Nigeria Tech Summit 2020 (Digital Edition) Successfully Welcomes 50 Speakers and 10,000+ Live Viewers (RECAP)

Nigeria Tech Summit successfully launched the 2nd Edition of its multi year initiative program virtually online powered by Global Startup Ecosystem and Sponsored by the US Embassy of Nigeria supported in partnership with Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services, IBM Cloud, and more.

Originally scheduled to welcome 50 Speakers and 3000+ attendees, the free summit welcomed 10,272 live social media followers on Facebook, Linkedin, and youtube. A record breaking number for Nigeria as one of the most viewed tech and business virtual program in the country. 

This free live summit event will welcome hundreds of digital delegates from across Nigeria and around the world to discuss the future of employment, entrepreneurship, and education in Nigeria as the country faces its highest level of youth unemployment and civic unrest. Insights and initiatives leveraging tech and innovative inclusive ways to accelerate the future of Nigeria will be discussed.

To align with the current conversations surrounding the changing business landscape the theme for this edition was “The Great Reset- A Nation’s Roadmap to A Decade of Digitization” A World Economic Forum initiative. The summit highlighted speakers covering the summit’s three pillars of ecosystem development- Entrepreneurship, Employment and Education.

Top 30+ Speakers from the program include: 

1. Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria
2. Jennifer Foltz Deputy Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Consulate Lagos
3. Jeanne Clark Press Attache/Spokesperson U.S. Embassy Nigeria
4. Tomi Davies Chief Investment Officer at GreenTec Capital Partners
5. Einstein Ntim Chief Executive Officer at Global Startup Ecosystem
6. Christine Ntim Chief Marketing Officer at Global Startup Ecosystem
7. Mimshach Obioha Executive Director, Ventures Platform Foundation.
8. Josephine Nzerem Director, Venture and Talent, Ashoka Africa
9. David van Dijk Co-founder of the African Business Angel Network
10. Chinedu Nwogu Co-Founder, StartupAfrica | Pathologist | Economist
11. Honey Ogundeyi Tech Entrepreneur | Country Director at UK-Nigeria Tech Hub
12. Olusola Rodney Adewole Partner, People and Organization Advisory Leader, PwC
13. Olubunmi Fabanwo Platinum Support at GTBank
14. Christine Dikongue Co-Founder, Head of Innovation & Growth, AfricaHacks
15. Mohand Nour Co Founder at F6S
16. Maya Horgan Famodu Founder & Partner at Ingressive Capital
17. John-Paul Iwuoha LinkedIn Top Voice | Champion for Entrepreneurship in Africa
18. Dr Anino Emuwa Cartier Women’s Initiative Business Coach; Cherie Blair Foundation Mentor
19. Ibukun Onitiju Head of Digital, Nestlé Central & West Africa
20. Ryan Foland Author at Ditch the Act
21. Uwem Uwemakpan Lagos Chapter Director Startup Grind
22. Busie Matsiko-Andan Executive Director  at Africa Future Summit; Global Strategist & CEO  at Pont Global
23. Wole Odetayo Co-Founder/Executive Director- http://wennovationhub.com/
24. Kelechi Uchenna C.E.O Innovative Digital Learning Services 
25. Michael Akindele Startup Advisor | Digital Transformation Specialist
26. Toby Michael Akinnike Executive Director/Founder, Young Protege Leadership Foundation
27. Olamide Ayeni-Babajide founder, Pearl recycling,(CISA)
28. Yemisi Adedeye research scientist, medicine and healthcare product Regulatory Agency
29. Startup Lab Finalist: IFECHIDERE OBANI Safety Dexterious Nigerian Limited
30. Startup Lab Finalist:Munachiso Ejieji HubbonNG
31. Startup Lab Finalist:Samuel Ajala Campusmart
32. Startup Lab Finalist:Faisal Sani Bala DeepNeks LTD
33. Startup Lab Finalist:Omotoke Fatoki Toke travel
34. Akin Marinho Fiam WiFi
35. Chibuike Goodnews CEO, Dochase Adx

Partner List

1. MEST Africa
2. MSME Africa 
3. Industry Events
4. JarusHub
5. African Society of Cambridge University (ASCU)
6. Complete Sports
7. Lady Prowess 
8. GodzGeneral Blog 
9. Techative
10. The Cable  
11. SPARK IT Academy
12. Vatebra Tech Hub 
13. SME Digest
14. Legit.ng
15. SMEPeaks
16. VC4A
17. Scholarship for Africans 
18. My Beautiful Africa
19. Workstation
20. The Agile Advisor
21. Startup Arewa
22. 9jacashflow
23. Ventures Platform
24. Edo University
25. Techuncode
26. Wennovation Hub
27. Business Day
28. KudaBank
29. AFRICA FINTECH FOUNDRY
30. Naijaloaded 
31. Fofx
32. AWS  (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
33. Google Cloud (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
34. Zendesk (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
35. IBM Cloud (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
36. Hubspot (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
37. DigitalOcean (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
38. Sendgrid (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
39. Grow with Google (Startup Lab Bootcamp Accelerator)
40. Microsoft

Startup Lab Program

As part of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria’s on-going efforts to promote entrepreneurship and economic growth, the Embassy welcomes representation from creators and innovators from throughout Nigeria to participate in this virtual program.A Start-up Lab Virtual Bootcamp Accelerator with Silicon Valley mentors will be held on December 1, 2020. Selected delegates will get free access to the summit, mentorship, and a pitch competition opportunity to present to summit sponsors and partners on December 4.  The U.S. Mission proudly supports entrepreneurship through the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Lagos and Abuja, Providing Opportunities for Women in Economic Rise (POWER) Start Up Northeast and various exchange opportunities including the Mandela Washington Fellows, YALI, TechWomen, and the Fortune 500 Mentoring program.

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