Afrigather Cape City: Could 2023 – The Sentech Africa Tech Week will breeze into Cape City as soon as once more from 2nd-Fifth Could, 2023. The convention is ready to be a tour de drive revolving round offering illuminating solutions to long-held native challenges. Members of private and non-private sectors, large companies and small, are invited to ebook their spot and soak up insights which can be ripe and pressing to our time. Sentech is the proud returning headline sponsor for this occasion.
Sentech’s CEO, Mlamli Booi says “SENTECH Africa Tech Week resonates with our tradition of modern worth creation and dedication to making sure entry to content material and connectivity. As we evolve into A world chief in digital infrastructure, enabling connectivity and content material supply’, we wish the continent to be a part of and profit from that transformation.” Booi added “We stay up for this gathering of tech minds and showcasing Sentech’s functionality in creating digitally related communities.”
Tom Cruise referenced Ubuntu in his newest speech at an awards present; Gary Vaynerchuk endorses the networking app that we use; and Former US President Barack Obama has spoken positively about Africa’s tech {industry} and its potential for progress and growth. For instance, in 2018, he spoke on the International Entrepreneurship Summit in Nairobi, which introduced collectively entrepreneurs, buyers, and authorities officers from throughout Africa and around the globe to discover alternatives for collaboration and innovation. General, Obama has expressed his perception within the potential for Africa’s tech {industry} to drive financial progress, create jobs, and supply new options to a number of the continent’s most urgent challenges.
Ralf Fletcher, CEO of Topco Media, sees the convention as a nod to the promise in an African enterprise – each large and small ones. Africa Tech Week has at all times been a bridge that connects rising corporations to the learnings they’d want as a prefix for improved innovation. Nevertheless, it’s now quintessential – attracting the entrepreneur desirous to sneak out from worn-out programs and revolutionise their sectors.
This yr, Africa Tech Week attendees might be spoiled with keynote addresses and panel discussions from formidable changemakers in Africa. Spokespeople from corporations like Google, TikTok and Microsoft can even be current. Tech-imagineers are set to current case research and reside demonstrations, all of which is able to flesh out a blueprint exhibiting how every speaker re-imagines our entry to really renewable pure sources; how sustainability may be cultivated the place there was as soon as agricultural issues; how gamification can present an improved training expertise; and the way an power disaster might discover resolve by blockchain expertise.
In 2022, the convention hosted voices from corporations like Google, Snapscan, Uber, and the College of Stellenbosch Enterprise Faculty. Convention delegates for 2023 are in for a bumper version of this identical calibre, with industry-specific breakaway periods and over 20 hours of networking alternatives.
The agenda is as follows:
| 2 Could | Pre-registration | Sponsors and Begin-Ups meet and greet | Espresso & Canapes |
| 3 Could | Day 1 of Convention | Expo | Conferences | Networking |
| 4 Could | Day 2 of Convention | Expo | Conferences | Networking |
| 4 Could | Awards night |
| 5 Could | Winners breakfast | Web site visits |
Day one and two convention highlights
Tech leaders have been remodeling Africa’s challenges into alternatives – one such instance is Nigeria Google’s Head of Startup Growth, Folarin Aiyegbusi, who might be a part of a panel dialogue alongside outstanding friends within the {industry}. Collectively, they are going to chart how synergy can change into highly effective by partnerships solid amongst incubators, buyers and start-ups.
The arrival of synthetic intelligence has posed many questions for the character of labor and staff: ‘How AI will rework organisations’ is a must-see to know extra; and Tips on how to Keep Related and Put together for the Way forward for E-Commerce with panellist Alex Worz, CEO of Mr Supply Meals will clarify easy methods to put together for the tidal wave of traits dealing with e-commerce: laws, Web3, elevated competitors, and new methods of facilitating funds. Worz and panellists will train about easy methods to provide stand-out buyer expertise, even within the ever-densifying on-line market. Worz might be joined by Shoprite X Head of Digital Applied sciences, Debbie Cunningham; and Visa Nation Head, Lineshree Moodley.
Day two sees the joy peaking additional: from two sisters having invented digital x-ray glasses; to delegates taking part in a enterprise match-making sport dubbed ‘catch-match’ the place delegates can speed-meet each other and introduce themselves to the viewers utilizing a throwable wi-fi microphone.
A hearth chat with artistic leaders will dip into the uncapped potential of Africa’s artistic economic system. Boniswa Sidwaba from TikTok Africa, and Alex Goldberg from Ogilvy might be sharing how younger Africans are sharing genuine narratives to media platforms, in addition to how they work with creatives, and the way creatives may be related to financial alternative.
Subsequent up, large questions round ChatGPT and different AI improvements might be answered: How can we domesticate a human-centric tech tradition, whereas benefiting from including AI instruments to our approach of working? Collectively we’ll debunk how ChatGPT’s stealth can play into an organisation’s favour.
It might appear fin-tech holds a solution to rising meals insecurity, water shortage and reducing arable land. The creators behind leading edge tech corporations like Momint and Inexperienced Carbon Token will clarify how they see blockchain expertise driving sustainability and assembly what the plenty want.
Whether or not you’re in finance, agriculture, power, training, authorities, or in a enterprise sure to be impacted by tech, decision-makers from all fields are inspired to buy Early Hen tickets at R5,500 here.
Sponsorship and expo showcasing alternatives can be found to companies desirous to amplify their presence amongst tech giants. Canon South Africa – the imaging firm that believes in inspiring a world of change – is a proud bronze-tier sponsor for this occasion. One other bronze-tier occasion sponsor is Khonology, the African tech firm spearheading digitised options for a greater tomorrow. BrilloSys, an web options and software program growth firm, has determined to showcase their enterprise at an expo sales space, because the South African faculty sneakers firm, Palm Footwear Producers. Situate your organization the place it’s sure to reap the advantages of sponsorship. For this, contact Lee-Ann Bruce at lee-ann.bruce@topco.co.za or fill this form.
