a reimagined african tech conference
AfricArena presents an opportunity to explore tomorrow’s trends today by showcasing some of Africa’s most innovative startups and connecting them with investors, corporates and enablers to accelerate their growth.
We strongly believe in the power of providing a platform that fosters bright and forward-thinking minds to network, get inspired and co-build a stronger tech startup investment ecosystem for Africa.
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AfricArena 2020 summit
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The AfricArena Summit is an annual tech conference that showcases Africa's best startups and innovators in front of an audience of local and international investors looking for the most promising tech startups.
The AfricArena Summit events are broken into 3 segments as follows:
Investor Unconference, Founders BoostCamp and the main Summit Event.
The unconference
Every year, AfricArena invites the key tech investors in Africa to connect and workshop around their main challenges. More than 50 investors, from Africa, Europe, the US, and Japan took part in the 2020 edition.
The Unconference is an annual event that takes place in Cape Town, South Africa the two days before the Summit. It brings together local and international investors with the aim to enhance the way that investing is done in the continent.
The Founders BoostCamp
A private workshop dedicated to selected startups from across the Countries that will be pitching at the AfricArena Summit.
It aims to create strong connections, peer-to-peer learning between the entrepreneurs, training and equipping startups with the necessary tools and knowledge to prepare them to showcase and effectively deliver high quality, concise and engaging pitches to the right audience.
in a nutshell
Attendees
700
Investors
150
Startups
200+
Speakers
50+
Countries
30+
what you missed out on
In just a few years, AfricArena has become a key moment for African tech startups looking to accelerate their growth. The 2020 Summit took place on the 24th and 25th November in Cape Town.
It's all in the book
accelerated startups
In partnership with incubators, accelerators, investors and our alumni community, we are able to spot promising companies tacking some of the biggest challenges of the continent.
Taking part in AfricArena is free for the few selected startups and most of them manage to secure new partnerships, funding or business contracts through the meetings and exposure they receive during the Summit.
Meet some of our Startups
we have heard from the best minds in tech, business and investing
Keynote speakers - 2020
John Sanei
Futures Strategist. Human Behavior Specialist. Techpreneur. Author. Keynote Speaker
Iyinoluwa Aboyeji
Co-founder at Andela & Flutterwave | Founder & General Partner at Future Africa
Anna Collard
SVP Content Strategy & Evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa
Siby Diabira
Regional Head Southern Africa & Indian Ocean at PROPARCO
Panelists - 2020
Reinventing the future of venture investments in Africa
Tomi Davies
Chief Investment Officer at GreenTec Capital Partners
Lexi Novitske
Managing Partner at Acuity Venture Partners
Alex Conway
Founder of NumberBoost &
Co-founder at Unite.community
Stephan Eloise
Executive director at Digital Africa, Entrepreneur and Researcher,
hot topics FROM 2020!
The 4th Industrial Revolution
Education
Investment in Tech Startups
Privacy & Ethics
Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence & Virtual Reality
Next Generation Angels
Financial & Commerce Inclusion
Smart City
Incubation Acceleration
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at The Summit
We offer a few booths and exhibitions opportunities to enable high-quality products and services to get visibility. Please apply if you would like to learn more about the available packages.
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Media Partner
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