Doing Business in Africa – part 1:
Connecting with Startups
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Doing Business in Africa –
Part 1: Connecting with Startups
corporAID and NextAfrica have launched their new web-multilogue series Doing Business in Africa!
A huge demand meets an interconnected global economy. More and more European companies are engaging in African countries. However, doing business in emerging and frontier markets requires “thinking out of the box” that goes beyond established management practices.
The web-multilogue series Doing Business in Africa offers tangible insights into relevant success factors and discusses how entrepreneurs can react and adapt to specific challenges and demands.
Connecting with start-ups is part one of this event series, and will connect you directly with a successful start-up entrepreneur in Kigali, Rwanda, and with a business accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya.
Doing Business in Africa, part 1:
Connecting with Startups
Webinar
Wednesday, April 1st, 10-11.30 CEST
Participation is free
You will get first-hand insights from an African perspective on:
- Successful business models on African markets, what is so different from Europe?
- Why do so many foreign investments fail? How to find the right local partner?
- Why and how to connect with African startups?
Program:
| Welcome | Bernhard Weber, Managing Director ICEP |
| Introduction and moderation | Hans Stoisser, co-founder NextAfrica |
| Keynotes | Lionel Mpfizi: How a small African start-up supported a big European corporation in Rwanda Lillian Marenya: What European companies can learn from successful Eastern African Business Models |
| Discussion |
Lionel MPFIZI is CEO of Awesomity Lab, a Rwandan IT company building mobile applications and web platforms. As a startup, Awesomity introduced together with VW the first car-hiring app in Ruanda.
Lillian Marenya is Head of Catalytic Support of GrowthAfrica, a leading African impact startup accelerator and business and market consulting company working in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi
Hans Stoisser, based in Vienna, Austria, is co-founder of NextAfrica. For many years he has been working in different roles and positions in African countries. He blogs at www.hansstoisser.com.
This event is a cooperation between ICEP and NextAfrica:
corporAID is the Austrian platform for business, development and global responsibility. It is an initiative of ICEP, an independent Austrian development organization, with a clear goal: to bring people to business and the economy to people.
NextAfrica – We bring together purpose-driven organizations from Africa and Europe to collaborate and co-create.
Doing Business in Africa, part 1:
Connecting with Startups
Webinar
Wednesday, April 1st, 10-11.30 CEST
Participation is free