• The complete guide to the 2015 Demo Africa

    The complete guide to the 2015 Demo Africa

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    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.