Mr Dapo Akanbi is among the ATCON 100 leading Telecoms & IT personalities in Nigeria

Akanbi Oladapo is an indigene of Owu-Isin in Kwara State, He is the Managing Director Telepro Consulting Services Limited, Kale & Nibs Limited and Managing Partner of Paragon Resource Agency UK, as a seasoned Telecommunications and IT professional, he is a self-motivated, well organized, dedicated professional and a valuable member of the Nigeria ICT world. A passionate leader and Team player, he thrives in fast paced, dynamic and multi-tasking environments. He is a service oriented professional, with progressive mind, experience and an excellent ability to quickly adapt to new technologies.

Dapo is a multi-skilled RF Engineer with over 14 years’ experience and strong skills in Radio Network Planning, Installation, Tuning & Optimization, System Administration and Networking coupled with vast experience in Technical Project Management. He started his career as an IT under graduate trainee with Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and Intercellular Nigeria Plc, he has worked on, manage and deliver multi-million dollar projects across different verticals and sectors within the Middle East (UAE), Asia (India) and Sub-Sahara Africa (Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger, Republic of Benin, Togo, Ghana, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Burkina Faso).

Highly motivated, Dapo possesses skills that align technical solutions with projects needs while ensuring good project delivery. He has several reputable industry accreditation. He has given Technical support to several Telecommunications Operators and OEM (MTN, Tigo, Bharthi Airtel, Tata DoCoMo, BSNL India, EMTS, Globacom, Vodacom, Ehtiotelecom, Safaricom, Ceragon, Huawei, Nokia, ZTE, and Ericson)... Read more

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Dr.Nezar Sami is 1. Expertise in transferring knowledge of innovation. 2. Passionate trainer. 3. Entrepreneurship icon. 4. Communication expert. 5. Social innovation practitioner. 6. Developing entrepreneur’s capabilities. 7. Supportive. 8. Knowledgeable. 9. Humble. 10. Committed. 11. Charismatic.  Nezar Sami: Having been awarded the “One of The Top 100 Most Influential Characters in the Arab Region” award by The Arab Entrepreneurs Union for his contribution in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in the region, Nezar has been always recognized for his contributions in the area of startups, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Nezar is the author of “Al-Maknaz™ for Entrepreneurship” book, which is a comprehensive guide for entrepreneurs and startup companies to take their ideas and turned it into products and/or services. He developed the “STARS™” model for technology commercialization and the “Project & Management Interaction Model™”. Nezar is the Innovation, Entrepreurship and Competitiveness Advisor to Chairperson of the Arab Council for Social Responsibility. In 2017, Nezar also founded the “Nilepreneurs” Initiative; which is a nation-wide initiative that supports the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s), Startups and Entrepreneurs in Egypt. The initiative is under the auspices of Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and managed by Nile University. Nilepreneurs Initiative acts as the enabler and catalyst between banks and SME’s ecosystem in Egypt. Nevertheless, Nezar also founded the NU100 nationwide competition. Nezar has 20+ years of experience in managing multi-million projects nation-wide projects in sectors such as Government, Banking, ICT, Education, FMCG and Healthcare. Nezar is the co-founder and Vice President, IEEE Technology Engineering and Management Society (TEMS) – Egypt Chapter. Also, he is the co-founder and vice president of the EgyMOT: Egypt Chapter of the International Association of Management of Technology (IAMOT). Also, he is the co-founder of NU100 Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Professional Services Lead. He has reputable certifications in training, facilitation and other technical aspects including, but not limited to, Certified Innovation Management Coach, DDI Certified Facilitator®, WakeUpBrain Facilitator, American Management Institute, Intel Certified Ideation Master Trainer, StartUp Cup Master Mentor Trainer, ITIL and others. Nezar was the course leader of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Project Management courses in the Presidential Leadership Program (PLP). He was the former deputy director for academics for the PLP in 2016-2018. Nezar was the advisor to Ministry of Planning (MOP) for the establishment of the Government Innovation Unit, 2016. He developed with the MOP team the vision, mission, strategy and the Business Model of the unit. Also, since 2016 till present, Nezar is the training program designer and the master trainer of Egypt Innovation in Government Competition under the Cairo Innovates Initiative. Since 1997, he conducted 1000+ training courses and sessions in different Business areas including, but not limited to, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Business Strategies, Leadership, Contemporary Management, Project and Risk Management, IT Service Management, Quality Management, and others. As a trainer, Nezar served Egyptian and regional clients as well as multinational companies and banks; including but not limited to: Central Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Egypt Air, Saudi Airlines, Mercedes Benz, Astrazeneca, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr, Edita Co., and others. Over the last 15 years Nezar received 10+ “Certificate of Recognition” and “Teaching Honor” from reputable organizations such as Ministry of Investment, American University in Cairo (AUC), Nile University, Entrepreneurship Magazine, Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI) and many other organizations. Nezar mentored new technology-based and FinTech startup companies and entrepreneurs participating in international business plan competitions such as Hajj Hackathon, MIT Arab Startup Competition, Valeo Innovation Challenge, Idea-to-Product (I2P), Made In Egypt (MIE) and others through different incubators in Egypt, such as Start IT, Falak Incubator, Intelaq Incubation Program . Nezar has been selected as a member of HONORABLE SELECTION COMMITTEE for the 2019 Hult Prize. Also, he judges nation-wide and regional innovation and entrepreneurship competitions such as Hajj Hackathon (named to be the Guinness World Record Award as the largest hackathon in the world), Google Mobile Application Launch Pad (MAL), Orange Startup Cup, MIT Arab Startup Competition, Challenge 22 international competition, TechniSummit Competition, Nawah ILO Competition, Intel Business Challenge, Intel Challenge ME, Startup Weekend, and Technology Business Plan Competition (TBPC).

