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Here’s what you missed at Startup Battlefield Lagos

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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 community.

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. [gallery ids="1757752,1757761,1757760,1757758,1757757,1757756,1757754"] 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 compatible.

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.




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