NAIROBI, Kenya; 7 June 2015 – DISTREE Africa 2015, the region’s leading technology and consumer electronics (CE) channel event, will include a series of small group workshop sessions hosted by research companies, consultants and local channel experts. All delegates attending DISTREE Africa, which takes place from June 10th to 12th in Nairobi, Kenya, can pre-register to attend workshop sessions through their web account.
Farouk Hemraj, Director and Co-Founder at DISTREE Events, said: “African markets for technology and CE products are growing fast and the channel is developing and maturing quickly. The workshop sessions at DISTREE Africa give delegates access to leading channel experts from research houses and consultancies.”
“We are delighted to provide such a comprehensive line-up of workshops, including multiple sessions from event partner GfK, plus workshops from content partners iHub and Navo,” added Hemraj. “By exploring new channel models, emerging product categories and innovation within Africa, we believe that these sessions will provide valuable content and contacts for all attendees.”
Full details of the speakers participating at DISTREE Africa can be found HERE. The full line-up of workshop sessions taking place at DISTREE Africa 2015 is as follows:
- African Retail & Emerging Technologies, hosted by Ryan Mackey
- Device channels in East Africa, hosted by Shamir Jaffer
- GfK Insights: Internet of Things (IoT) & Smart Home, hosted by Roger Carbonell
- GfK Supply Chain Management Insights: Navigating the Value Chain, hosted by Christian Riedl
- iHub: Techology. Innovation. Community. Hosted by Jessica Colaco
- Navo: Omnichannel Retail Strategies, hosted by KS Vasudevan
- RIC: Creating a Retail Value Proposition, hosted by Titus Korir
In total, more than 110 retail and e-tail companies have already committed to sending delegations to DISTREE Africa 2015. By gathering senior executives from retailers, e-tailers, distributors and vendors in one place at one time, the event provides a powerful business platform to accelerate channel development and create new channel relationships within the region.
Huawei and Quantum are Platinum Sponsors of DISTREE Africa 2015; Gold Sponsors are distributors Mitsumi and Redington; Silver Sponsors are Acer and Brother. Vendors, distributors, retailers, e-tailers and press wishing to attend DISTREE Africa 2015, can register their interest HERE