Mr. Hassanein Tawfiq, Chairman and Managing Director, played an important role to distinguish himself in shaping the ICT industry in Egypt for the last 40 years.   For the past 4 decades, Mr. Tawfiq has been the inspiration and guiding force behind the introduction, growth, and sustainability of the Egyptian ICT industry. Throughout the years, Mr. Tawfiq has provided masterful leadership to both the ICT business and ICT community service.  He has the wisdom and expertise to develop multiple IT companies that serves different ICT needs and customer types starting with: - ACT – Founded in 1988- as a system integration company (now ACT has different representations worldwide (Dubai, KSA, France, Australia, and Morocco) - Near and offshore Outsourcing company - Arabic digital content company - Development House  - …and more. Mr. Tawfiq has acted not only as one visionary pioneer ICT business professional, but also a facilitator of the ICT industry bringing together different stakeholders (education, decision makers, IT Professionals, NGOs and ICT committees) to establish Think Tanks to come up with best practices for sustaining the ICT industry. Growing businesses for 30+ years, Mr. Tawfiq has had to overcome many national and global crises and instabilities; with an extensive expertise and track record in leading top and bottom-line business performance, Mr. Tawfiq’s leadership has introduced Business continuity model in addition to improvement programs in variety of business Sectors, he has successfully -during all crises-  establish sustainable service delivery model valued by national and international customer base.  Mr. Tawfiq has introduced Gender Diversity management in ACT- first Local IT company to adapt to that concept- and has promoted the concept with the ICT community (a male dominating industry) because WHEN women Work, economies Win. Born in Minia; and after a long track record of accomplishments in the ICT field; Mr. Tawfiq has been nominated to present his home-town in the House of Senates, elected to become a Senator for Minia region, helping in developing national wide legislation to promote the ICT industry and ensure that IT infrastructure is available to everyone and everywhere in Egypt especially upper Egypt and underprivileged areas.

Eng. Atef Helmy served as minister of ICT for 3 years. He was able to draft full fledge ICT strategy for digitally transform Egypt. He was utilizing the power of the community believing in multi-stakeholder performance.