ADCD 2026 — Program*

Day 01

February 2nd, 2026

8:00 - 9:00

Registration & Networking

9:00 - 9:15

Opening Ceremony with Main Sponsors & Partners

9:30 - 9:45

Opening Keynote:
Mourad Younes - MEA Director - Schneider Electric

10:00 - 10:15

The road to sustainable digital infrastructure

Amir Ben-Gacem - Co-founder & CEO - Solecrypt

10:30 - 11:15

Coffee Break sponsored by Blackwall

11:15 - 11:30

Better Unterstanding Traffic

Francisco Pereira Carvalho - Senior Vice President, Global Sales - Blackwall
Abdelkrim Hentour - Pre-Sales Solutions Architect - Blackwall

11:45 - 12:00 

Panel: Écologique, Performant et Profitable : Les Data Centers Africains Peuvent-ils Réussir sur Tous les Fronts.

Lyes Zahaf Architect ATD & Co-founder & General Manager SHABAKET & INGEFIBER

Amine Benchekroun VP Secure Power Schneider Electric 

Moderateur : Yves Grandmontagne - DCMag.fr

12:15 - 13:00

MoU Signature Ceremony

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch & Networking

14:30 - 14:45

Panel: From Infrastructure Gaps to Innovation Hubs: Digitization in Emerging Markets in the AI Era?

Panelists :

  • Mourad Younes - MEA Director - Schneider Electric 

  • Dr. Fouad Omri - Founder & CEO - Predapp

  • Amir Ben-Gacem - Co-founder & CEO - Solecrypt 

Moderateur : Zied Ouled Ali - Initiator -  ADCD 

15:00 - 15:15

Panel: Digital Infrastructure Financing: The African Context

Panelists:

  • Tolu Awoyinfa - Managing Director - Argentil Capital Partners

  • Dr Ayotunde Coker - (FBCS, FIOD) Chief Executive Officer - Open Access Data Centres (OADC)

  • Matija Jekovec - COO - DHH

Moderator : Ahmed Zairi

15:30 - 15:45

Keynote: Join DHH and the AI revolution
Matija Jekovec - COO - DHH

16:00 - 16:45

Coffee Break sponsored by DHH

16:45 - 17:00

Your AI, Your Way

Marthijs van den Ham - AI Infrastructure Consultant - MDCS.A

17:15 - 17:30 

Powering Africa's Digital Infrastructure with Female Talent: The Groundbreaker Model

Lisa-Marie (Lila) Lang - Groundbreaker GmbH

18:00 - 20:00

Free Time - Relax - Network

20:00 - 22:00

Cocktail Party

Day 02

February 3rd, 2026

8:00 - 9:00

Registration & Networking 

9:00 - 9:15

Summary of the Day 1

9:30 - 9:45

Digital Transformation from Vision to Datacenter

Mohamed Radhouen Machta - Regional Sales Manager - Uptime Institute

10:00 - 10:15 

Instant Everywhere: How Digital Tools are Enabling Business Growth Across Africa

Filip Borcov - IT Superman - Site.pro

10:30 - 11:15

Coffee Break sponsored by Blackwall

11:15 - 11:30

Securing AI at Scale: From Infrastructure to Screen - Enterprise Strategies to Adopt AI Without Losing Control

Dr. Fouad Omri - Founder & CEO - Predapp

11:45 - 12:00

The Developer's Sovereignty: Owned Infrastructure & Open Source Platforms for African Tech

  • Dr. Amina Mseddi - Co-Founder - AuroraIQ

  • Aymen Frikha - Co-Founder - AuroraIQ

12:15 - 12:30 

It´s Getting Cloudy! How to Migrate to the Cloud, Stay Safe and Optimize Your Workloads

Edwin-Alexander Kuss - Director Global Sales - Hystax

12:30 - 13:00 

RGPD, Data protection, Sovereign Cloud

Maitre Zied El Aïr

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch & Networking

14:30 - 14:45

“Invisible” is How to Keep Your Infrastructure Relevant in the AI Era

Samy Fodil - Founder & CEO - Taubyte

15:00 - 15:15 

Les Etiques de l'IA

Walid Bouzouita - Certifications Expert - AB Audit

15:30 - 15:45

Mosambique Hosting Success Story

Karson Adamos - Founder & CEO - TURBOHOST

16:00 - 16:45

Coffee Break sponsored by Turbohost

16:45 - 17:00

Datacenter et Durabilité

Fatma Khlif - Architect - WeCando

19:00 - 22:00

Gala Dinner - Live Music

*Program is subject of continuous updates and adjustments