ITW Panel: Resilience, Routing and Data Sovereignty in African Networks

08 Sept 2026
ITW Keynote Stage, Floor 1
ITW Africa
  • How subsea outages exposed routing, redundancy and sovereignty risks
  • How data localisation laws influence network design and traffic routing
  • Balancing national data control with regional and global connectivity
  • Lessons for future planning across subsea, terrestrial and IX strategies
Chairperson
Joyce Onyeagoro
Joyce Onyeagoro, Senior Editor - Tech Africa News
Speakers
Jacques ABENG
Jacques ABENG, CMO - ST Digital
Douglas Njenga
Douglas Njenga, Director, Regulatory & Strategic Affairs - WIOCC
Wilfried Dudink
Wilfried Dudink, Senior Director - Strategy and Development - DIGITAL REALTY
Marco Gagiano
Marco Gagiano, VP: Global Head of Connectivity & C2 - CASSAVA TECHNOLOGIES