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An annual report of AfriLabs’ impact
Afreximbank, Meta and Others come together for the 2022 AfriLabs Annual Gathering
Several top players in Africa’s innovation ecosystem participated as partners at the 7th AfriLabs Annual Gathering (AAG), that took place in Lusaka, Zambia from the 26th to the 28th of October, 2022 with the theme, “Intra-Africa Connectivity, Collaboration and Innovation”. These partners include Mozilla, GIZ Make-IT, Africa Union, GIZ-AU, International Trade Centre (ITC), Venture Capitalists for Africa (VC4A), Wylde International, Zanaco Plc., Flourish Ventures, Briter Bridges, Africa Business Heroes (ABH) and GIZ-PAU. Others include Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD), Accelerated Growth for SMEs (AGS), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Intel, Emirates Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Meta (Facebook) and Brienze and Lloyds Aviation. The mass media was not left behind as TechCabal and Radio Phoenix also signed up as press partners.
“We are thrilled to be sponsoring such a distinguished and in uential event in the African tech space. AfriLabs, which focuses on building a community and empowering tech founders and entrepreneurs across all of the rapidly emerging tech hubs in Africa, ts perfectly with the ideology of our new Africa-focused pre-seed investment program. We appreciate the role that institutions such as AfriLabs play in encouraging innovative solutions to boost Africa’s burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit, and we are looking forward to partnering and helping accelerate AfriLabs’ ongoing impact.”
ARJUNA COSTA Managing Partner, Flourish
“Africa’s innovation ecosystem is at a critical stage of development and in order to facilitate the progression into the next stage, relevant stakeholders need to be deliberate and strategic with collaborative efforts within and across the continent. At AfriLabs, we are always delighted to work with new and existing partners in our commitment to enabling a thriving innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa, powered by our community.”
“Zanaco Plc is pleased to partner with AfriLabs at this year’s Annual Gathering. As an organisation driving a digital rst strategy, we believe that partnerships such as this and our presence at the Afrilabs Annual Gathering will support in accelerating our digital drive”.
CHANDA KATONGO Zanaco Plc Head Client Solutions, Marketing and Corporate Communications.
ANNA EKELEDO AfriLabs Executive Director.
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