IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Official Canadian Delegation
DIRECTORY OF PARTICIPANTS
2018 AFRICACOM November 13 - 15, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa
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AFRICA IS THE NEW FRONTIER IN BUSINESS Canadian Council on Africa can connect you to endless opportunities The Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) is the only pan-Canadian and national organization dedicated to promoting trade and economic development between Canada and the continent of Africa. With offices from coast to coast, our network includes key decision makers from every sector of the Canadian economy, representing both the private and public sector.
LEARN MORE ccafrica.ca chris.kianza@ccafrica.ca 613-565-3011
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Welcome letter from the Government of Canada
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Trade Commissioners
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Official Delegates
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Official Canadian Delegation
10. CCAfrica 11.
Advantech | C-Com Satellite Systems Inc
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Clear Blue Technologies | DragonWave-X
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EcoCarrier Inc / QiiQ Communications | Emeldi
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EXFO | FuseForward
15. Infovista 16.
Mircom Technologies Ltd. | Netsweeper Inc
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Primal Technologies Inc. | Sera4
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Sigma Systems | Telesat
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Telna | Ubique Networks
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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
The Government of Canada is delighted to be a part of AfricaCom and have the opportunity to
showcase
Canadian
capabilities
in
Information
Communication
Technology
(ICT).
ICT is an important pillar of the Canadian economy and is a driver of Canada’s economic growth and innovation. The ICT sector is instrumental to advancing Canada’s future as an innovative society through research and development (R&D) of over 39,000 Canadian ICT firms. In Canada, ICT companies are the largest performer of R&D and over 40% of all R&D scientists work within the ICT sector. Canada has internationally recognized expertise in big data and analytics (artificial intelligence, machine learning), communications technologies (wireless and wired equipment, fibre optics and communications software), digital media (gaming, animation and special effects) and microelectronics. Other areas of potential technology and market opportunity for the ICT sector include cloud computing, microsystems, e-health applications and software as a service (SaaS). According to the International Monetary Fund, five of the world’s 20 fastest-growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa. The Government of Canada is expanding its trade and investment in sub-Saharan Africa, and significant opportunities exist for partnerships between Canadian ICT companies and African countries. The Government of Canada takes pride in Canadian companies and encourages you to visit the Canada Pavilion to discover more about Canada’s expertise in ICT. On behalf of the Government of Canada, I wish all of the delegates a successful and productive AfricaCom.
H.E. Sandra McCardell
High Commissioner (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius)
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TRADE COMMISSIONERS
Nina Dube
Marcello DiFranco Head of Office
marcello.difranco@international.gc.ca
Trade Commissioner nina.dube@international.gc.ca
Shuresse Kesonk
Kurai Kingsley
Trade Commissioner Assistant
Trade Commissioner kurai.kingsley@international.gc.ca
shuresse.kesonk@international.gc.ca
Anita Kundy
Solomon Milimbo
Trade Commissioner anita.kundy@international.gc.ca
Trade Commissioner
soloman.milimbo@international.gc.ca
Beza Lebenie
David Mwagiru
Trade Commissioner beza.lebenie@international.gc.ca
Alexia Jablonski
Trade Commissioner
Alexia.Jablonski@international.gc.ca
Trade Commissioner david.mwagiru@international.gc.ca
Eric Dionne
Trade Commissioner Eric.Dionne@international.gc.ca
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OFFICIAL DELEGATES
