Demo Africa begins tomorrow and thirty startups will take the stage at this year’s event to pitch to investors and accumulate some media karma.
But that’s not the only attraction. If you are one of the 500 attendees at this year’s event, here are other sessions that you can – and should – look forward to. DEMO Africa will take place over a period of two days – 24th to 25th of September with two pre-event sessions on the 23rd. All sessions will hold at Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, Nigera.
Pre-event – Wednesday, 23rd
Angel Investor Summit, organized by the African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
Time: 15:00 – 19:00
Speaker(s):
Ivar Siimar: President, Estonian Business Angel Network (EstBAN)
Harry Tomi Davies: President, African Business Angels Network
Candace Johnson: President, European Business Angels Network (EBAN)
Peter Jungen: Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH
Collins Onuegbu: Founder, EVC
Ben White: Founder, VC4Africa
Amee Patel: Senior Investment Officer, Venture Lab
Thursday, 24th:
Fireside Chat 1
Time: 09:25 – 09:40
Speaker (s): Mobolaji Adeoye Director, Kuramo Capital Management, LLC
Fireside Chat 2
Time: 10:30 – 10:45
Speaker: Jorn Lyseggen, Founder, MEST
DEMO Investor Panel 1
Time: 11:30 – 11:45
Speaker(s):
Doug Scott Founder & Managing Partner, Potential VC
Eghosa Omoigui General Partner –EchoVC Partners
Folabi Esan Partner, Advlevo Capital
DEMO Investor Panel 2
Time: 12:25 – 12:40
Speaker(s):
Helen Anatogu Programme Director/CEO at iDEA
Candace Johnson President, European Business Angels Network (EBAN)
Tobi Oke Investment Director, Intel Capital, Sub Saharan Africa
Knowledge Streams
Time: 13:30 – 14:30
Speaker(s):
Andrea Barrica Venture Partner, 500 Startups
Ben White Co-Founder VC4Africa
Fireside Chat 3
Time: 14:30 – 14:50
Speaker:
Fola Adeola Founder, GTB Bank
DEMO Investor Panel 3
Time: 15:25 – 15:50
Speaker(s):
Alisée de Tonnac Co-founder & CEO, Seedstars World
Chineye Mba-Uzoukwu CEO, InfoGraphics
Andrea Barrica Venture Partner, 500 Startups
Pitch! Pitch! Pitch! – The main pitch event
Time: 15:50 – 19:00
Friday, 25th
Fireside Chat
Time: 09:00 – 09:10
Speaker(s):
Peter Jack Director General, National IT Development Agency
DEMO Investor Panel 4
Time: 09:45 – 10:00
Speaker(s):
Dotun Olowoporoku Partner, Potential VC
Amrote Abdella Director, Virtual Capital and Start-ups, Africa initiatives at microsoft
Aaron Fu Managing Partner (Africa), NEST VC
DEMO Investor Panel 5
Time: 12:25 – 12:40
Speaker(s):
Toro Orero Partner, DraperDarkFlow
Tayo Oviosu Founder & CEO, Pagatech
Peter Jungen Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH
DEMO Investor Panel 5
Time: 12:25 – 12:40
Speaker(s):
Toro Orero Partner, DraperDarkFlow
Tayo Oviosu Founder & CEO, Pagatech
Peter Jungen Chairman, Peter Jungen Holding GmbH
Fireside Chat
Time: 15:20 – 15:40
Speaker(s):
Funke Opeke CEO, MainOne
DEMO Lions Awards & Closing
Time: 16:00 – 16:30
Speaker(s):
Yele Okeremi CEO, PSF and Chairman, Local Organising Committee
Bunmi Okunowo National Coordinator,(OIIE),(NITDA)
Neal Silverman
Pitch! Pitch! Pitch!
Time: 16:30 – 18:30
30 startups will pitch at the 2015 event and will have 6 minutes each to do.
Check here for the full schedule.
