The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) today announced the creation of Africa Technology Summit (ATS) which is a two-day event holding 3 and 4 November. It would feature leading corporate executives, entrepreneurs, investors and media who are shaping Africa’s tech ecosystem.
“All these major players will be explaining their Africa strategies, and sharing what’s next for them on the continent,” MEST stated.
The impressive lineup of speakers include Alisee de Tonnac, CEO & Co-founder of Seedstars World, Ben White, Founder, VC4Africa, Chika Nwobi, Founder & MD, L5 Labs; Co-Director, 440.ng, Chris Folayan, Co-Founder & CEO, Mall for Africa, Cristobal Alonso, CEO, Mobofree, Eric Osiakwan, Founder, Angel Fair Africa, Etop Ikpe, Co-MD of DealDey, Eyram Tawia, Co-Founder & CEO, Leti Arts, Femi Akinde, CEO, Slimtrader and Folabi Esan, Partner, Adlevo Capital.
Others are Harris Broumidis, Vodafone Ghana CEO, Neal Hansch, Managing Director, MEST Incubator, Patrick Awuah, Founder & President, Ashesi, Prince Akpesey, West Africa Portfolio Manager, Acumen, Raphael Afaedor, Co-Founder & CEO – Supermart.ng, Rutger-Jan van Spaandonk, CEO, Mobile in Africa Limited, Stephen Ozoigbo, Founder & CEO, African Technology Foundation, Vahid Monadjem, Co-Founder & CEO, Nomanini and Vincent Kouwenhoven, Founder, eVentures Africa Fund.\
Organizers are adding more speakers by the day, and will unveil the keynote speakers in October.
ATS brings together a ‘who’s who’ list of attendees from across all stages and sectors of Africa’s technology ecosystem. ATS will serve as a can’t miss annual gathering opportunity for movers and shakers in the technology industry, where they can share their perspectives on these trends and engage in discussions, debates and deals.
ATS is also partnering with Angel Fair Africa (November 5 at the same venue).Building on the success of past events in Joburg (2013) which brought together 25 emerging entrepreneurial businesses from 6 African countries with 75 investors, followed by Angel Fair West Africa in 2014, which brought together 20 emerging entrepreneurial businesses from 4 West African countries with 82 investors, the third day of ATS will focus exclusively on connecting promising African startups with investment opportunities.
