Events

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Silicon Savannah has become a synonym for East Africa’s vibrant entrepreneurship scene. We take the opportunity and present young African leaders to give you first-hand information on what is going on.

A Side-Event at the ‘High-Level Forum Africa-Europe’ in Vienna. Digitization and Globalization lead to a big transformation that shapes Africa and Europe at the same time, but differently. Practitioners and experts are calling for new approaches to African-European collaboration allowing to exchange, learn and co-create.

A business breakfast with Madara Ogot from Nairobi about China’s engagement in East Africa and Europe’s chances to catch up again.

The event will gather a selected group of international, purpose-driven investors and executives for an evening of inspiration and networking with a particular focus on the economic development and chances for investments in Africa.

To understand our economies and societies we have to understand the different global innovation ecosystems. This event presents “Global Innovation Expert”, a unique program allowing you to dive into innovation cultures in Africa, Europe, Asia and the USA. Innovators, companies and researchers present their cases in on-site 2-day seminars in Cape Town, Vienna, San Francisco, Nairobi, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Up to now, we organized 3 Learning Journeys to Silicon Savannah (January 2018, September 2018, January 2019). 35 people visited Nairobi. With different programs, but the same structure.

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Cape Town/South Africa on March 8/9, 2018: A 2-day seminar has provided valuable insights into the highly dynamic and very specific innovation ecosystem of Africa’s most southern city. A start-up system which is trying to solve many of Africa’s most pressing problems and at the same time trying to create global standards.