UPDATE February 2017: This year’s event is taking place February 24th – February 26th 2017 and you can get your tickets here! The World Economic Forum Global Shapers present the 2016 Kopfadeyemi Challenge, a real-life hackathon with a difference. Over a high-energy weekend, teams of people from all walks of life (not just computer programmers!) will compete to solve some of […]
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 […]
Ambition, renewal and innovation were the catchwords of the LSE Africa Summit Conference held on the 17th and 18th April in Holborn, London. Bright and engaging speakers argued the features of a new Africa, emerging and thriving with opportunities, resources and markets gradually giving way to innovative and creative entrepreneurs. However, there remains a large number of challenges to overcome, especially […]