The inaugural Moonshot by TechCabal conference has been confirmed to take place in October this year in Lagos, Nigeria. The conference is sponsored by Flutterwave and PiggyVest. Renowned Tech leaders and investors such as Gbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, Anu Adasolum; Founder and CEO, Sabi and Marlon Nichols; Founding Managing Partner at MaC Venture Capital, have been confirmed for the in-person event which aims to have 50+ speakers in attendance.
The two-day conference will bring together key players in the African tech ecosystem. These include those who are building disruptive solutions that address Africa’s pressing solutions. At the conference will be VC investors, startup founders, other entrepreneurs and C-suite keynote speakers.
The conference headline sponsor is Sabi, provider of digital commerce infrastructure for Africa. Moonshot cuts across a range of topical concerns and sectors with 5 key content tracks including:
- The Future of Commerce – covering changes in fintech, banking, payments logistics and e-commerce.
- Big Tech & Enterprise – covering global tech giants, banks, telcos and data centres.
- An Emerging Tech Fest – tackling big changes in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, and Web 3 & Metaverse.
- A Startup Festival that will include Venture Capital leaders, a Startup Clinic, and conversations about the state of financing startups.
- A Creative Economy discussion that covers content creation and entertainment.
Commenting on this, Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media says, “By bringing together some of the most influential founders, investors and business leaders on the continent under the same roof, our aim is to build a tech conference that advances the conversation on how tech companies can build meaningful businesses that really move the needle on Africa’s most pressing challenges. In the midst of challenging macroeconomic conditions across the continent, and a tech funding downturn, Moonshot will host significant conversations about how Africa’s tech businesses will be funded in the future.”
Some of the speakers confirmed to speak at the conference Ope Adeoye, CEO OnePipe; Eloho Omame, CoFounder FirstCheck Africa; Miishe Addy, Co-Founder and CEO Jetstream Africa; and Hannah Subayi Kamuanga, Country CEO & Equity Expert at PROPARCO.
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