Ghana has been
named host nation for both the 2025 Technology Information Confederation (TICON)
Africa and African Marketing Confederation (AMC) Conference. This was announced
at the climax of this year’s well attended TICON Africa and AMC Marketing Forum in Mombasa, Kenya. As the
third edition of AMC and second edition of TICON Africa, both conferences were
well attended and highly engaging.
The 2024 AMC,
held under the theme, ‘Brand Resilience Amidst Economic Uncertainty’ offered
detailed explorations into various brand resilience strategies that left all in
attendance with the knowledge and confidence they need to successfully
spearhead their marketing efforts across the continent.
For TICON
Africa 2024, held under the theme ‘Advancing ICT Solutions for Sustainable
Development in Africa’, this year’s TICON Africa explored topics such as cybersecurity,
data privacy challenges, AI in healthcare, harnessing the power of AI and big
data for African development among others.
Executive
Secretary for Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana, Kwabena Agyekum, who is
also Vice President of AMC for West Africa, expressed delight in the selection
of Ghana as the host country for the next conference. “We are more than
excited to be hosting the next one. We have seen Entebbe-Uganda and
Mombasa-Kenya and we are ready to take it a notch higher. We welcome all of
Africa and the world to the 2025 AMC and TICON Africa conferences,”
President of
TICON Africa, David Gowu, who is also the Executive Director of the Institute of
ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH) expressed his excitement in leading the team to
the country. "As the President of TICON Africa and a proud Ghanaian, I
am honoured to lead the organisation of this prestigious event in our beautiful
country. Ghana definitely has a lot to offer and we cannot wait to show the
rest of Africa and the world what they are missing,” he said.
The African
Marketing Confederation is the ground-breaking Pan African body of marketing
professionals spearheading the ongoing development of the highest possible
standards of marketing across Africa.
Founded in
2011, the AMC is a leading collaboration between the African national marketing
member bodies and associations to exchange expertise and information, and to
promote the marketing profession as a whole. By unifying the bodies in
the various countries, the AMC is positioned to exchange expertise and
information, provide intellectual capital and to ensure that the continent has
platform for like-minded marketing professionals at the highest level.
TICON
Africa serves as a unifying platform for ICT professionals, promoting
excellence through education, networking, and collaboration. After a successful
edition in Kenya, next year’s conference promises to be another impactful one,
bringing together top industry minds to explore the future of ICT on the
continent.
TICON
Africa is an umbrella body that brings together ICT professionals from all over
Africa. It is dedicated to promoting the highest standards of excellence in the
field of technology by fostering education, networking, and collaboration among
our members. It believes that by working together, it can create a better
future for all Africans. TICON Africa is committed to building a strong,
vibrant community of ICT professionals who are passionate about using
technology to improve people’s lives.