{"id":51677,"date":"2024-10-17T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gsma-postpones-mwc-kigali-2024-event\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:16:45","slug":"gsma-postpones-mwc-kigali-2024-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gsma-postpones-mwc-kigali-2024-event\/","title":{"rendered":"GSMA postpones MWC Kigali 2024 event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement, the organization representing the interests of mobile network operators worldwide apologized to participants and stated that the event would be rescheduled for a new date in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recognize the inconvenience this may cause to our participants. A new date in 2025 will be announced,&#8221; GSMA said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Together with the Rwandan Ministry of ICT &#038; Innovation, we look forward to convening Africa\u2019s most influential connectivity event soon,&#8221; the organization added.<\/p>\n<p>GSMA did not disclose the reason for postponing the much-awaited conference.<\/p>\n<p>The postponed event is part of the GSMA\u2019s MWC series, which includes flagship events such as MWC Barcelona, MWC Shanghai, and MWC Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The event aims to showcase the region&#8217;s advancements in connectivity and technological innovation, particularly in the context of emerging trends like 5G, fintech, and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 edition was set to explore key growth areas such as mobile money and the evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s edition welcomed more than 3,400 attendees from over 1,400 companies and featured more than 230 speakers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-75954 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/mwc-pr-2.jpg\" alt=\"The postponed event is part of the GSMA\u2019s MWC series, which includes flagship events such as MWC Barcelona, MWC Shanghai, and MWC Las Vegas.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) has announced the postponement of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Kigali 2024 event scheduled for October 29-31, 2024, in Kigali, Rwanda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000075953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000075953,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mwc-pr-2.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000075953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51677"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51677"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}