Previous events

previous events, like Learning Journeys, seminars, workshops, missions and other events dealing with management, the Emerging World and Africa you find here.

Online-Workshop: Doing Business in Africa

NextAfrica Online-Workshop

Date/Venue:
24/06/2020, 01/07/2020, 08/07/2020, Webinar

This three-part online-workshop provides quick and profound insights into East Africa's business opportunities through direct interaction with local players.
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Managing in a new VUCA World – a Webinar

Managing the new VUKA world
Webinar: 15.4.2020, 10-11.30 am CEST - Whether and how companies will emerge from this pandemic will also depend on the preparedness and ability to navigate through Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, in short VUCA.
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Connecting with African Startups – a Webinar

Connecting with African startups
Webinar: 1.4.2020 10-11.30 CEST - The digitization surge caused by the Corona crisis will make something possible and at the same time a must: the adaptation of business models to local conditions. Startups can play a key role.
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Networking in Africa – a Workshop

In Afrika agil vernetzen

Date/Venue:
26/02/2019, 9am to 5pm, Vienna, Austria

EUR 390 + VAT

More and more European companies are expanding to Africa. Successful is who knows how to adapt and go new ways. Through an exchange with practitioners this workshop provides insights in new business models and shows you the importance of agile methods in emerging markets.
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Entrepreneurship in East Africa – A Business Breakfast

Nairobi in September 2018

Date/Venue:
19/12/2018, 08:00-9:45, WU Executive Academy, Vienna

free event, but limited seats make registration required (first come, first serve)

Silicon Savannah has become a synonym for East Africa’s vibrant entrepreneurship scene. We take the opportunity and present young African leaders to give you first-hand information on what is going on.
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Disrupt Collaboration! – Africa and Europe in the Digital Age

Earth spins at 1670 km/h. The digital world spins faster, driven by agile teams all across the globe.

Date/Venue:
18/12/2018, 9-10.30am, Austria Center Vienna

A Side-Event at the 'High-Level Forum Africa-Europe' in Vienna. Digitization and Globalization lead to a big transformation that shapes Africa and Europe at the same time, but differently. Practitioners and experts are calling for new approaches to African-European collaboration allowing to exchange, learn and co-create.
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Good Tech Venture Lounge

Day 3

Date/Venue:
24/05/2018, 7pm - 9pm, Vienna, Austria (Kanzleramt Bar, Schauflergasse 6)

free, registration required

The event will gather a selected group of international, purpose-driven investors and executives for an evening of inspiration and networking with a particular focus on the economic development and chances for investments in Africa.
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Global Innovation Ecosystems

Global Innovation Ecosystems

Date/Venue:
05/06/2018, 4 - 6pm, Vienna, Austria - Weinplateau Südafrika, Tiefer Graben 7, 1010 Vienna

for free, registration required

To understand our economies and societies we have to understand the different global innovation ecosystems. This event presents "Global Innovation Expert", a unique program allowing you to dive into innovation cultures in Africa, Europe, Asia and the USA. Innovators, companies and researchers present their cases in on-site 2-day seminars in Cape Town, Vienna, San Francisco, Nairobi, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
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Global Innovation Expert – module Cape Town (completed)

Cape Town
Cape Town/South Africa on March 8/9, 2018: A 2-day seminar has provided valuable insights into the highly dynamic and very specific innovation ecosystem of Africa's most southern city. A start-up system which is trying to solve many of Africa's most pressing problems and at the same time trying to create global standards.
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