Startup Nigeria: Innovation, Collaboration, and Creation

ThinkAfrica invites you to participate in our first annual startup roundtable, Startup Nigeria: Innovation, Collaboration & Creation on December 20, 2016. This is a fresh initiative that will consist of a panel of 6-7 entrepreneurs that have created their own successful startups in Nigeria. To start off the discussion, the panel will introduce themselves and their organization to the audience. After a brief introduction, we will begin the panel Q&A from a list of pre-selected questions from the moderator. This event will feature speakers from various industries addressing challenges relevant to starting businesses in their respective industries and how they were able to overcome them. We are inviting local residents in Nigeria and abroad to have the opportunity to attend and receive excellent exposure to a plethora of renowned entrepreneurs in the Nigerian community.
This event aims to encourage the narrative and image of Nigeria by highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit of its people and showcasing it to the rest of the world.
Panels will begin at 11:30am prompt.

Date and Time:
Tue, December 20, 2016
10:30 AM – 2:30 PM WAT

Location:

Le Paris Continental Hotel

16 Babatunde Dabiri Street

Lekki Phase 1, Lagos

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