Billionaire industrialist and Africa’s wealthiest entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has been included amongst speakers for Demo Africa 2015 event. Dangote will be sharing his startup-stage and entrepreneurship experience with 30 technology startups that have qualified for the annual competition to display how their products will positively influence the world.

The Chairman LOC of the programme, Mr. Yode Okeremi made the disclosure adding that there would be other notable speakers such as Dr. Tunji Olaopa, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication and Technology; Mobolaji Adeoye, MD, Kuramo Capital, and Tobi Oke, Director, Intel Capital.

With over $8 million raised in just a year, Demo Africa has overtime accelerated the rate at which startups access funding through connecting with investors, tech acquisition specialists, IT buyers, and media from across the region and around the globe.

As an initiative of [email protected], Demo Africa is the place where innovative companies from Africa get a platform to launch their products and announce to the world what they have developed.

DEMO Africa allows start-ups to launch their products to a tech ecosystem under varied categories like: Agriculture, Health, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Media and Entertainment, Communication, Transport and Logistics, Energy, Finance and Banking, Water and Sanitation, Waste Management and Recycling

This 2015 edition is co-hosted by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and its supervising Ministry of Communication Technology.

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