Federal
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, would this
weekend keynote the inaugural Angel Fair West Africa (AFWA) billed to hold in
Lagos between Sunday 30, and Monday 31, 2014, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.
AFWA it was also
gathered by DigitalSENSE Business
News would bring together entrepreneurial businesses and active investors
from across Africa to “do deals” at the Intercontinental Hotel, venue in Lagos.
“To have the Minister Aganga keynote this event is a welcome development because as the chief promoter of Nigeria's huge potential for investment he has an enviable record of presiding over the most significant growth in private sector non-oil investments into the country in recent history so I am sure both investors and entrepreneurs will be happy to hear his views” said Tomi Davies of Lagos Angel Network (LAN).
The event will have 20 specially selected early stage businesses pitching to investors from LAN, Angel Africa List (AAL), Ghana Angel Investor Network (GAIN) and the Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA). The businesses include Prowork, a locally developed project management solution from Nigeria, Djoss.tv, a social platform for live interaction with TV from Cameroon and Farmerline, a mobile application that integrates agricultural output of rural farmers, from Ghana.
The pitches will be interspersed with Investors and Entrepreneurs panels with active investors and successful entrepreneurs sharing their experiences and expertise with the audience in interactive sessions. Fatumata Soukouna of Soft Solutions, Folabi Esan of Adlevo Capital, Sangu Delle of Golden Palm Investments, Maurizio Caio of TLCom and Eghosa Omoigui of Echo VC Partners are some of those on the Investors panel, which will be moderated by Wiebe Boer of TEF.
Mr. Femi Akinde of Slimtrader, Tayo Ogundipe of Solo Phone, Kofi Dadzie of Rancard Solutions and Alex Bram of SMSGH, are some of the panelist for the Entrepreneurs session to be moderated by Segun Olukoya of Nextzon.
“The event has built considerable momentum and all is coming together well for what will make for “doing great deals” this weekend,” added Eric Osiakwan of AAL.
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