Datacon africa 2023
Presentations
Focus Day:
Keynote Presentation: Boosting the Power of Digital Ecosystems to Foster Growth
- Creating new business models that redefine the value of connectivity
- Evaluating how 5G-enabled digital ecosystems relate to service experience and network automation
- Providing a seamless end-to-end service experience by balancing efficiency and experience
Speaker: Stefan Steffen, Executive: Data Science, Telkom Group
Presentation: The future of cloud in Africa: Capturing Africa’s potential for accelerated digital growth
- How big is the value at stake in my industry?
- How quickly will value be captured, and who will capture it?
- What can I do to ensure my company captures more than its fair share of the value?
- And how does the future of cloud in Africa compare?
Speaker: Jean-Claude (JC) Gellé, Partner, McKinsey & Company
Conference Day 1:
Presentation: Sense, Respond, Act: Prioritising Sustainable Data Strategies for a Changing World in the Financial Sector
- Transforming strategies based on data, to avoid disruptions to workflow and stretch resources
- Establishing KPIs to gauge the success of digital transformation
- Optimizing operational efficiency and revisiting processes to deliver excellent customer journeys
Speakers:
Devan Manmoandas, Chief Financial Officer, Mozabanco
Camilo Isuffo Armacy, Director of Information Management, MozaBanco
Presentation: Data Mesh and Snowflake: Sanlam’s cloud journey for data-driven success
In 2016, Sanlam embarked on a journey to become a data-driven organization, with a focus on enabling the sharing of information, maintaining data quality, and enabling self-service. As the data landscape evolves with the rapid adoption of cloud technologies, including over 200 applications at Sanlam, the challenge arises of maintaining the original goals of data sharing, quality, and self-service. Enter Data Mesh, a decentralized approach to data architecture, and Snowflake, a cloud-based data platform that simplifies the complexity of a data architecture. Learn how Sanlam is navigating the cloud journey and enabling their organization to make data-driven decisions, drive operational efficiency, and foster business growth in the ever-evolving data landscape.
Speaker: Neil Oliver, Domain Architect: Data, Sanlam
Presentation: Data Science Education - Partnerships between Industry and Academia
Speaker: Kanshukan Rajartnam, Director: School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University
Presentation: Translating Data Value into Business Value
- Including measurement metrics to address specific business needs
- Communicating effectively with stakeholders to maintain alignment & commitment
- Implementing an iterative measurement process focused on creating business value
Speakers:
Minal Nagin, Chief Operating Officer – Group Risk, Investec
Michelle Schonken, Specialist Bank and Wealth Data Head, Investec
Presentation: Data Governance should be utterly ‘Expunged’
Speaker: Sizwe Gwala, Head of Data Governance: Group Compliance, Absa Group
Presentation: Empowering your data management capability with cloud
- Common pitfalls of inadequate assessment of data migration issues from on-premises to cloud based
- Best practices for managing data across various silos in hybrid environments
- Cloud-based data analytics platforms for maximum efficiency in modern data analysis
Speaker: Thebe Malatji, Senior Manager: Data Technology, African Bank
Presentation: How Data Communities can Bridge the Data Literacy Gap
- Prioritizing the acquisition of foundational data skills and facilitating the dissemination of data’s influence
- Heightening the emphasis on accessibility and employee engagement
- Reducing the need for sole dependency on an individual or a specific team to handle training responsibilities
Speaker: Kutlwano Ngwarati, Head of Data and Analytics, Lombard Insurance
Presentation: Developing a Scalable Personalization Strategy for the Pepkor Group
- Refining data assets to support personalization initiatives
- Establishing scalable and reusable recommender system pipelines for Pepkor's numerous brands
- Building momentum by implementing targeted pilots across diverse use cases
- The importance of collaboration and cross-functional teams
Speakers:
Dino Bernicchi, Data Consultant, Independent
Sebastian Uys, Data Scientist, Pepkor
Presentation: Partnering for data-driven decision making in advertising and media
- The importance of Data Strategy in advertising and media to drive business growth
- Partnering with clients to leverage data across business units, teams and platforms for more effective, personalized ad targeting
- Crafting a clear data strategy with actionable recommendations and timelines
Speakers: Delia Conde, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Wavemaker South Africa
Presentation: MDM and data governance capabilities for enhanced decision- making
- The data-based optimization of processes and monetization of data in new business models.
- Increase of Data Literacy in the company
- How VWFS used DATA to become a data driven company
Speaker: Wilma Crosson, Chief Information Officer, Volkswagen Financial Services
Conference Day 2:
Keynote Presentation: Big developments in data management: What’s important now?
- Driving graph-analytics performance gains without the need for major infrastructure
- Uncertainty and volatility as catalysts of big development in data architecture
- Key takeaways from the COVID era on data management that we didn’t know before
Speaker: Thenjiwe Dlamini, Head of Strategy, Special Investigating Unit
Presentation: Harnessing the full potential of AI in customer experience: Now and what’s next
- Establishing trust through model governance, risk management, and explain ability
- Automating production model lifecycle management processes to monitor ML efficiency
- Assuring customer safety and fairness through proper governance of AI
- Creating a framework for measuring AI's success
Speaker: Nathan- Ross Adams, Data & Tech Lawyer, Michalsons
Presentation: The Zero- & First-Party Data Revolution
- Why is a Zero-First Party Data Strategy the most important thing you should be focusing on this year?
- Understand where many organisations fall short in their approach to this
- What are the key principles you need to consider when helping your organisation plan for the 3rd-party cookie apocalypse?
Speaker: Kelvin Jonck, Chief Executive Officer, YOUKNOW Digital
Presentation: Improving your company’s health with data quality assessment and management
- Checking and examining data to assure data accuracy conformance and integrity
- Efficiently detecting dark data for better decision making
- Improving data potential to deliver predictive outcomes and prescriptive insights
- Enhancing the effectiveness of business/marketing campaigns
Speaker: Esther Munyi, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Sasfin
Presentation: Building on the Metadata Opportunity
- Enhancing democratization capabilities by reducing dependence on legacy systems and subject matter experts
- Designing a unified data ecosystem for users with varying needs
- Implementing data stewardship to drive value-focused operations
Speaker: Gareth Claite, Head of Data, Bankserveafrica