Company Government of Canada - JHB Government of Canada - JHB Government of Canada - JHB Government of Canada - Harare Government of Canada - Dar Es Salaam Government of Canada - Lusaka Government of Canada - Addis Government of Canada - Nairobi Government of Canada - Nigeria Government of Canada - Ottawa Ministry of Trade Ontario Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) Advantech Advantech Advantech C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. Clear Blue Technologies DragonWave-X DragonWave-X EcoCarrier Inc./QiiQ Communications EcoCarrier Inc./QiiQ Communications EcoCarrier Inc./QiiQ Communications EXFO EXFO EXFO EXFO FuseForward FuseForward Infovista Infovista Infovista Infovista Infovista Mircom Technologies Ltd. Netsweeper Inc Netsweeper Inc Primal Technologies Inc. Primal Technologies Inc. Sera4 Sigma Systems Sigma Systems Telesat Telesat Telna Ubique Networks Ubique Networks Ubique Networks
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Name Nina Dube Shuresse Kesonk Marcello DiFranco Kurai Kingsley Anita Kundy Soloman Milimbo Beza Lebenie David Mwagiru Alexia Jablonski Eric Dionne Eyad Qudsi Nola Kianza Christi Damian Chris Chapman Laurentiu Spiratos Drew Klein Jason Woerner Karel Becker Anton Meyer Carl KS Teo Mohamed Warwani Axel Kasongo Mahmoud Oubraham Peter Martin Allen Rebello Janse Van Rensburg Cathy Pickering Wendy Scott FaouziBen Hadj Hassine Ali Sassi Brydon Pilkington Desigan Pillay Mohamed Hedi Jlassi Victor Sebben Perry Roach Mark Khoury Greg Carlson Samson Au Dave Domjan, Vladimir Mitrasinovic Daryl Badla Clare Offwood Julian Kell Dominik Swierad Vijai Karthigesu John Smith Aseef Khan
Job Title Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Assistant Head of Office - JHB Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Trade Commissioner Area Director President & CEO VP Business Development Specialist Communication Advisor RF Application Engineer Director: International Business Development Director, Strategic Product Development, Nano & Micro-grids Sales Director Technical Sales President & CEO Director of Sales & Carrier Relations Business Development & Relations Manager, South Africa Regional Director - Africa Account Manager Regional Sales Manager Sales Manager - Southern Africa Solution Architect Business Development Vice President Sales, Middle-East & Africa Director - Rabat & Morocco Sales Director - CPT Sales Director - JHB Sales Director - Tunis Vice President – International Division CEO Sales Director : Sub-Saharan Africa Director, Business Development Business Development Vice President Global Business Development & Sales, SVP & MD EMEA & APAC Director Business Development Sales Director Sales Director Chief Operating Officer Founder/CEO EVP Global Stratgey Growth Evangelist
OFFICIAL CANADIAN DELEGATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
PARTICIPATING DELEGATES
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CANADA Come and connect with Canadian companies and Trade Commissioners during a Networking session 13th November 2018 15:30 – 16:30.
Stand - D1A
#CanadaAtAfricaCom
@CanHCZA 8
@CanadainSouthAfrica
CANADA Venez rencontrer les entreprises canadiennes et nos délégués commerciaux au cours d’une session de réseautage le
13 Novembre 2018 15:30 – 16:30.
Stand - D1A
#CanadaAtAfricaCom
@HCCanZA @CanadaenAfriqueduSud 9
CANADIAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA Partner www.ccafrica.ca
CORPORATE SUMMARY Founded 2002, the Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, national organization. CCAfrica maintains representation across Canada, with CCAfrica members including companies (small, medium and large) and institutions representing all the sectors of the Canadian economy. Our mission is to facilitate and promote sustainable increases in trade and investment between Canadian and African private and public sectors, according to appropriate corporate social responsibility (CSR) guidelines. CCAfrica is proudly celebrating 15 years of promoting trade and economic relations between Africa and Canada.
BECOME A CCAFRICA MEMBER CANADIAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA Become a member of the Canadian Council on Africa (CCAfrica) and obtain a passport for endless business opportunities in Africa. As well, our members benefit from gaining access to a like-minded business community that works to increase business and trade between Canada and African countries.
