Ghana Tech Summit is a 3-day international program to be hosted on July 18-20, 2018 at Accra International Conference Center featuring 100 global speakers and 1000 attendees. The central theme of the global summit is to “catalyze entrepreneurial and business ecosystems in emerging markets”. The multi-year event is a 12- year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) which brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives together into targeted cities around the world to accelerate tech, innovation and economic development within the host country.
GSE hosts about 20 global programs a year with top notable summits such as Space Tech Summit in Silicon Valley, Blockchain Tech Summit in New York, and Haiti Tech Summit in Royal Decameron, Haiti which generated 105 social media impressions.
Former guest speakers of GSE Summits include Jack Dorsey (Founder of Twitter/Square), Ben Horowitz (Investor Twitter, Facebook), Tim Draper (Investor in Skype, Hotmail etc); Naveen Jain (Founder of Moon Express, Viome etc.); Current President of Haiti Jovenel Moise; Vicky Jeudy from Netflix Orange is the New Black; and more.
The updated agenda which can be viewed here: http://ghanatechsummit.com/2018schedule/ is as follows:
DATE: July 18-20, 2018
July 18th Welcome Ceremony 6pm-9pm (Invite List + International Arrivals ONLY)
July 19th Day 1 Sessions & Roundtables 9am-6pm (7pm Invite List VIP/Celebrity Dinner)
- Ghana – The Silicon Gateway of Africa
- Influencers of the Millenial Generation- Future Leaders of Ghana 30 Under 30
- Africa As the Final Tech Frontier: Rise of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Space
- Influencers of Silicon Valley (America)
- Influencers Africa & The Diaspora- A look at Entrepreneurial Disruptors from Around the World”
- Influencers of Global Markets
- Influencers of Funding: Insights from VC, Angel, & Corporate Investors
- Rise of Social Impact Icons- The Role of NGO, Social Entrepreneurs and Impact Makers
- How to leverage Google Resources
- Rise of the Digital Age, Morality and Identity
July 20th Day 2 Sessions, & Roundtables 9am-6pm + (6pm-until Afterparty)
- The Tech Unicorn vs Phoenix: Legends of IBM, Uber, Microsoft, & Airbnb
- The Corporate Conversation on Tech: Speakers from Vodaphone, MTN, GE
- Future of Education & Training
- Future of Media, Sports & Entertainment
- Industry Mashup Future of E-commerce & Mobile Payments
- Industry Mashup- Exponential Tech Futures- A Look at Blockchain, Ai, VR and Space tech companies
- UN Decade Africa: MIPAD- Most Influential People of African Descent
- How Our Leaders Can Accelerate Policy & National Identity of Africa & Its Diaspora- Future of Government
- Future of Africa: The Landscape of Global Smart City Initiatives
- From Aid to Trade- The New Economic Narrative of Ghana & Africa
July 19-20th Workshop Sessions
- Workshop: Personal Branding 101- How to Build and Monetize Your Brand in 30 Days
- Workshop: How to Build Your Professional Brand on LinkedIn
- Workshop: Github- How to code a website or app
- Workshop: How to Build An Exponential Tech Company in 6 Months – Blockchain, IOT, Artificial Intelligence
- Experience: Q/A and media room with speakers (*long lines will lead to first come first served processing)
Companies represented includes:
- Silicon Valley networks such as: Google, Facebook, SAP, IBM, Uber, Linkedin, Black Enterprise Magazine, Fast Company Magazine, Inc Magazine, Forbes,
- Investment accelerator networks such as: Angel Hack Accelerator, Draper University, Draper Associates, Mansueto Ventures, Chanzo Capital, Africa Expert Network, Director of Platform at ff Venture Capital Fund,
- Government departments such as: President’s Office of the Republic of Haiti, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Diaspora, Ministry of Education, etc.
