In Washington DC, America’s seat of power, Georgetown University prepares to make history with their inaugural Africa Business Conference, Africa Rising: Business in Action. Hosted by Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business in conjunction with the Walsh School of Foreign Service’s African Studies Program, the conference takes place on February 6th 2016.
From Addis Ababa to Abidjan, Lagos to Luanda, Kigali to Kampala, Seedstars World has scoured the African continent as well as Latin America, MENA, Asia and Eastern Europe in their annual search for top innovators. Seedstars World promotes, connects and invests in disruptive startups across 54 emerging markets, partnering with such organisations as Lastminute.com, Inmarsat, Barclays, Deloitte, Microsoft and Stanbic Bank. This spring, they […]
Welcome to the latest instalment of your Movemeback Newsletter – bringing you exciting African opportunities, and the latest from the Movemeback Community. Last month, we ventured to New York and Pennsylvania visiting some of our cousins across the Atlantic as part of our inaugural Movemeback USA trip. We were proud partners of the Wharton Africa Business Forum 2015 (WABF), and incredibly impressed by the […]
Travelling with my cofounder is always eventful. It typically starts with a frantic dash to the airport – this time I take full blame for our late arrival. Next stop – check-in. Leading the way, suited and booted with a child-size box of Ribena, Charles typically feigns dismay when he is told that one of our suitcases is severely overweight. […]
Movemeback’s inaugural USA trip in pictures – featuring the Wharton Africa Business Forum 2015. Enjoy!
Mo Abudu is known by many titles – ‘Oprah of Nigeria’ and ‘Africa’s Most Successful Woman’ (Forbes) to name but two. Despite this, Mo is humble as she comes to the platform to speak to us at the Wharton Africa Business Forum 2015. With an audience of 600+ Africa enthusiasts including Wharton MBA students and alumni, students from other prestigious […]
Hakeem Belo-Osagie (in his own words) is either famous or infamous, depending on the audience. The warm welcome he received when taking to the stage at the evening Gala of the Wharton Africa Business Forum (WABF) 2015 made it strikingly obvious which the 600 strong audience considered him to be. Amongst the audience of Wharton MBA students and alumni, students […]