CONNECTING YOU TO ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES LEARN MORE ccafrica.ca chris.kianza@ccafrica.ca 613-565-3011
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ADVANTECH www.advantechwireless.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Advantech Wireless Technologies supports the critical need for High Throughput Satellite communications in a rapidly expanding digital environment. Our proven highly reliable system solutions are meeting the ever-increasing need for high-bandwidth communications essential to military and government solutions, as well as cellular network providers, broadcasters, robust corporate networks, and security. We integrate award-winning research and development engineering into our designs. The company products include Satcom GaN based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs)/ Block-up Converters (BUCs), pulse amplifiers for radar systems, frequency converters, Fixed & Mobile Antennas, Microwave Radios and ruggedized military products.
C-COM SATELLITE SYSTEMS INC www.c-comsat.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. is a world leader and pioneer in the development, manufacture and design of commercial grade, mobile satellite-based technology for the delivery of Broadband Internet to any location via Satellite. C-COM has developed proprietary, one-button, auto-acquisition controller technology that allows the user to find satellite with just the press of a button and deliver and receive High-Speed Internet where terrestrial markets are overloaded or simply don’t exist. The company has sold almost 8,000 systems into over 100 countries around the world in vertical markets such as Oil & Gas Exploration, Military Communications, Disaster Management, SNG, Emergency Communications, Cellular Backhaul, Telemedicine, Mobile Banking, and others. The Company’s iNetVu® brand is synonymous with high quality, reliability and cost-effectiveness. 11
CLEAR BLUE TECHNOLOGIES www.clearbluetechnologies.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Clear Blue’s Smart Off-Grid technology and managed service delivers low-cost, centrally managed, wireless, off-grid power for telecom systems, industrial controls and sensors, street lights, security systems, emergency power, and Internet of Things devices. Smart Off-Grid combines a multi-load solar and solar-hybrid controller, built-in communications, and the industry’s most advanced off grid intelligent management and control cloud software. Our remote management service and Illumience Smart Off-Grid software enables all the systems to be managed, controlled, and proactively serviced over the Internet, delivering unmatched reliability, long lasting system performance, and significantly lower maintenance cost.
DRAGONWAVE-X www.dragonwavex.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY DragonWave-X microwave solutions deliver unmatched capacity, spectral efficiency and reliability— all at the lowest total cost of ownership. To provide maximum flexibility, the products cover licensed and unlicensed frequencies from 6 GHz to 60 GHz. The Harmony product family delivers unmatched all-outdoor performance for a wide range of point-to-point wireless applications. The Enhanced product line delivers the industry’s highest system gain supporting transmit powers of up to 34dBm in an all outdoor radio. Lastly, the Harmony EnhancedMC takes licensed microwave capacity to a higher level with multi-channel capability. With unmatched radio performance, simple installation and operation, as well as remote management capability, DragonWave-X’s Packet solutions deliver significant life-cycle cost savings for service providers, enterprises and government organizations. 12
ECOCARRIER INC. / QIIQ COMMUNICATIONS INC. www.ecocarrier.com | www.qiiq.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Ecocarrier Inc., an established provider of wholesale carrier voice service to telcos & MNOs carries daily 1 million minutes of voice call traffic into 25+ countries into Africa ME. Ecocarrier Digital provides Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality-enabled cloud-based managed services, apps and games. We’re promoting “Social Edification” www.socialedification.com social projects to raise the digital consciousness of the general population and to influence the making of a kinder, more equitable and more enlightened society. “MRESENCE “ www.mresence.com , An Enablement Platform for on-line interactions between geographically dispersed parties; a better way to do Collaboration, TeleMedicine. Distance Learning, TeleMeetUp etc. “PizzzAR Digital Platform” www.pizzzar.com enables Traditional Print Media Advertising operation to become Mobile Digital Advertising operation virtually instantly and without CAPEX Seeking strategic partners for propagation of managed services in countries worldwide.
