In today's episode, you're going to hear one of the best panel discussions from the 2019 edition of the AfricArena Summit. The topic of today's discussion is: How to build a successful African startup that you can scale globally.

This particular topic is super important to us, not only because we want to change the narrative that is being told around the world about Africa, but also because we want to help as many start ups as possible, scale their businesses globally. TO give you some context: As it stands, African tech startups currently only receive less than 1% of the global equity funding. Less than 1 %.

Its TINY but its growing and over the next decade there is a major focus on what's happening on this amazing content of ours. We certainly want to see this number rise in the coming years, and today's panel will elaborate on how we can all do this.

The people in this panel were purposely selected to ensure that key players of our startup ecosystem are represented to give you a more holistic view on each topic.

The 5 experts featured in the panel include:

1. The moderator – Alison Collier – who heads up Endeavor SA – which is one of the premier accelerators of growth stage companies in SA.

2. Iyinoluwa Aboyeji – who is the cofounder of 2 of the biggest VC-funded startups in Africa – those being Flutterwave and Andela.

3. Ryan Harris – a Director at the SA SME Fund – which invests in funds that support and develop entrepreneurs.

4. Zachariah George – the cofounder of Startupbootcamp AfriTech – one of the leading accelerators for high-potential tech startups in Africa.

5. Yvonne Maitin – the founder and CEO of One Africa Capital - a private equity investment management firm.

So there you have it. The line-up is incredible and the insights are invaluable so TURN IT UP and enjoy.

So without further ado, let’s get to it. Alison over to you.

Ep 6 - Welcome back ladies and gents, I hope you have been enjoying the series so far. Remember if there is someone you think we should interview and chat to, email me at [email protected] . In this next episode we're featuring another panel discussion from the 2018 summit titled " Smart Education: Recruiting and retaining more women in the tech sector "

We feature a panel of inspiring ladies in the game and it is facilitated by Aaron Fu, ex MD at MEST who does an amazing job unpacking this industry conundrum.

He is joined by a fantastic line up, which introduce themselves in their own way but it consists of:

Kate Wilter (We Think Code)

Andrea Bohmert (Knife Capital)

Matsi Modise (Fuhara Solutions)

Otema Yirenkyi (Nexinova)

So let's get stuck in to this weeks episode over to you Aaron...

In this episode we tuck into the topic of scaling. Charles Ojei the founder of HYBR dives into how to scale, what does it take, what are the challenges and what to do next when trying to scale your business.

He is joined by a fantastic line up, which introduce themselves so I won't double up but it consists of:

Aubrey Hruby (Insider & African Expert Network)

Antoinette Prophy (88 Business Collective)

James Milne (Wesgro)

Eitan Stern (Legalese)

So let's get stuck into this super insightful discussion around how to go about scaling, smartly.

EPISODE 4: In this episode we deep dive into how to find the right partner for your funding process. Startups and businesses looking to scale, turn it up because this episode is packed with great insight.

Facilitated by Battle hardened serial entrepreneur and 88 Business Collective founder Antoinette Prophy, who's woman-focused business accelerator, currently works with 12 women entrepreneurs and she's just getting started.

Joined by an equally impressive line up, which introduce themselves so I won't double up but it consists of:

Siby Diabira (Proparco)

Charlotte Koep (4Di Group)

Clive Butkow (Kalon Venture Partners)

Justin Stanford (Founder of 4Di Group)

So let's get stuck into this super insightful discussion about finding the right funding parter.

In this episode we are going to be sharing a super interesting panel discussion which was all about how tech and innovation is changing the travel space as we know it. This panel took place at our 2018 summit and was moderated by the super interesting Aubrey Hruby. If you don't recognise that name, you will soon - she is the Co-Founder of Insider and the Africa Expert Network (AXN). Her role at Insider, is to work with global entrepreneurs to generate PR and by using a proprietary mobile built technology platform – connect them with investors, media and influencers across the U.S. and Europe.

On the panel she is joined by a heavy weight team consisting of

Bruno Duval - Chief Innovation Officer of Joon a sister Airline of Air France

Vuyisa Qabaka - Partner at the HYBR Group and advisor to FOMO travel.

Jerome Touze - Chief Marketing Officer of Travelstart

Rachel Crawford - Village Capital

So let's get stuck into this super insightful discussion around how tech and innovation is changing the world of travel.

In this episode recorded at the AfricArena Summit in 2018, James Milne (Wesgro) facilitates a super interesting panel discussion titled "Raising the amount of investment into Africa" with Kerry Petrie (Silicon Cape), Viola Llewellyn (Ovamba), Cathy Goddard (Firebird Fund Managers), Jake Bright (Author) and Christophe Viarnaud (AfricArena).

In this episode we chat to the founder of AfricArena , Christophe Viarnaud on why AfricArena began and why it's so necessary for the future of African innovation and acceleration.