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Oracle Cloud South Africa Region Virtual Launch

Join us for this Announcement Event as Oracle launches its First Datacenter on the African Continent.
Live Webinar
19 January 2022
11:00 - 12:30 CEST
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What does our new African Cloud Region mean for your business?

Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region Virtual Launch event is on the 19th January 2022. We want to celebrate it and invite you to our virtual launch with experts, speakers and customers discussing what the new region means to your business — and how cloud-led digital transformation will drive the digital economy, while navigating your organization towards growth.

Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region is part of Oracle's Cloud roadmap, which aims to have at least 44 cloud regions by the end of 2022

Register and hear from our speakers & panelists:
  • Meiring Coetzee - CIO, Government Pensions Administration Agency
  • Leslie K. Ditsa - IT Governance/Acct MGR, Enterprise Group
  • Grant De Waal-Dubla - CIO, Cape Union Mart
  • Nazareen Ebrahim - CEO, Naz Consulting International
  • Uzoma Ekwebelem - Technology Cloud Sales Manager Nigeria
  • Ayo Stuffman - Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Vas2Nets Technologies Limited
  • Daniel Ng Cheong Hin - CEO, Mauritius Cargo Community Services Ltd
  • Ahmed Jassat - South Africa Oracle Usergroup Chairperson
  • Ekaterina Kober - Oracle Cloud Snr Sales Director - Africa & Turkey
  • Eric Kweyu - CEO | ICON Limited.
  • Ibrahim Mthombeni - Technology Cloud Sales Leader, Oracle South Africa
  • Rohit Mungur - Executive Director, PEX
  • Makena Muriuki -Technology Cloud Sales Manager Kenya
  • Rachel Ndungu - CEO, Biashara Africa
  • Baphathe Khanyisa Ngejane - Co founder/ CEO of Peniel Impact
  • Sandhya Ramdhany - Country Leader, Oracle South Africa
  • Annick Sakho - Technology Cloud Sales Director, Oracle SADC
  • Hanane El Mir - Oracle Senior Sales Director Technology Cloud SMB MEA
  • Maurits Tichelman- Intel General Manager EMEA
  • Ted Wallace - Senior Vice President, Engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Mark Walker - Vice President IDC MEA
We look forward to celebrating this important milestone with you online 11.00 CEST!

Agenda

11:00 CEST
Opening and welcome
11:10 CEST
Launch of Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region -Ted Wallace, Senior Vice President, Engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
11:30 CEST
Government Address
11:45 CEST
Impact of South Africa Oracle Cloud Region and Customer Panel
12:10 CEST
Intel Innovation
12:15 CEST
Closing

Featured Speakers

Ted Wallace

Ted Wallace

Senior Vice President, Engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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Ted Wallace

Senior Vice President, Engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Ted Wallace is Senior Vice President, Engineering for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He is responsible for driving and launching OCI’s new regions, as well as the acquisition, design and operations of OCI’s data centers. Ted also has responsibility for Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS) operations that has migrated hundreds of customers’ mission critical workloads to the cloud. Ted and his team also operate these workloads, building a strong partnership with their customers.

Prior to joining OCI, Ted was VP, Engineering for Oracle Data Cloud (ODC) because of the acquisition of BlueKai by Oracle in 2014. At BlueKai in in ODC, Ted was the VP of Engineering responsible a real-time data ingestion and delivery pipeline driving hundreds of thousands of requests per second and trillions of data transactions per day. Prior to BlueKai, Ted was a 12-year veteran of Amazon.com and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ted has more than 20 years of experience building and leading teams across the world and managing core web-scale services and infrastructure.
Sandhya Ramdhany

Sandhya Ramdhany

Country Leader, Oracle South Africa
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Sandhya Ramdhany

Country Leader, Oracle South Africa
Nazareen Ebrahim

Nazareen Ebrahim

CEO, Naz Consulting International
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Nazareen Ebrahim

CEO, Naz Consulting International
Ibrahim Mthombeni

Ibrahim Mthombeni

Technology Cloud Sales Leader, Oracle South Africa
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Ibrahim Mthombeni