EMELDI
www.emeldi.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY The Emeldi Group is a leading provider of e-commerce solutions to the telecommunications, financial and utilities sectors. Emeldi’s mission is to help its enterprise customers achieve excellence in digital business and e-commerce through deployment of modern and flexible integrated solutions. Emeldi Commerce® is empowering companies to increase their sales and create outstanding customer shopping experiences across multiple digital sales channels. Founded in 1998, Emeldi Group has offices in London, Toronto, Prague and Bratislava.
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EXFO
www.exfo.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY EXFO (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) develops smarter test, monitoring and analytics solutions for fixed and mobile network operators, webscale companies and equipment manufacturers in the global communications industry. Our customers count on us to deliver superior network performance, service reliability and subscriber insights. They count on our unique blend of equipment, software and services to accelerate digital transformations related to fiber, 4GILTE and 5G deployments. They count on our expertise with automation, real-time troubleshooting and big data analytics, which are critical to their business performance. We’ve spent over 30 years earning this trust, and today more than 2,000 EXFO employees in over 25 countries work side by side with our customers in the lab, field, data center and beyond.
FUSEFORWARD www.fuseforward.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY FuseForward provides ready-made, secure IT environments for critical infrastructure providers. We enable them to securely run application workloads in the cloud. Specifically addressing security concerns, complex requirements, and siloed data sources, our suite of services, intelligent solutions and our patented delivery methods greatly accelerate the deployment of applications, reduce risk, eliminate capital investment, and scale dynamically to match your needs. FuseForward have selected best-of-breed components and integrated, configured, and tested them to create a comprehensive environment for critical infrastructure. This differs substantially from competitors’ solutions that require lengthy design, selection, integration and testing processes for each implementation, require substantial capital investment, and are generally not supported when complete. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, FuseForward serves customers around the world through our global network of 14
partners.
INFOVISTA www.infovista.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY InfoVista is the leading provider of cost-effective network and application performance orchestration solutions for a better connected and collaborative world. Our award-winning offering empowers eighty percent of the world’s largest communications service providers, top mobile network operators, leading global enterprises and regulatory bodies worldwide to ensure a high-quality user experience by achieving optimal network performance and guaranteeing business-critical application performance. InfoVista’s expertise and innovations provide a new level of actionable network, application and customer intelligence, visibility and control across all services, all technologies, and all domains of both the fixed and mobile networks. Using our solutions, our customers deliver high-performing and differentiated services, plan and optimize networks to match application and service demands, benchmark their performance, and streamline network operations while keeping total cost of ownership as low as possible. For more information, please visit www.infovista.com.
MSTA CANADA & CANADIAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA
ANNUAL FORUM
CREATIVE DISRUPTION November 20 - 21, 2018 Fairmont Royal York Hotel Toronto, Ontario Day 1 Creative Disruption
Day 2 Canada-Africa Trade & Investment forum Focus Country: Ghana
MIRCOM TECHNOLOGIES LTD. www.mircom.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Founded in 1991, Mircom is a global designer, manufacturer and distributor of Intelligent Building Solutions. Reaching customers in over 100 countries worldwide, Mircom’s portfolio includes: fire detection & alarm, communications & security, mass notification, and building automation & smart technologies. Mircom’s vision is to make buildings worldwide safer, smarter, and more livable. Our global network of dedicated Sales and Service Offices, known as Mircom Engineered Systems, allows us to be a full solution provider. Through Mircom ES, we’re able to provide and fully service our lineup of innovative and advanced solutions which are scalable to satisfy diverse user demands, from small & mid-size buildings to the world’s most complex applications.
