Published date:
- 28 August 2020
A figure of the Pan-African women’s tech scene, Kenyan Sheilah BIRGEN has been working for more than ten years to support young entrepreneurs across the continent. Specialist in innovation and strategy, she delivers exclusively solutions to improve the environment of startups.
Launched in 2012 as part of Kenya’s Vision 2030 development plan, Konza Technolopolisis expected to significantly strengthen STEM fields, whose growing attractiveness is increasingly linked to technological innovations. Josephine NDAMBUKI, Manager, Economic Development, Partnerships & Resource Mobilization at Konza Technopolis Development Authority provides in this interview the main keys to understanding this new development.
Orange Digital Ventures, now Orange Ventures, has a budget of 350 million euros to invest in technology companies. At the heart of their target, Africa. Explanations with Grégoire de PADIRAC, Principal at Orange Ventures Middle East & Africa.
“There should be more collaboration between different actors, up to the last link in the chain, the entrepreneurs.” For Sheilah BIRGEN, specialist in the pan-African tech ecosystem, AfCFTA is a great opportunity to promote “made in Africa” solutions and young entrepreneurs. With certain conditions…
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