NCC Stakeholders, Others Join Speakers’ Faculty As Preparations For The10th Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference Gather Momentum

By Clifford Agugoesi, Editor-in-Chief

Listen up if you are a keen player in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology(TMT) industry. You cannot afford to miss your chance to join leading policymakers, regulators, and industry experts next week at the Mövenpick Hotel & Residences Nairobi , Kenya, for the 10th Sub-Sahara Spectrum Management Conference between 11 and 12 August, 2025 and  the 2nd African Preparatory Meeting for WRC-27(APM27-2) between 12 and 15 August, 2025.

The session highlights for both conferences  have unveiled, including newly confirmed speakers from organisations such as NCC Nigeria, ICASA, GSOA, and Smart Africa.

Keynote Speakers confirmed for the conference include:

* Secretary General, ATU, John Omo

* Director General & CEO Communications Authority of Kenya, CA Kenya, David Mugonyi

*Head, Broadcasting Services Division, Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU, Ilham Ghazi

Session 1: From Agreement to Action: Charting Africa’s Path and Progress Post WRC-23

The session to be moderated by Head, Broadcasting Services Division, Radiocommunications Bureau, ITU, Ilham Ghazi, will feature:

* Head Spectrum Administration Department, Nigerian Communications Commission, Atiku Lawal

*Former ICASA Councillor, Access Partnership, Peter Zimri

*AUB Expert, Broadcast Networks Europe, Joe Frans

*Global Head of Spectrum Standardisation, Nokia, Eiman Mohyeldin

*Head of Spectrum & Regulatory Affairs, Shure, Nada Abdelhafez

Session 3: Advancing towards a harmonised 5G strategy across Sub-Saharan Africa

This session to be moderated  by Vice President, International Government Affairs, Qualcomm, Elizabeth Migwalla, will feature:

-Manager, Engineering, NCA Ghana, Peter Djakwah

-Assistant Director, Frequency Monitoring and Compliance, CA Kenya, Gababo Wako

-Councillor, ICASA, Charley Lewis

-Unit Manager, Digital Infrastructure, Strategy and Operationalization, Smart Africa, Osman Issah

-Chair of the GSA ATU Spectrum Team, GSA, Bienvenu Agbokponto Soglo

-Head of Network Planning and Design, Safaricom, Gerishon Gitonga

Session 4: Bridging the Gap – Leveraging Spectrum Policy & Technological Advances to Tackle the Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa

This session to be moderated by Principal, Aetha Consulting, Jonathan Wall, will feature:

*  CEO, CRAN Namibia, Emilia Nghikembua

*Vice President, Industry Relations, Ericsson, Shiv Bakhshi

*Regulatory Affairs Associate, Africa and Middle East, Sateliot, Pierre Siaud,

*Global Spectrum & Regulatory Policy, GSOA, Stephane Mebaley Ekome

*Head of Technology Strategy, Safaricom, Gaudensia Chepkonga

*Independent Spectrum Expert and former Acting Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer(EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Bashir Gwandu

Session 6: Bringing it all together – Towards APM27-2 and broader strategies for WRC-27

To be moderated by Director, Radiocommunications, African Telecommunications Union, Kezias Mwale, the session will feature:

*Chair, APM27-2 & Director, Standards and Resource Management, CA Kenya, Mohamed Haji

*Deputy Director Spectrum Management, BOCRA Botswana, Basebi Moisinyi

*Telecommunications Engineer, UCC Uganda, Lucy Nyakwera

*Chair, Sub Working Group Agenda Item 1.7, ITU Working Party 5D, Geraldo Neto

*Spectrum Policy Analyst, GSMA, Ferran Font

*Senior Consultant for Africa, GSOA, Linden Petzer

Registration is still open for those who wish to attend.-With additional reporting by Moses Okello, Bureau Chief, Eastern Africa.