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Top startup events in South Africa, Africa you should know about this week [8/9/2019]
Arguably South Africa’s top event this week is the SA Innovation Summit which takes place between Wednesday and Friday (11 and 13 September).
The summit offers competitions, practical workshops, panel discussions, networking and business matching opportunities and a line-up of local and international speakers.
In Johannesburg tomorrow (9 September) Startup Guide will hold the launch party for its Startup Guide Johannesburg at Tshimologong Precinct.
In Nigeria a startup funding workshop in Port Harcourt on Saturday (14 September) will cover expert tips, what pitfalls to avoid and what investors are looking for.
Those in Kenya can join Deputy High Commissioner to Kenya Susie Kitchens on Wednesday to learn more about role the UK-Kenya Tech Hub is playing in the country.
This article is part of a weekly series that highlights all the top startup events, competitions, networking sessions, workshops and conferences in Africa.
If you have any event recommendations for us to add to the list, or next week’s, please let us know in the comments below or send us an email.
Not all of the events are free and some will require booking in advance. Please click on the event names to find out more information.
Cape Town
PwC Education Conference
PwC education leaders invite you to the 2019 Education Conference to meet Sophia, the world’s very first humanoid celebrity.
Date: 9 September, 2pm
Location: Century City Conference Centre, Cape Town
The Triple Helix Conference 2019 will be a first in Africa, bringing together local and international researchers, policy makers and practitioners to discuss how to effect positive change through research collaborations, policy initiatives and collaborating with business and civil society.
Date: 9 to 11 September
Location: Cape Town Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Rd, Green Point, Cape Town
Join South African, African and global innovators showcase their talents, innovations and ideas.The event aims to inspire and challenge innovators to come up with solutions that have a positive social and economic impact.
Date: 11 to 13 September, 8am to 6pm
Location: Cape Town Stadium, Fritz Sonnenberg Rd, Green Point, Cape Town
Merck Accelerator E-Health Meetup
Join Merck Accelerator for an evening of discussion, connecting and engaging with the four African 2019 Merck Accelerator startup finalists, the Merck Innovation team, Make IT Initiative and the South African E-Health ecosystem.
Date: 12 September, 5pm to 8.30pm
Location: Work in Progress, Woodstock Exchange, Block B, 5th Floor, 66 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
Johannesburg
Startup Guide Johannesburg Launch Party
Startup Guide, a European publisher that has already produced guides on the startup scenes in over 25 cities around the globe, will launch its next guide on Johannesburg (see this story).
The launch of event will feature a panel discussion on the factors that help put startup scenes on the map, the challenges that SA entrepreneurs still face today and the strategies that other African countries can employ to grow their own ecosystems.
Date: 9 September, 6.30pm to 9.30pm
Location: Tshimologong Precinct, 41 Juta St, Johannesburg
Alternative investments seminar
The Actuarial Society of South Africa Alternative Investments Seminar will cover current topical industry issues in the world of alternative investments.
Date: 10 September, 8.50am to 4pm
Location: The Maslow, Sandton, Rivonia Road and Grayston Drive, Sandton, Johannesburg
AfricArena Tour Johannesburg Pitch Event
Join the Johannesburg leg of the AfricArena Tour 2019 where some of the best entrepreneurs in the city will get the opportunity to share their business models and convince the expert judges why they should be advanced to pitch at the grand finale in Cape Town, South Africa.
Date: 10 September, 4pm to 7.30pm
Location: Impact Hub, 9 Walters Street, Rosebank, Johannesburg
This innovation conference rallies start-ups, food and beverage innovators, food-tech companies, investors and partners who are redefining the food and beverage industry to provide meaningful solution-driven insights to embrace the changing food and beverage industry.
Date: 10 and 11 September
Location: Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town
SingularityU Virtual Reality Press Conference
The SingularityU South Africa Insights Press Conference will inspire you with the latest information on exponential technologies from around the world.
