Lars Stork is CEO of Vodafone Zambia and COO of the Vodafone-Afrimax Group. Lars has an amazing start-up track record with the prominent one being an Indian 4G LTE company called Augere also known as Qubee. Lars initiated a Vodafone online platform www.JUMP.co.zm, which provides free resources for entrepreneurship, education and self-development.

Lars has worked for many organisations including Celtel and Unilever and was named one of top 100 most influential people in the telecoms industry by Global Telecoms Business (GTB). He has won a global award for the best innovative approach in terms of penetrating rural areas in Africa. Lars, who is originally from Denmark, has lived and worked in 15 countries around the world and has a wealth of knowledge and experience to share with entrepreneurs.

In this fireside chat Lars will chat about opportunities that Internet and mobile provides for Zambians and why Zambia is positioned to be the Silicon Valley of Africa.