Datacloud Panel: Realising the First Wave of Data Centre Demand

08 Sept 2026
Datacloud Keynote Stage, Floor 1
Datacloud Africa
  • How do we lower infrastructure and equipment costs to unlock mass-market demand?
  • Where is real demand emerging today - cloud, enterprise or AI?
  • What will genuinely bring workloads onshore: sovereignty, latency or economics?
  • How big is Africa’s enterprise and consumer market in reality?
Chairperson
Johann Adjovi
Johann Adjovi, Partner - Analysys Mason
Speakers
Snehar Shah
Snehar Shah, CEO - IXAFRICA DATA CENTRE
Ayotunde Coker
Ayotunde Coker, Chief Executive Officer - Open Access Data Centres
Nicholas Lodge
Nicholas Lodge, CSO & Co-Founder - WINGU AFRICA
Krishnan Ranganath
Krishnan Ranganath, CEO - UniCloudAfrica
Robert Skjødt
Robert Skjødt, CEO - RAXIO GROUP