Attendees will get the opportunity to mingle with SingularityU South Africa faculty members who are forging ahead in biotech, blockchain, space exploration, robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Date: 11 September, 10am
Location: WeWork, The Link, Rosebank, 1F, 173 Oxford Rd, Rosebank, Johannesburg
BusinessTech Fintech Conference
The BusinessTech FinTech Conference is an exclusive event for high-level financial, ICT and business executives and professionals.
The conference will feature industry experts in the financial and digital technology industry who will share their insights into a variety of topics, including fintech disruption, lending innovation, financial inclusion, digital banking, blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI).
Date: 11 September, 10am to 3pm
Location: The Venue Melrose Arch, 17 High Street, Johannesburg
Join MamelodiBiz founder and CEO Monde Zuma for a business model development workshop at Startup Grind Pretoria.
Date: 14 September, 9am to 1pm
Location: American Corner – Es’kia Mphahlele Community Library, Sammy Marks Square, 347 Madiba Street, Pretoria
Rustenberg
The event will run as a half-day business seminar that consists of series of presentations and concluded by a fireside chat.
The event aims to educate local entrepreneurs on critical elements of sustainable entrepreneurship and business funding models as well as to highlight business opportunities in the mining sector.
Date: 13 September, 10am
Location: Orbit Tvets Rustenbrg Campus (Auditorium – Music Department), Fatima Bhyat Street, Rustenburg
Benin
Startup Grind Abomey hosts Fedapay CTO Boris Koumondji.
Date: 13 September, 9.30am to 1pm
Location: Solidar’IT Building Moov Store, Boulevard Steinmetz, Cotonou
Egypt
Do you have a business idea or product that needs funding? Do you want to learn how startup funding works, what you need to do before trying to raise funding, and where you can go to get it?
Then join this fundraising workshop, which will provide practical, step by step advice and feature talks from entrepreneurs who have successfully raised money for their businesses, and investors actively funding businesses.
Date: 11 September, 6.30pm to 9pm
Location: AlMaqarr – Heliopolis, 15A – AlAhram street, Korba, Heliopolis, Cairo
Kenya
Deputy High Commissioner Susie Kitchens gives talk
Join this event to learn what role the UK-Kenya Tech Hub is playing in the country.
Date: 11 September, 5pm to 8.30pm
Location: Mettā Nairobi, 14 Riverside Drive, Suite 6A, Nairobi
The awards aim to recognise and appreciate young founders developing our nation while creating jobs through entrepreneurship and also motivate the ones who have not to start their own businesses.
Date: 13 September, 6pm
Location: Nairobi Cinema, Aga Khan Walk, Nairobi
Nigeria
Join key experts as they have a candid discussion on one of Africa’s biggest problems – logistics.
The event will focus on discovering innovative ways to move products, services, money and human capital to their intended destinations and the regulations that dictate that movement.
Date: 11 September, 6pm to 8pm
Location: Access Bank Head Office, Plot 999C Danmole, Off Idejo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos
Technology and the future of agency banking in Africa
This event seeks to draw stakeholders to a round table to brainstorm on the future of agency banking.
Date: 13 September, 11am to 2pm
Location: Engel Hall, Ibis International Hotel, 23 Toyin Street, Off Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos
Global Women Startup Weekend Port Harcourt
Techstars Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs.
Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Techstars Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations.
Date: 13 to 15 September, 4pm to 8pm
Location: Olotu Square Solutions, D/Line, Dline, Port Harcourt
Startup funding in Port Harcourt
Do you have a business idea or product that needs funding? Do you want to learn how startup funding works, what you need to do before trying to raise funding, and where you can go to get it?
Then join this fundraising workshop, which will provide practical, step by step advice and feature talks from entrepreneurs who have successfully raised money for their businesses, and investors actively funding businesses.
Date: 14 September, 12pm to 3.30pm
Location: Ken Saro-Wiwa Innovation Hub, No 24 Aggrey Road, Port Harcourt
Startup Grind Kano hosts Bellokano CEO and founder Bello Kano.
Date: 14 September, 4pm to 6pm
Location: Dice Innovation Hub, Government House, No 3 Sabo Bakin Zoo Road, Kano
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