AfricArena Community

AfricArena and Impact Hub Kigali are excited to have these game-changing companies pitch: agrigo.rw, Academic Bridge, BAG Innovation, exuus.com, Ironji, Tabiri Analytics, Inc., and Yego Innovision Ltd.

📺 Watch them showcase their solutions live, on Monday 20th July 3PM CAT. Register here: https://bit.ly/AAIHKigali2020

We are pleased to be partnering with Facebook on this webinar, as part of their Boost With Facebook initiative for African SMEs.

#Techpreneurs in Africa, this one's for you 🚀

With presentations from Kalon Venture Partners' Clive Butkow and Endeavor South Africa's Julia Price, you will hear first-hand insight into what tools can better facilitate investment between founders and investors.

Register here https://bit.ly/FacilitateInvestAfrica

JOIN US TODAY for the launch of the Digital Collective Africa project. We have a great line up of panellists to discuss the kind of investment tools that can be standardized to advance the startup ecosystems in Africa.
Register:https://bit.ly/digitalafricacollective 

We are once again proudly partnering with African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA).

Join the discussion at 2pm BST as we examine how the COVID-19 crisis is encouraging agility and innovation in Africa’s VC industry.

REGISTER HERE 

What does it take for an Africa-based startup to scale into European markets? The Bpifrance Challenge is here to empower startups to find out!

Here's our first pitch session, with presentations from GoMetro, Casky, Akili Labs and FinChatBot! A special thank you to the panellists and judges for allowing us to pick their brains on the subject. We look forward to more startup projects with our partner Bpifrance! 🚀

For the second half of our upcoming webinar, in partnership with Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), we are excited to have 3 investors present the work they have done and hear their take on engaging more women in the tech ecosystem. Don't miss out! RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eTgRNcW

AfricArena, in partnership with Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF), is proud to have these esteemed panellists discuss on how we can engage more women in tech ecosystems across Africa. 

Join us for this extraordinary webinar TOMORROW (4 June 2020) at 15:00 - 16:00 (GMT+2). 

RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eTgRNcW

We are pleased to be partnering with Africa Women Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) for this webinar. This special virtual event will feature a panel of heavyweights in business, tech and leadership - speaking on education, mindsets, skills, policies and other spheres that will bring more gender balance in the tech ecosystem. RSVP your place below and stay tuned for more info!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-tech-is-it-more-complicated-in-africa-tickets-106234688814 

To what extent has the pandemic exposed the fragility of the African startup ecosystem? Here's what we think...

https://medium.com/@contact_56873/predicting-an-uncertain-future-a091d21466dc

We asked our community of startup founders on their experiences with early-stage funding. One of the key takeaways is the importance of non-financial resources, such as technical expertise. Let us know your thoughts as well! 

Get our report at africarena.com/report2020   

Dear AfricArena Community,

We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Euroquity to facilitate the connections between founders, investors, and corporates and foster opportunities generation.

In a world that is becoming more and more digital, we are happy to continue online what we have been doing over the last three years.

We will regularly promote promising startups from various parts of the continent and across various sectors. We will also share with you insights. We are pleased to release our 2020 Report on the State of Tech Innovation where you can find data and analyses on investment, promising sectors in African Tech, trends, and much and more. The report is here -> Africarena.com/report2020

Wishing you a pleasant lecture,

The AfricArena team