INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Yesterday TechCrunch held its first-ever event in Nigeria — our second in Sub-Saharan Africa
The day was packed with Battlefield presentations from 15 startups from across the region, along with panels featuring some of Africa’s
best-known tech entrepreneurs and executives.It was an incredible day and offered a fascinating peek into an absolutely vibrant tech
For those unable to make the trek through the standstill Lagos traffic, have no fear
We’ve included footage from the day’s event below
And for those who were lucky enough to join, you can relive the highlights right here.
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Expats, Repats and AfricansKwame Acheampong (Mall for Africa), Eleni
Gabre-Madhin (blueMoon) and Lexi Novitske (Singularity Investments) discuss the ups and downs of the influence repatriates and outside
investors exert on the African startup community.Fireside Chat with Funke OpekeMain Street Technologies founder and Main One Cable Company
CEO Funke Opeke has led the charge to bring broadband internet to West Africa
She discusses the role of entrepreneurship in helping to scale business.Investing in African StartupsKola Aina and other area investors
discuss the lessons that can be learned from Silicon Valley VC, and which aspects of the model don’t apply to the African tech
ecosystem.Blockchain’s Potential in AfricaOlugbenga Agboola (Flutterwave), Omolara Awoyemi (SureGroup) and Nichole Yembra (Greenhouse
Capital) and Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi (SureRemit) discuss the impact crypto has had on the African tech community and the different ways
blockchain technology can help build a broad cross-section of different categories.The Winner of Startup Battlefield The winner of the event
was M-SCAN from Uganda, which develops portable mobile ultrasound devices (Ultrasonic probes) that are laptop, tablet and mobile phone
The judges were impressed with its scalability potential to make many other medical access devices affordable for Africa, where mother and
infant mortality is unforgivably high.
