Monday, 11 November
09:00
Boardroom Meetings
Southern Sun Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town
16:30
Exclusive Sponsor & VIP Guest Event
Undisclosed Location, Cape Town
By Invitation Only
The African ICT Industry’s Biggest Networking Event
11 – 14 November 2024
Cape Town, South Africa
Powering Africa's digital future
Join us for a data infrastructure journey across the continent…
Welcome to Open Access, the place where a highly diverse community of people influence and shape the decisions that are building the backbone of the African internet.
ABOUT
What is
Open Access?
It is the African ICT industry’s biggest networking event
Returning for its 12th edition, Open Access is hosted by Teraco as the premier event that brings together visionaries, innovators, and leaders to understand, explore, and participate in the future of Africa’s digital transformation. At the heart of this evolution are the data centres powering the continent's connectivity, with Digital Realty and Teraco at the forefront of providing power, cooling, and secure facilities to support this pan-African movement.
1000
Global Delegates
720
Bilateral Meeting Sessions
Open Access brings together more than 1,000 delegates in a jam-packed week filled with bilateral meetings, networking opportunities, and exclusive by-invitation-only social events. Whether you focus on cloud, connectivity, content distribution, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, Open Access is the place to network, learn, and get deals done. You really don’t want to miss out.
Join the Open Access revolution and embrace the future of knowledge sharing.
HOSTS
Hosted by
Open Access is hosted by Teraco, Digital Realty and iColo, with support from our valued sponsors.
Delivering a safe and open meeting place accelerating collaboration, innovation, and growth for leading enterprises and service providers on the world’s largest data center platform.
The leading carrier-neutral data center provider that operates state of the art facilities in Kenya and Mozambique.
Teraco, Africa’s leading carrier-neutral colocation provider, is the first provider of highly resilient, vendor-neutral data environments in sub-Saharan Africa.
SPONSORS
Main Sponsors
Located within Teraco data centre facilities in Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, NAPAfrica IXP’s founding goal is to help make Internet access more accessible for Africa.
The Network Observability Platform. Improve network observability, performance and security. Network performance monitoring and diagnostics for traffic, routing, synthetic testing, and cloud.
Connect everything to everywhere: High-performance connectivity between devices, applications, clouds, offices, enterprise locations and data centres.
Sponsorship Opportunity
Interested in becoming a Sponsor?
As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, Open Access aims to unite thought leaders, industry experts, and innovators from around Africa and the world.
This event promises to be a transformative experience, exploring the African Internet’s limitless potential and its crucial role in shaping our interconnected world. The Open Access conference is poised to bring together a diverse audience, including C-suite executives, technology enthusiasts, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
By participating as a sponsor, you will not only gain excellent industry exposure but also align your brand with a forward-thinking community committed to pushing the boundaries of connecting the African continent.
AGENDA
High Level Agenda
Open Access is Africa’s biggest ICT industry networking event
Tuesday, 12 November
Data Centre Tour – By Arrangement Only
09:00 – 15:00
Teraco CT2 Data Centre Tour, Brackenfell, Cape Town
Bilateral Meetings
09:00 – 17:00
The Peering Café – Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town
Whether you focus on cloud, connectivity, content distribution, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, Open Access is the place to network, learn, and get deals done. Participants get access to our meeting tool, where you can schedule one-on-one meetings with other participants.
Wednesday, 13 November
Data Centre Tour – By Arrangement Only
09:00 – 11:00
Teraco CT2 Data Centre Tour, Brackenfell, Cape Town
Bilateral Meetings
09:00 – 17:00
The Peering Café – Cullinan Hotel, Cape Town
Whether you focus on cloud, connectivity, content distribution, disruptive technologies, digital services or ICT strategy, Open Access is the place to network, learn, and get deals done. Participants get access to our meeting tool, where you can schedule one-on-one meetings with other participants.
Wednesday, 13 November
Open Access XII Networking Event
Festival of Colour
Celebrate a diverse and vibrant continent, with an explosion of colour!
18:30 – 00:00
Harringtons Cocktail Lounge, Cape Town
By Invitation Only
INTERESTED IN ATTENDING
Register for Open Access XII
Open Access is an exclusive 'Invitation Only' event, and space is limited. Register your interest to attend one or more of the Open Access events.
Terms and Conditions
Open Access is a private, by-invitation-only event hosted by Teraco Data Environments and its sponsors. Attendance is restricted to our clients and wider community and we reserve the right to limit the number of attendees. Admittance to Open Access venues is strictly subject to a valid confirmation email from the organisers. Submitting this form is NOT an automatic registration to attend Open Access. You are subscribing to receive updates and information about this event. You will receive confirmation by email if you are eligible to attend this event, along with information on the Bilateral Meetings, the Meeting Tool or any other associated events.