The 11th Angel Fair Africa (AFA) also known as AFA @ 11 is going back to the Silicon Savannah of Nairobi, Kenya from 7th to 8th November 2024. AFA is Chanzo Resources’s yearly occasion that combines picked African business owners and curated capitalists to DO OFFERS.
Dr. James Mworia, Team MD and Chief Executive Officer of Centum Investments Business, marketers of both Rivers International Financial and Development Facility (TRIFIC) would certainly keynote the occasion.
The 10th AFA which was held in 2015 in Cape Community, South Africa has actually led to 3 bargains thus far. Mansa Inc, Rivia and Bosso that belonged to the AFA @ 10 mate have actually given that increased their angel and pre-seed rounds with statements at and https://disruptafrica.com/2024/05/31/zambian-construction-e-commerce-startup-bosso-raises-400k-pre-seed-funding/. A-Trader that was additionally component of the mate and went on to win the AfricArena competitors the list below week at https://thebftonline.com/2023/12/18/afa10-cohort-founder-wins-at-africarena/.
In 2016, when AFA @ 4 was held for the very first time in Nairobi, Kenya, the late Dr. Chris Kirubi, after that Supervisor of Centum was the keynote. The occasion highlighted, Daniel Yu of Wasoko, Sam Wanjohi of Popote Pay, Ken Griffith of Ajua, Trevor Kimenye of Ongair, Caitlin Dolkart of Flare, Rita Kimani of FarmDrive, Waweru Kuria of Inuka Pap, and so on that increased cash and have actually taken place to construct outstanding technology endeavors bulk of which are still around.
The timing is best for having AFA @ 11 in Nairobi this year, improving the energy produced by Ambassador Meg Whitman’s and Head of state William Ruto’s US-Kenya Silicon Savannah roadshow in Silicon Valley last September 2023, the Kauffman Fellows Africa VC Top that took place in Kenya. Finished by Head of state Ruto’s United States state check out in Might 2024. Kenya is the business center of East and Central Africa, and these current occasions highlight the solid collaboration in between Kenya and the United States, with verifiable rate of interest revealed by capitalists in Kenya’s Silicon Savannah.
