Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Unsurprisingly, 5G was a key topic during the Africa Tech Festival 2022, which was held in Cape Town last week. Since the spectrum auction proved to be a protracted procedure, South Africa, in particular, has found it frustrating to wait for the new mobile broadband standard. After completing it, service providers all throughout the nation are stepping up their efforts to roll out 5G connectivity and solutions.
Reasons for the Need for 4G
Despite the fact that this is encouraging for folks in the immediate area, 5G is still a ways off in other parts of Africa. Because of this, service providers, governments, and individuals alike should continue to place a high focus on the deployment, penetration, and quality of 4G and LTE across the African continent. During a roundtable hosted by Huawei and presided over by Dr Mohamed Madkour, its VP for Global Carrier Network Solutions and Marketing, this was one of the topics that was covered. He stated that 4G and LTE have had a significant impact on the world and would continue to do so.
For individuals all throughout the world, 4G has accomplished wonderful things. According to Madkour, there are numerous businesses that could only have been founded as a result of 4G, adding trillions of dollars to the world economy. The Huawei VP also mentioned the need for a strong 4G layer in order to enable 5G, as well as the reality that 5G is still in its early stages on the African continent. 5G has just been around for three years, and they have barely scratched the surface. They haven’t even begun to touch the surface of 5G, which has only been available for three years.