The Chairman, Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, Alhaji
Aliko Dangote, will address a global audience at the 2015 edition of DEMO Africa
scheduled to take place at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos on September 24 and 25.
DEMO Africa, the flagship initiatives of LIONS@frica which
objective is to connect African start-ups to the global ecosystem, ITRealms gathered, is the place where the most innovative companies
from African countries get a platform to launch and announce to Africa and the
world what difference their products are capable of making to prospective
customers.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Precise Financial System
(PFS) who is also the Chairman, Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the event, Yele
Okeremi, confirmed the development in a press release, saying that 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 information, ITRealms also reports, stated that the event which is co-hosted by
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Ministry of Communication
Technology will have the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication
and Technology, Dr. Tunji Olaopa; Managing Director, Kuramo Capital (a venture
capitalist company with current investment of $5m about N995.2million in
hotel.ng), Mobolaji Adeoye, and the Director, Intel Capital, Tobi Oke, as
speakers.
Other speakers include the Director General, National
Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Peter Jack; the Founder, Meltwater
Entrepreneurial School of Technology [MEST], that trains, mentors and
invests in world-class technology entrepreneurs and African startups from Ghana
and Nigeria, Jorn Lyseggen; the CEO, African Technology Foundation, Stephen
Ozoigbo among others.
DEMO Africa, ITRealms learnt, 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.
According to DEMO Africa 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. DEMO Africa provides a great opportunity for
African start-ups to showcase their innovation to the rest of the world”.
Cyriacus Nnaji/GEE
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