- Ecosystem Leads such as: Impact Hub Accra, Ghana Dot Com, Ghana Cyber City, the first technology park in Ghana, iSpace Ghana, MEST Ghana, Kumasi Hive; a Tech innovation Hub, Academic City, Inno Hub, Yaa.W- Yielding Accomplished African Women Accelerator, Singularity University, E- campus, Asheshi University
- Award networks such as: Forbes 30 Under 30, Bill Gates Scholars, Future of Ghana 30 Under 30, Most Influential People of African Descent Top 40 Under 40, TEDx, Ghana Professionals Network
- Local companies such as: Vodafone, MTN, GE, Banj, Farmerline, Founder of Africa Forseight Group, STEMbees Org, $GUAP, CYST, BitPesa, Georgia Aerospace Systems, BizzAfrica, Smallstarter Africa, WAMPAC Conference, KIN, TalentsinAfrica, Chale Tours, Jumia Foods, Dreamoval, NFL,
Speaker List includes (*does not include side stage speakers)
- Einstein Kofi Ntim – Partner @ Global Startup Ecosystem Digital Accelerators & Founder of Ghana Tech Summit
- Christine Souffrant Ntim- Co Chair Ghana Tech Summit (Forbes List Maker; TEDx Speaker; Bill Gates Scholar; Obama Summit Listmaker)
- David Steinacker Senior Manager @ Google
- Rosenberg, Ann Senior Vice President and Head of Global SAP Next-Gen,
- Sequoia Blodgett Silicon Valley Tech Editor @ Black Enterprise
- Adi Abili Managing Director of Accelerators at AngelHack Accelerator @ Silicon Valley
- Katie Russel Draper University by Billionaire Venture Capitalist- Tim Draper
- Lola Kassim Uber West Africa
- Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh Country General Manager for IBM in Africa
- Tyrona (Ty) Heath Global Lead for Agency and Partner Education at LinkedIn and the President of LinkedIn’s Black Inclusion Group (BIG)
- Steven S. Suthiana Mansueto Ventures LLC, a publisher of Inc. and Fast Company magazines
- Daraiha Greene Google- Head of Partnerships @ Inclusion
- Eric M K Osiakwan Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital
- AUBREY HRUBY Co-Founder of Insider, the Africa Expert Network (AXN)
- Ambassador Johanna Odonkor Svanikier
- Honorable Ursula Owusu-Ekuful-Ministry of Communications
- Christine Coupet – Advisor to the President of Haiti
- Michael MacCombie – Director of Platform at ff Venture Capital Fund
- Ato Ulzen-Appiah Director at the GhanaThink Foundation
- Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum Deputy Minister of Education
- Kamil Olufowobi CEO, Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD)
- Will Senyo Co-Founder & CEO of Impact Hub Accra
- Prof Nii Quaynor Chairman of Board of Ghana Dot Com
- Yaw Owusu Manager @ Ghana Cyber City, the first technology park in Ghana
- Josiah Kwesi Eyison Lead at Ispace Ghana
- Mariam Iqbal- Partnerships @ Mest Ghana
- Arnold Sarfo-Kantanka- Founder of Future of Ghana 30 Under 30
- Alloysius Attah – CEO & Co-Founder of Farmerline
- Joseph Awuah-Darko – Social Entrepreneur
- Yasmin Kumi – Founder of Africa Forseight Group
- Linda Ansong – Co founder & Executive Director STEMbees Org
- Tavonia Evans- Founder/CEO | $GUAP – Recycle the Wealth
- Nii Osae Osae Dade- Forbes 30 Under 30 CYST
- Elizabeth Rosiello – Lead at BitPesa
- Dr. Thomas O. Mensah- President CEO at Georgia Aerospace Systems
- George (Jorge) Appiah Co-founder/CEO of Kumasi Hive; a Tech innovation Hub
- Nii-Aitey Editor in Chief of BizzAfrica
- John-Paul Iwuoha Smallstarter Africa
- Nana Antwi Darkwah Founder of WAMPAC Conference
- Erikan Obotetukudo Founder of KIN
- Kwame A.A Opoku Global Business Keynote Speaker, A 2-time Tedx Speaker Futurist
- Nelson Amo – Inno Hub
- Diana Wilson Forbes 30Under30 Founder/CEO of Yaa.W- Yielding Accomplished African Women
- Lawrence Tetteh International Evangelist
- Samuel Parker Ekem – Founder and Community Manager at Ghana Professionals Network
- Cecil Senna Nutakor- President of E- campus/ Singularity U NASA Graduate
- Emmanuel Addae- Founder of TalentsinAfrica
- Patrick Awuah Asheshi University TBA
- Terry Oppong – Founder of Chale Tours
- Terry Afram – Lead @ Jumia Foods
- Derrydean Dadzie – Co Founder DreamOval
- Bernard Acquah CIO @ Vodaphone
- Representative MTN TBA
- Sam Barrington former NFL player turned Entrepreneur
- Marc Alain Founder of Banj
- Ministry of Diaspora Relations Speaker TBA
- Representative General Electric TBA
- Corey Hobbs Lead at Github
- Elliot Whitehead Lead at Github
- TJ Malamule Recipient of Top 100 Global Coaching Leader’s Award & Chief Executive Officer of TTI Strategies
The final set of 40 speakers will be announced next Monday featuring high level government officials from Ghana’s top 40 ministries of government and presidential cabinet alongside press influencers from around the world.
The summit organizers have already galvanized the first influencer ecosystem meeting in partnership with the Diaspora Office and Ministry of Communications on June 5th and has a series of events during Ghana Tech Week featuring content on personal branding, smart city and exponential tech workshops. Participants can register for the final batch of tickets directly via www.GhanaTechSummit.comorEventbrite. Exhibitors and sponsors can connect directly with the team via info@ghanatechsummit.com.
