14:00 - 14:15
| Opening Remarks – Setting the Scene
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14:15 - 14:30
| Keynote Address- Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko, Director General, National Communications Authorty (NCA) Ghana
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| Group Photo
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Session 1: OTTs and related services – state of play in ITU-T
This session will provide an overview of the current state of OTT discussions within ITU-T Study Groups.
Moderator: Pauline T. Djoumessi Gnimpieba, Co-Chair, ITU-T SG3RG-AFR, CameroonQ&A
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break
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| 15:30 - 17:00 | Session 2: Over-the-top (OTT) Services in Africa: Innovation, Competition, and Market Impact
The session will examine the economic implications of over-the-top (OTT) services in Africa from perspectives within Africa as well as outside from the region. An essential issue to address is the need to balance innovation, competition, and equitable market practices within the African telecommunications sector.
Moderator: Lanciné Fofana, Vice-chair, ITU-T SG3RG-AFR, Côte d’Ivoire
- Aminata Drame, Vice-chair, ITU-T SG3RG-AFR, SONATEL (Senegal)
- Fargani Tambeayuk, Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Carl Gahnberg, Internet Society (ISOC)
- Nura Falalu, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
- Anurag Mall, Head of International Telecoms and Digital Markets, Ofcom (United Kingdom)
Q&A
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| 17:00 - 17:15 | Wrap up and next steps on OTTs
Moderators of sessions summarize and indicate next steps - Pauline T. Djoumessi Gnimpieba, Co-Chair, ITU-T SG3RG-AFR, Cameroon
- Lanciné Fofana, Vice-chair, ITU-T SG3RG-AFR, Côte d’Ivoire
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Day 2, Wednesday, 15 April 2026
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| 09:30 - 09:50 | Keynote Presentation
- Isaac Boateng, Director, Standardization, African Telecommunications Union (ATU)
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09:50 - 10:50
| Session 3: WTSA Resolution 100: A common emergency number for Africa – Implementation status, framework, challenges and opportunities
The panel will assess the status of implementation of WTSA Resolution 100 which calls for the establishment of a common emergency number for Africa, will discuss the challenges faced by countries during the implementation and the opportunities that this implementation may bring to each country.
Moderator: Yaw Boamah Baafi, Vice-Chair, SG2RG-AFR
Q&A
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| 10:50 - 11:20 | Coffee Break
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11:20 - 12:30
| Session 4: WTSA Resolution 100: Lessons learned from and roadmap for implementation
Speakers from countries that have already started with the implementation of the emergency number will be sharing their experience and together will work out the roadmap for implementation for Africa.
Moderator: Yaw Boamah Baafi, Vice-Chair, SG2RG-AFR
- Gifty Selby, Ghana Signal Bureau (NSB), Ghana
- Shaka Sasha Essa, National Communications Authority (NCA), Sierra Leone
- Jerôme Maniongui, Agence de Régulation des Postes et des Communications Electroniques (ARPCE), Republic of the Congo
- AbdulRaheem Adigun, Nigerian Communications Commission
Q&A
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| 12:30 - 12:45 | Wrap up and next steps on WTSA Resolution 100
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