Market Brief Keynote:

Guy Zibi is the Managing Partner at Xalam Analytics, a boutique research and advisory firm specializing in connectivity, cloud, and digital infrastructure in emerging markets.

Xalam Analytics provides critical data and insights that support infrastructure development, commercial strategies, and capital deployment across Africa, the Middle East, emerging Asia, and Latin America. The firm’s in-depth investment reports on internet infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, private and public clouds, and fiber connectivity have reshaped investor perspectives on the opportunities in frontier digital infrastructure.

With over a decade of experience in analyzing technology markets globally, Guy is recognized as a leading expert in the economics of ICT in emerging markets. Prior to founding Xalam Analytics, Guy was the founder of AfricaNext Investment Research, an Africa-focused tech equity research firm. He has also held roles as an analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit/Pyramid and as a Global Consulting Director at Pyramid Research.