The Most Exciting Technology Investment Opportunities in Africa
Dear ABAN Member,
With new ubiquitous mobile devices, payment systems, and increasing internet access and connectivity amongst a rapidly growing population, technology is radically re-shaping the African business landscape, and a multitude of new cross-sector opportunities are emerging.
How can businesses and investors looking to do business in Africa leverage rising technology adoption to unlock sustainable growth opportunities?
Join over 120 experts, investors and professionals from the Banking, Finance, Energy, Venture Capital, Private Equity, Impact investment and the Mobile/Telecom sectors at the 2016 Africa Technology Business Forum for insights into how technology is shaping their strategy and outlook towards investment in Africa. More details...
The Africa Technology Business Forum Date:1Wednesday 22 June 2016 (London Tech Week) Venue: Addleshaw Goddard, Milton Gate, London RSVP:Register Here *Enter1ABANGUEST at Checkout for a 25% Discount
Don't Miss the ABAN Speakers:
We have four ABAN representatives speaking at the Africa Technology Business Forum:
Tomi Davies | President - Africa Business Angels Network Tomi is a seasoned investor, business advisor and president of the African Business Angel Network, a pan African organisation founded to support the development of early stage investor networks across the continent and to get many more (early stage) investors excited about the opportunities in Africa.
Christopher Campbell | Founder - Socius Holdings
Christopher is a co-founder of ABAN and a serial entrepreneur, passionate about launching and supporting African cross-border, multilingual ventures. He is also the founder of Socius, the leading advisory firm in South Africa and the UK dedicated to the development of vibrant alumni communities.
Eloho Omame | Vice President - General Atlantic Eloho is an Africa-focused finance professional, with 15 years' experience working in the UK and Nigeria. She is part of the investment team at General Atlantic, a global private equity firm with $20 billion of capital under management and investments.
Not in London on June 22? No problem, meet the rest of the ABAN team here:
Africa's Lady-of-Tech & founder of the Cameroon Angels Network (CAN) Rebecca Enonchong will speak about early stage investing in Africa at the 13th annualAngel Capital Association (ACA) Summit, in Philadelphia, May 9-11.
Rebecca Enonchong joins ABAN board-member and cofounder of the East African Angel Investor Network 'Viktoria Ventures' Stephen Gugu at the exclusive invite-onlyFronteer 100 Forumtaking place in Nairobi May 13 & 14.
ABAN is looking forward to, again, be well represented at the European Angels event with ABAN President H. Tomi Davies leading the delegation to theEBAN Annual 2016 Congress in Porto May 25 - 27.
David van Dijk is speaking at the Impact Investing in Emerging Markets Conference, June 10, at the SAID Business School, University of Oxford. The event is hosted by international advisory firm Palladium.
ABANstarted when a group of organisations joined forces to create a new not-for-profit networking association with one goal: Promote a culture of Angel investing across Africa. The founding organisations are Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), Lagos Angels Network (LAN), Cameroon Angels Network (CAN), Silicon Cape, Ghana Angel Investors Network (GAIN), DEMO Africa, European Business Angels Network (EBAN) as well as a number of individual Angel Investors. For more information and to contact the team please see the ABAN site.