NETSWEEPER INC www.netsweeper.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Netsweeper (founded in 1999) is a leading provider of Country-Wide Internet Regulatory Compliance, Cybersecurity, Counter-Terrorism, Anti-Child Exploitation, and E-Commerce VAT Collection & Enforcement Solutions for Governments. With over 500 million users and a global presence in more than 63 countries, Netsweeper is the world leader in large-scale, high-throughput web filtering, with the lowest total cost of ownership. For nearly two decades, Netsweeper has continued to deliver innovative revenue generating solutions to Telecom Carriers, Mobile Network Operators, and Internet Service Providers that enable them to increase ARPU and reduce churn – these include Internet Content Filtering, URL Categorization, Media Messaging / Monetization, Parental Controls, AD / IP Blocking, as well as Multi-Tenanted Web Management solutions to the education sector to ensure a safe learning environment. 16
PRIMAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. www.primaltech.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Primal Technologies has been providing enhanced services and software applications to the mobile, landline and cable operators for more than 20 years.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada with
a satellite office in Hong Kong, Primal Technologies continues to offer a broad and feature-rich portfolio of advanced VNF services for wireless and VoIP operators worldwide. All Primal Services, including Advance Pay/Prepaid, USSD, SMSC IP-SM-GW, MMS Server, Voicemail, Visual Voicemail, EIR, and custom services, can be deployed on either a customer’s private cloud, the public cloud/ other hosting provider, or on the Primal Technologies cloud with unprecedented scalability and ease of manageability. With both integrated and component solutions supporting VoLTE, IMS and other network architectures, Primal enables operators to reduce costs and maintain their competitiveness.
SERA4 www.sera4.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Sera4 enables partners to offer an entirely keyless access control solution that simplifies operations, protects remote assets, and saves money. The Sera4 Teleporte solution simultaneously delivers security and operational efficiency. Unlike keys or cards, Teleporte doesn’t require physical artefacts or codes which can be lost or shared and are expensive to manage. Teleporte provides a data-rich management platform for authorizing and revoking individual user privileges in real-time with easily configurable reports and notifications. The platform is a centralized cloud-based management of digital keys across large geographic locations for a diverse base of employees, contractors, and vendors. With Teleporte physical keys and network connectivity are no longer required to access, manage, and monitor secured sites and assets. Teleporte works with any electric lock and seamlessly connects to existing management and monitoring platforms. 17
SIGMA SYSTEMS www.sigma-systems.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Sigma Systems is the global leader in catalog-driven software solutions for communications, media, and high-tech companies. It serves over 80 customers in 40 countries with its award-winning products. The company’s portfolio spans enterprise-wide Catalog, Configure Price Quote (CPQ), Order Management, Provisioning and Insights products in addition to offering a core set of services including professional services, cloud services, and managed services.
Sigma utilizes an agile
approach to implementing its B/OSS products for its customers. Sigma has offices in North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific, with technology and integration partners globally.
TELESAT www.telesat.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Telesat is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure satellite-delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecom, corporate and government customers. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices and facilities around the world, the company’s stateof-the-art fleet consists of 15 GEO satellites, the Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 and one Phase 1 LEO satellite which is the start of Telesat’s planned global LEO satellite constellation that will offer low latency, high throughput broadband services. An additional two GEO satellites are under construction with launches planned for mid-2018. Telesat is also a leading technical consultant providing high value expertise and support to satellite operators, insurers and other industry participants on a global basis. Privately held, Telesat’s principal shareholders are Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment 18
Board and Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL).
TELNA www.telna.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Telna is a vertically integrated end-to-end network-as-a-service (NaaS) provider for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) economy. Telna is a GSMA member wireless carrier that has direct access agreements with 800+ networks, and LTE/4G/3G coverage in 200+ countries worldwide. The integrated company combines a pervasive network of networks, full back-end network infrastructure, and device hardware/software technology to offer a full suite of global connectivity services. Learn more at www.telna.com.
UBIQUE NETWORKS www.ubiquenet.com
CORPORATE SUMMARY Ubique Networks was founded in 2014 and is an innovative technology company delivering a blockchain-powered decentralized computing grid. It is creating the Internet of the Future by delivering technologies that optimize latency for real time applications. Ubique’s Swarmio eSports platform is the world’s only cloud-based infrastructure that completely integrates proprietary lagless global networking technology with a fully automated Tournament Management system to provide end users with the most advanced gaming experience available.
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