Africa’s richest man and chairman of
Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will
address a global audience at the 2015
edition of DEMO Africa on September
24-25, 2015, in Lagos, the chairman of
the local organising committee (LOC), Yele Okeremi, has confirmed. DEMO Africa is one of the flagship
initiatives of LIONS@frica and aims to
connect African startups to the global
ecosystem. It is the place where the most innovative
companies from African countries get a
platform to launch their products and
announce to Africa and the world what
they have developed. According to Okeremi, who is also the
chief executive officer (CEO) of Precise
Financial System (PFS), Dangote is
expected to share his entrepreneurship
and startups experience with 30
technology startups that have been selected to demonstrate how their
products will positively impact the world.
The event which is co-hosted by the
National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA) and
Ministry of Communication Technology will feature notable speakers like the
permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of
Communication and Technology, Dr Tunji
Olaopa; managing director, Kuramo
Capital (a venture capitalist company
with current investment of $5 million in hotel.ng) Mobolaji Adeoye; and director,
Intel Capital, Tobi Oke. Others are the director-general (DG),
NITDA, Peter Jack; founder, Meltwater
Entrepreneurial School of Technology
(MEST), which trains, mentors and
invests in world-class technology
entrepreneurs and African startups from Ghana and Nigeria, Jorn Lyseggen; CEO,
African Technology Foundation, Stephen
Ozoigbo, among others. However, DEMO Africa recently released
a list of 30 technology start-ups from
across Africa that will pitch at the 2015
edition of the event. With eight
representatives, Nigeria tops the list
again. Kenya is second with six startups. South Africa is third with three
representatives while Ghana, Egypt,
Cameroon, and Zimbabwe have two
entrepreneurs respectively. Uganda,
Tanzania and newcomer, Ivory Coast,
have one startup each. The 30 start-ups were selected from a list of over 600
applicants with four earning direct
nominations during the DEMO Africa pre-
pitch events. The DG of the NITDA, congratulated
these start-ups and welcomed them to
Nigeria for the epic Pan African
technology event. “We are excited at the opportunities that
technology has presented to our African
youths in creating jobs and wealth. This
is a great moment in the history of
Africa, steadily rising to establish its
digital footprint in the world. As an IT agency, we will continue to support and
grow our innovation ecosystem through
great platforms such as DEMO Africa,”
Jack said. According to DEMO Africa’s executive
producer, Harry Hare, globally, the
DEMO experience has helped to
introduce new products and services that
have become popular brands in the
business and consumer markets, which include Evernote, Salesforce, Cisco
webex, Jawbone, Waze, and Tivo among
others.[img] Africa’s richest man and chairman of
Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will
address a global audience at the 2015
edition of DEMO Africa on September
24-25, 2015, in Lagos, the chairman of
the local organising committee (LOC), Yele Okeremi, has confirmed. DEMO Africa is one of the flagship
initiatives of LIONS@frica and aims to
connect African startups to the global
ecosystem. It is the place where the most innovative
companies from African countries get a
platform to launch their products and
announce to Africa and the world what
they have developed. According to Okeremi, who is also the
chief executive officer (CEO) of Precise
Financial System (PFS), Dangote is
expected to share his entrepreneurship
and startups experience with 30
technology startups that have been selected to demonstrate how their
products will positively impact the world.
