ENRICH in Africa

💵 If you are an investor looking for qualified early-stage deal flow about #AfricaTech, come and join us for our upcoming E-Pitching Session on November 30 at 4pm (CET).

🎤 8 start-ups will pitch, raising in #Pre-seed and #Seed, between $180k to $1.5M, From 10 different countries in West Africa (#Nigeria, #Senegal, #Ghana, #Togo, #Côte d’Ivoire), North Africa (#Tunisia), Central Africa (#Congo), East Africa (#Kenya, #Uganda) and West Europe (#France), in 12 different sectors (#Logistics, #FinTech, #AgTech, #RetailTech, #HealthTech, #FemTech, ...)

➡️ To register, click here: ENRICH in Africa e-Pitching session - Registration link

⚠️ This session is for investors only

Save the date for this year’s ENRICH in Africa Congress that will take place in Brussels on the 21st of November.

This third EiA Congress will be bringing the community to Europe and gather senior-level decision-makers, incubation and acceleration experts, business executives, entrepreneurs and innovation experts from Africa and Europe.

More information and the agenda coming soon!

ENRICH in Africa Center Inauguration

The EiA Center was officially inaugurated on 14 June 2023 at an event attended by European Union and African Union dignitaries, innovation ecosystem builders, startups, corporations and policy makers. Hosted by ENRICH in Africa Center directors Eduardo Herrmann (Head of Department: Smart Manufacturing and Sustainability at Steinbeis Europa Zentrum, Germany), Christophe Viarnaud (CEO of Methys Group, South Africa) and Philip Kiracofe (CEO of Startupbootcamp AfriTech, South Africa); the inauguration ceremony took place at the French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs) in Century City in Cape Town. The event was officiated by (European Commission’s Director for Global Approach and International Cooperation in Research & Innovation), Ms Maria Cristina Russo; South Africa’s Department of Science and Innovation’s Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Resources, Mr Daan Du Toit; the EU Ambassador to South Africa, H.E. Ms Sandra Kramer, and the Principal Scientific Officer at the African Union Commission’s Department ofEducation, Science and Technology, Dr Monica Ebele Idinoba. Together, they unveiled the new ENRICH in Africa Center plaque and simultaneously cut a symbolic red ribbon in front of it and officially declared the Center open.

You can find on the following link all the details about the inauguration: https://enrich-in-africa-project.eu/news-1/eiacentreinaugurated

ENRICH in Africa, project funded under the Horizon Europe funding programme and led by Steinbeis 2i, supports the entrepreneurship and business models inspired by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and will be hosting the 4th session of the EiA series of conferences regarding SDGs on 22nd June at 11.30am CET.

Topic: "Innovation and Entrepreneurship led by Youth"

Speakers are:
• Dr. Suzanne Ambetsa (Ministry of Investment, Entrepreneurship and Industry of Seychelles)
• Dr. Joshua Takalimane (Lesotho Academy of Sciences and Technology)
• Prof. Dr. Raju Chandrasekar

RSVP/Register: https://lnkd.in/dkR_XvdD

More info:
https://lnkd.in/dUkV8v2M

Kindest regards on behalf of the whole EiA team,
André Almeida