By Cyber Era Reporter

With Africa and Middle East witnessing a major transition with Big Data and Analytics, expecting US$68 billion revenue of growth (up 28% every year until 2025), Tradepass hosted 700+ Big Data enthusiasts virtually at BYTES ’21: Africa on 20-21 April, 2021.

The summit was glamorized by a distinguished panel of speakers and industry experts from Africa and abroad, including government officials to speak and share their valuable insights on the brimming Big Data and Analytics market of the continent. The summit made every effort to cover all aspects related to the topic concerning Africa, primarily comprising how different businesses operate and how the government can bring in new changes to make a gradual shift towards a digital economy.

State Minister from the Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Ahmedin Mohammed charmed the whole event by laying the blue print for a Digital Ethiopia through his presentation where he mentioned, “Countries that invest in future industries like Big Data, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence, stand a good chance at becoming the leaders and innovators in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

He also mentioned how moving towards a digital economy will require a completely new mindset, leadership and an improved coordination between the government and the private sectors.

“Automation and Big Data are in my view the two sides of the same coin and if that piece of metal says digital transformation, then I think that is the new-age currency that the African continent really needs and specially to empower their youth through it”, commented Vice President, Africa & RoW, Automation Anywhere, Sriram Narayanan.

BYTES ’21: Africa, covered some really interesting topics related to scaling big data for value, having the right mindset for data science, how to get the right data governance programme, etc. It also engulfed highly related topics like AI and automation, where it shared detailed insights on how automation is extremely crucial for any digital transformation.

The virtual platform presented ample opportunities for networking with the industry experts, gaining market intelligence and collaborating with the top solution providers. The event, though virtual, had all the benefits of a physical event with provisions to ask questions, visit sponsor booths, download brochures and have text and video-based interactions. Overall, it was highly insightful and lucrative for all the professionals hailing from Big Data & Analytics sectors.

Key Speakers:

•             State Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Technology, Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Ahmedin Mohammed

•             Head of Global Data & Analytics, HSBC, Krishma Singla

•             Group Chief Data Officer, LafargeHolcim, Anurag Harsh

•            Principal Information & Data Architect, Sasol, Bhavesh Talesara

•             Chief Data Officer, Absa Bank, Hartnell Ndungi

•             Chief Data Officer, Dentsu, Paul Stemmet

•             Group Chief Data Officer, Alexander Forbes, Raymond Mahlangu

•            Head of Business Analytics, Airtel Africa, Emmanuel Lubowa

•             Executive Head of Business Advisory, The MultiChoice Group, Moloko Komane

•             Head, Data Office – African Regions, Standard Bank Group, Emmanuel Osanga

•             Head – Data Science, Absa Bank, Victor Asila.

•             Head of Data, Analytics and Insights, Hollard Insurance, Jacky Mampana

•             Head of Data Science, HomeChoice International, Dino Bernicchi

•             Director – Data & Analytics, Equity Bank, Victor Adewusi,

•             Data Design Authority Lead, Sasol, Mathabo Puseletso

•             Head of Big Data and Business Analytics, Safaricom, David Nyamai

•             Senior Director & Head, Global Business Analytics Center, eBay, Ashish Singru

•             Lead Data Scientist, Vodafone, Ahmed Samir Roshdy

•             Executive – Group Data Services, Nedbank, Paul Morley

•             Head Business Data Analytics and Operations Performance, Ikeja , Sunny Ndubuisi Okonkwo Electric

•             Vice President, Africa & RoW, Automation Anywhere, Sriram Narayanan

•             Head of Data Analytics, ICEA Lion Group, Martin Kariithi

•             Executive Head: Business Intelligence, Analytics, Planning and Monitoring, FNB South Africa, Nollie Maoto

Key Solution Providers at the event:

Automation Anywhere, Talkwalker, Titus Corporation and Minitab

Trusted Media Partner for the event was Cyber Era NG.