AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2022
AfriLabs is pleased to announce the theme for this year’s AfriLabs Annual Gathering – “INTER-AFRICA CONNECTIVITY, COLLABORATION & INNOVATION”. The 2022 AfriLabs Annual Gathering will be held in Zambia and will have Jacaranda Hub as the host hub. This was announced at a press briefing in Lusaka, the Zambian capital.
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2021
The AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2021 marked a monumental milestone for the African technology and Innovation Ecosystem as AfriLabs celebrated its 10th year Anniversary. The Gathering held in October at Abuja, Nigeria.
Afrilabs Annual Gathering 2021 Speakers
Mark Dodsworth
MC
Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director, AfriLabs
Rebecca Enonchong
Board Chair, AfriLabs
Benjamin Meier
Regional Advisor to the GIZ Tech Initiative Make-IT in Africa
2021 AfriLabs Annual Gathering Agenda
Venue: Transcorp Hilton Mataima Abuja
Date: Wednesday, 27th of October 2021 to Friday, the 29th of October 2021
Wednesday 27th October, 2021
Registration
Cultural Performances
Welcome Address / Speed Networking
DetailsThe Speed Networking Session by Mark Dodsworth. - Welcome Address by Anna Ekeledo, Executive Director AfriLabs and. - Michael Oluwagbemi, Co-founder Wennovation Hub Nigeria and AfriLabs Board Chair 2014-2017.
Speakers
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Anna Ekeledo
Executive Director AfriLabs
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Michael Oluwagbemi
Co-founder Wennovation Hub Nigeria and AfriLabs Board Chair 2014-2017 and Trustees
Keynote Address 1
DetailsRebecca Enonchong, AfriLabs Board Chair 2017 - 2021.
Speakers
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Rebecca Enonchong
AfriLabs Board Chair
Lead Partner
Sponsors
Partners
Ecosystem Partners
Past AfriLabs Annual Gatherings
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2020 - Virtual Edition
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its enormous impact on Africa and the world at large, a unanimous decision to make the 5th edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering virtual was reached by the AfriLabs Board. This decision was heavily influenced by the advice from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), as well as leading global and local health authorities. The Gathering themed “Building a Resilient Innovative Africa” held from the 12th-14th October 2020.
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2019
The 4th edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering in partnership with the African Union Commission Department of Human Resource, Science and Technology was held from 28th – 30th October 2019 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of the event was Connect: Towards an Integrated Innovation Ecosystem…
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2018
The 3rd edition of the AfriLabs Annual Gathering was held from 11th – 13th October 2018 at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania with the theme ‘Innovation in the Data Age’…
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2017
In 2017, the AfriLabs Annual Gathering and the Hivos Co-working Summit was a joint event hosted by The District in Cairo, Egypt. The conference took place from the 18th – 20th of October 2017 with the theme ‘Future of African Cities: Innovation, Spaces and Collaboration’…
AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2016
The AfriLabs Annual Gathering took place in Africa for the first time since AfriLabs inception in 2011 at the Alliance Francaise Center, Accra, Ghana from the 24th – 27th October 2016. The theme of the conference was ‘Making Tech Ecosystem Count’ and its major sponsor was Making all Voices Count (MAVC)…