Technology Cloud Sales Leader, Oracle South Africa
Annick Sakho

Annick Sakho

Technology Cloud Sales Dir, Oracle SADC
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Annick Sakho

Technology Cloud Sales Dir, Oracle SADC
Makena Muriuki

Makena Muriuki

Technology Cloud Sales Manager Kenya
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Makena Muriuki

Technology Cloud Sales Manager Kenya
Uzoma Ekwebelem

Uzoma Ekwebelem

Technology Cloud Sales Manager Nigeria
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Uzoma Ekwebelem

Technology Cloud Sales Manager Nigeria
Mark WalkerMark Walker

Mark Walker

Vice President IDC MEA
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Mark Walker

Vice President IDC MEA
Ahmed Jassat

Ahmed Jassat

South Africa Oracle Usergroup Chairperson
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Ahmed Jassat

South Africa Oracle Usergroup Chairperson
Maurits Tichelman

Maurits Tichelman

Intel General Manager EMEA Region
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Maurits Tichelman

Intel General Manager EMEA Region
Rachel Ndungu

Rachel Ndungu

CEO, Biashara Africa
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Rachel Ndungu

CEO, Biashara Africa
Rohit Mungur

Rohit Mungur

Executive Director, PEX
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Rohit Mungur

Executive Director, PEX
Baphathe Khanyisa Ngejane

Baphathe Khanyisa Ngejane

Co founder and CEO of Peniel Impact
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Baphathe Khanyisa Ngejane

Co founder and CEO of Peniel Impact
Daniel Ng Cheong Hin

Daniel Ng Cheong Hin

Chief Executive Officer Mauritius Cargo Community Services Ltd
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Daniel Ng Cheong Hin

Chief Executive Officer Mauritius Cargo Community Services Ltd
An enthusiastic, dynamic, passionate professional who possess proven track record and leadership skills in managing, developing and motivating teams, I was instrumental in the computerisation and re-engineering of Cargo Express Co. Ltd a leading forwarder in Mauritius. This task requested a detailed knowledge of the various work processes in the clearing and forwarding of goods and courier in and out of Mauritius.
I was also promoted to act as Managing Director of the Logistics Division of the Rogers Group, where I also acquired a rich and extensive experience in strategic development and deployment of an international company as well as managing multinational structures.
Leslie K. Ditsa

Leslie K. Ditsa

IT Governance/Acct MGREnterprise Group
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Leslie K. Ditsa

IT Governance/Acct MGREnterprise Group
Mr. Leslie Ditsa is the Manager in charge of IT Governance and Risk at Enterprise Group with over 10 years of experience in the financial/insurance industry. He also serves as the Technology lead at Enterprise Trustees, overseeing alignment to business strategy and service delivery. Prior to joining Enterprise Trustees, he worked in the software division for Enterprise Life as the concept design expert with partners in Cape Town South Africa. He is a professional member of CompTIA with a vast array of professional trainings/certifications in various disciplines such as Project Management (Prince 2 Agile), Cyber Security amongst others. He also holds a BSc in Computer Science from Valley View University
Ekaterina Kober

Ekaterina Kober

Oracle Cloud Snr Sales Director - Africa & Turkey
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Ekaterina Kober

Oracle Cloud Snr Sales Director - Africa & Turkey
Eric Kweyu

Eric Kweyu

CEO, ICON Limited
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Eric Kweyu

CEO, ICON Limited
Grant De Waal-Dubla

Grant De Waal-Dubla

CIO, Cape Union Mart
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Grant De Waal-Dubla

CIO, Cape Union Mart
Ayo Stuffman

Ayo Stuffman

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Vas2Nets Technologies Limited
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Ayo Stuffman

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Vas2Nets Technologies Limited
Hanane El Mir

Hanane El Mir

Oracle Senior Sales Director Technology Cloud SMB MEA
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Hanane El Mir

Oracle Senior Sales Director Technology Cloud SMB MEA

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