The event which is co-hosted by the
National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA) and
Ministry of Communication Technology will feature notable speakers like the
permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of
Communication and Technology, Dr Tunji
Olaopa; managing director, Kuramo
Capital (a venture capitalist company
with current investment of $5 million in hotel.ng) Mobolaji Adeoye; and director,
Intel Capital, Tobi Oke. Others are the director-general (DG),
NITDA, Peter Jack; founder, Meltwater
Entrepreneurial School of Technology
(MEST), which trains, mentors and
invests in world-class technology
entrepreneurs and African startups from Ghana and Nigeria, Jorn Lyseggen; CEO,
African Technology Foundation, Stephen
Ozoigbo, among others. However, DEMO Africa recently released
a list of 30 technology start-ups from
across Africa that will pitch at the 2015
edition of the event. With eight
representatives, Nigeria tops the list
again. Kenya is second with six startups. South Africa is third with three
representatives while Ghana, Egypt,
Cameroon, and Zimbabwe have two
entrepreneurs respectively. Uganda,
Tanzania and newcomer, Ivory Coast,
have one startup each. The 30 start-ups were selected from a list of over 600
applicants with four earning direct
nominations during the DEMO Africa pre-
pitch events. The DG of the NITDA, congratulated
these start-ups and welcomed them to
Nigeria for the epic Pan African
technology event. “We are excited at the opportunities that
technology has presented to our African
youths in creating jobs and wealth. This
is a great moment in the history of
Africa, steadily rising to establish its
digital footprint in the world. As an IT agency, we will continue to support and
grow our innovation ecosystem through
great platforms such as DEMO Africa,”
Jack said. According to DEMO Africa’s executive
producer, Harry Hare, globally, the
DEMO experience has helped to
introduce new products and services that
have become popular brands in the
business and consumer markets, which include Evernote, Salesforce, Cisco
webex, Jawbone, Waze, and Tivo among
others.[/img] Africa’s richest man and chairman of
Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will
address a global audience at the 2015
edition of DEMO Africa on September
24-25, 2015, in Lagos, the chairman of
the local organising committee (LOC), Yele Okeremi, has confirmed. DEMO Africa is one of the flagship
initiatives of LIONS@frica and aims to
connect African startups to the global
ecosystem. It is the place where the most innovative
companies from African countries get a
platform to launch their products and
announce to Africa and the world what
they have developed. According to Okeremi, who is also the
chief executive officer (CEO) of Precise
Financial System (PFS), Dangote is
expected to share his entrepreneurship
and startups experience with 30
technology startups that have been selected to demonstrate how their
products will positively impact the world.
The event which is co-hosted by the
National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA) and
Ministry of Communication Technology will feature notable speakers like the
permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of
Communication and Technology, Dr Tunji
Olaopa; managing director, Kuramo
Capital (a venture capitalist company
with current investment of $5 million in hotel.ng) Mobolaji Adeoye; and director,
Intel Capital, Tobi Oke. Others are the director-general (DG),
NITDA, Peter Jack; founder, Meltwater
Entrepreneurial School of Technology
(MEST), which trains, mentors and
invests in world-class technology
entrepreneurs and African startups from Ghana and Nigeria, Jorn Lyseggen; CEO,
African Technology Foundation, Stephen
Ozoigbo, among others. However, DEMO Africa recently released
a list of 30 technology start-ups from
across Africa that will pitch at the 2015
edition of the event. With eight
representatives, Nigeria tops the list
again. Kenya is second with six startups. South Africa is third with three
representatives while Ghana, Egypt,
Cameroon, and Zimbabwe have two
entrepreneurs respectively. Uganda,
Tanzania and newcomer, Ivory Coast,
have one startup each. The 30 start-ups were selected from a list of over 600
applicants with four earning direct
nominations during the DEMO Africa pre-
pitch events. The DG of the NITDA, congratulated
these start-ups and welcomed them to
Nigeria for the epic Pan African
technology event. “We are excited at the opportunities that
technology has presented to our African
youths in creating jobs and wealth. This
is a great moment in the history of
Africa, steadily rising to establish its
digital footprint in the world. As an IT agency, we will continue to support and
grow our innovation ecosystem through
great platforms such as DEMO Africa,”
Jack said. According to DEMO Africa’s executive
producer, Harry Hare, globally, the
DEMO experience has helped to
introduce new products and services that
have become popular brands in the
business and consumer markets, which include Evernote, Salesforce, Cisco
webex, Jawbone, Waze, and Tivo among
others.