London — AfricaCom has become so big that it's difficult to grasp everything that's happening: it's the size of a small town and one minute you're talking to a Nigerian TV producer, the next to someone who's wants to make a major investment in disruptive satellite technology. Russell Southwood provides a quick snapshot of the pieces he was able to see.
There's the meetings you plan and the chance encounters: from talking to Funke Opeke, CEO, Main One, sitting quietly drafting and information release about a recent outage on the cable that was quickly resolved to bumping into Herman Singh, MTN and chatting about his plans for life after MTN.
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