The first annual conference on start-up firms is scheduled to hold in Lagos with the aim of encouraging investors, governments and mentors to support the growth of start-up firms.
The annual conference tagged “Start-up Africa Summit” is scheduled to take place in October with the theme “Scaling Up to Critical Mass.” The summit is being organised by CITC Global Consulting, Customer Passion Point Limited (CPPL) and Zoom Runner Technologies Inc.
Chief executive officer, Zoom Runner Technologies, Ayo Sopitan, said the event would promote the activities of aspiring entrepreneurs in Nigeria by giving them an opportunity to learn from start-up veterans while also providing a platform for budding entrepreneurs to showcase their start-ups.
He said that the summit would also facilitate a dialogue between entrepreneurs and policy makers on how to boost entrepreneurial growth adding that the summit would help to identify, unveil and provide required funding and other resources to the next wave of promising entrepreneurs.
“We have observed that there is a lot of attention paid to SMEs in Nigeria by the government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the private sector. Very little is done to boost scalable entrepreneurship. We seek to draw attention to the Nigerian start-up ecosystem so that investors, aspiring entrepreneurs, policy makers will all contribute their quotas to boosting start-ups in Nigeria,” Sopitan said.
Activities at the event will include panel discussions, keynote address, policy advisory, start-up contests and angel investment seminars. Confirmed speakers include Yemi Lalude, Tunde Kehinde, Mark Essien, York Zucchi and Neal Hansch among others. Federal and State governments will also be represented at the conference.
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