The Africa Tech Summit which took place in Kigali, from February 13th – 15th 2019, provided insight and business opportunities for African and international tech leaders and investors who want to business in Africa.
The three-day Summit featured three tracks – The Future Summit, The Africa Start-up Summit and The Creative Summit. Each of these tracks explored latest trends, whilst connecting 400+ digital leaders, tech corporates, MNO’s, banks, investors, regulators, start-ups, creatives media and leading tech ventures from across Africa over an action-packed three days of insight, networking and entertainment.
The Future Summit delivered a cross-sectional view of new technologies, solutions and opportunities across the African mobile, digital and tech landscapes, while an array of keynotes, panels and breakout sessions from future thinkers, industry leaders and global corporates provided a future line of site to drive business forward. Agenda included amongst other things, FinTech, Legal Tech, Blockchain, Cloud & IOT, VR & AR, Mobility, etc.
The track for Africa Start-Ups was held in partnership with Disrupt Africa brought together stakeholders in the tech space across the continent to explore opportunities and challenges within the ecosystem, while showcasing investment opportunities. This track encouraged collaboration, with the aim of furthering the development of Africa’s vibrant entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem while connecting investors, corporates and startups.
Bringing together key makers, marketers, communicators and creators who make content in a variety mediums and industries, for an itinerary of dynamic sessions, the Creative Summit delivered spirited discussions from creative innovators, thought leaders, and experts.
Amongst those present at the 2019 summit were DOA Partner, Adeleke Alex-Adedipe; Dr Adriana Marais, theoretical physicist, Head of Innovation at SAP Africa; Justin Spratt, Head of Business Development at Uber (Sub-Saharan Africa); and Ifeanyi Anazodo, Co-Founder and VP of Product, Data & Intelligence at Farmcrowdy, Nigeria’s First Digital Agriculture platform; Tom Jackson Co-founder Disrupt Africa; and Nankunda Katangaza, Co-founder Africa Legal Tech Network (ALT Network).
Others were, Yele Bademosi, Founder & Managing Partner, Microtraction; Kola Aina, Founder and CEO, Ventures Platform; Kwame Acheampong, Head of Africa, MallforAfrica; Ron Kawamara, Uganda CEO Jumia; Gregoire de Padirac, Investment Manager Orange Digital Ventures Africa; and Ryno Rijnsburger, CTO Microsoft 4 Afrika.
