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Bringing together the actors of cultural and digital creative industries in the continent, but also public officials, investors, technical partners and all those who participate in building this ecosystem, this is the ambition of Raoul RUGAMBA, founder of Africa in Colors.
“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…
EuroQuity, a networking platform for companies, investors and support structures was created in 2008 by Bpifrance. It is a founding member of Africa Next. A community of players committed to co-investing in innovative companies in hyper-growth, bringing together French and English-speaking venture capitalists from Europe and Africa – who select projects on the basis of e-pitches. With more than a hundred investors present for the last session, the attractiveness of Africa is confirmed… and diversified. Gilles LE COCGUEN, Director of EuroQuity provides explanations.
Specialist in training, employment and entrepreneurship issues in Africa, Didier ACOUETEY, founder of AfricSearch and the Africa SME Champions Forum platform, looks back on the “resilience” of African companies in 2020 and analyzes the African technological ecosystem.
A mechanical engineer, Nneile NKHOLISE, is co-founder & CEO 3DIMO, which automates livestock data analysis to monitor animal health. She is the 2021 winner of the Margaret Entrepreneur Africa Award. Portrait.
After Tunisia and Senegal, Ethiopia is home to the third Orange Digital Center in Africa and the Middle East, the first in East Africa. Located in Addis Ababa’s ICT Park, the ODC completes an Ethiopian tech ecosystem in full bloom… Interview with Hatoumata MAGASSA, Director of Orange Digital Center Ethiopia.
Mohamed ZOGHLAMI, co-founder of Afric’Up, an event dedicated to innovation and digital entrepreneurship made in Africa, expert in digital creative industry, analyzes the development of the sector in Africa. Its potential, its shortcomings as well. Starting with the training component.
Franco-Cameroonian and lawyer by training, Julie OWONO, 33 years old, is the Executive Director of the NGO Internet Without Borders. She’s also a searcher for the Berman Klein Centre at Harvard University and a Digital Civil Society member at Stanford. She is one of the 24 independent experts nominated by UNESCO to work on “the first draft recommendation on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence.” Last May, she was nominated for the new Facebook oversight board, whose mission is to ensure individual data’s respect on the platform.
Associate in the Deloitte French-speaking Africa and in charge of ICT activities for this region, Karim KOUNDI analyses the evolution of the e-commerce sector through four factors he thinks are determinant. Interview.
Bertrand FOFFE, Cameroonian, launched Jangolo, a company specialized in AgriTech. With more than 10 000 users and 400 companies in the agro-livestock and food sectors in its network, Jangolo offers solutions to answering issues farmers face in Cameroon and the continent.
