in adjacent market opportunities
  • Mobile Money - The next wave of applications and services

For more information and to register:
http://www.tmtfinance.com/africa/

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