CONTENTS
CONTENTS MIDDLE EAST 06 - FIRST LOOK MIDDLE EAST
34 - TECH PROFILE
10 - REGIONAL ROUND-UP
38 - INSIDE LOOK
Jim Digby discusses his work at last year’s Formula E After Show Concert in Saudi Arabia.
The latest news from the Middle East.
16 - ILEA COLUMN
TPMEA speaks to the suppliers from the inaugural Formula E event in Saudi Arabia.
Byrne Equipment Rental’s Patrick Fallon talks Stew through his 25-years in the business and his predictions for the GCC events market.
TPMEA checks in with the new ILEA board members.
AFRICA
18 - TECH FOCUS
42 - REGIONAL ROUND-UP
Fireworks by Grucci CEO, Phil Grucci, looks back at its New Years Eve double world record success.
20 - TECH PROFILE
The latest news stories from the region.
48 - TECH PROFILE
TPMEA speaks to the suppliers of 2019’s largest EDM show, BAO Festival: The Final Frontier.
TPMEA travels to Johannesburg, to witness the continent’s largest ever multi-artist event - Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100.
28 - TECH PROFILE
57 - TECH FOCUS
EDITOR Kel Murray Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)7738 154689 e-mail: k.murray@mondiale.co.uk
ASSISTANT EDITOR Stewart Hume Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)7702 054344 e-mail: s.hume@mondiale.co.uk
STAFF WRITER Jacob Waite Tel: +44 (0)161 4768385 Mobile:+44 (0)7592 679612 e-mail: j.waite@mondiale.co.uk
COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR Hannah Eakins Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)7760 485230 e-mail: h.eakins@mondiale.co.uk
SALES EXECUTIVE Lauren Dyson Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)741 5773 639 e-mail: l.dyson@mondiale.co.uk
SALES EXECUTIVE Lyndsey Hopwood Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)780 005 57094 e-mail: l.hopwood@mondiale.co.uk
ACCOUNTS Lynette Levi / Sarah Miller: ar@mondiale.co.uk
DIGITAL EDITORIAL ASSISTANT James Robertson
CHIEF EXECUTIVE Justin Gawne Tel: +44 (0)161 476 8360 Mobile: +44 (0)7768 850767 e-mail: j.gawne@mondiale.co.uk
GRAPHIC DESIGN & PRODUCTION Dan Seaton: d.seaton@mondiale.co.uk Zoe Willcox: z.willcox@mondiale.co.uk
Jacob meets the Waterworks crew that aims to bring classical music to a new generation.
MONDIALE GROUP CHAIRMAN Damian Walsh
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Harmony Entertainment’s Tsholanang Montsho discusses a DiGiCo S31 investment.
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BAO Festival: The Final Frontier by Protec. PRINTED BY Buxton Press • www.buxpress.co.uk @tpmea_magazine facebook.com/TPMEA_Magazine @tpmea linkedin.com/company/tpmea
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