1000
Startups & SMMEs
200
ESOs
150
Policy Makers
150
Investors
GEC+ Africa Key Objectives
Support the development of innovative startups in Africa and ensure their scale.
Create an enabling environment for African startups to create jobs.
Create market linkages between Corporate and African startups.
Support the development of credible global investor pipeline that will invest in African startups.
Establish a strong GEN in each African country thereby building and strengthening GEN Africa.
Lead-Up
Activities
Startup pitches and bootcamp events
Lagos
27-28 July
Algiers
3-4 Sept
Nairobi
12-13 Sept
Dakar
16-17 May
Abidjan
23-24 May
Rwanda
8-9 Nov
Accra
Date TBA
Senegal
Date TBA
Cairo
Date TBA
Other African Countries
Date TBA
Eastern Cape
2-3 October
Kwa-Zulu Natal
5-6 October
Mpumalanga
9-10 October
North West
16-17 October
Western Cape
17-18 October
Limpopo
19-20 October
Northern Cape
23-24 October
Free State
30-31 October
Gauteng
2-3 November
To apply for a regional pitch competition event, please click on the apply button and fill out a short form.
About
GEC+
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC+ Africa), initiated by the Global Entrepreneurship Network in 2017, is a gathering of entrepreneurs and leaders from more than 50 African nations committed to advancing entrepreneurial activity throughout their own countries in Africa. GEC+ Africa will include other international thought leaders and practitioners globally who have become a part of GEN’s global movement that advances entrepreneurship as a means of building economies and expanding human welfare.
News & Updates
GEC+Africa’s pursuit of emerging African entrepreneurs led to Nairobi, Kenya following a two-month-long search in preceding host countries, Nigeria and Algeria and online, in Uganda, Malawi and Namibia.
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