AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA BUILDING BRIDGES A JOURNEY INTO GLOBAL AFRICAN INNOVATION

Apr 27, 2023, 9:00 PM – Apr 28, 2023, 1:00 AM (UTC)

Ft. Lauderdale

Venture Cafe Miami, 1951 NW 7th Ave #600, Miami, 33136

AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA: BUILDING BRIDGES. A JOURNEY INTO GLOBAL AFRICAN INNOVATION. We're excited to invite you to join us for an evening of connections, celebration, and conversation with the global African tech community. Our African, European, & American partners are joining forces with the South Florida tech community to explore African innovation, culture, and cuisine during Miami Tech Month.

Hybrid event
Fireside ChatPanel DiscussionPartyPitch Battle

About this event


AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA: BUILDING BRIDGES. A JOURNEY INTO GLOBAL AFRICAN INNOVATION

Limited attendance, please secure your admission ticket to receive a registration link.

  • Who: African Founders, Funders, Facilitators
  • What: AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA
  • Where: Hybrid (Venture Cafe Miami / Virtual link will be emailed)
  • When: Thursday, April 27th, from 5:00-9:00PM EST

We're excited to invite you to join us for an evening of connections, celebration, and conversation with the global African tech community.

Our African, European, and American partners are joining forces with the South Florida tech community to explore African innovation, culture, and cuisine during Miami Tech Month.



Building Bridges
The African continent and diaspora are thriving with so much variety and innovation, we can barely do it justice with just one event. This event will act as a launchpad, building one of many bridges that will connect global African innovation with US partners, resources, as well as opportunities and vice versa. Expect many more African country-specific events to follow.



AfroBites X AfroBeats X AfroBits
We’re celebrating African culture by making AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA an immersive African experience that will saturate your senses with AfroBites, traditional African bites, and drinks, as well as AfroBeats music and ambiance while also featuring several AfroBits tech sessions including a global pitch contest, panels, and unique networking opportunities.

Hybrid Format
To satisfy our global audience’s interest in attending the Global Pitch Battle, The AFROBITS SOUTH FLORIDA pitching session will be a hybrid segment. Our global audience will attend virtually through our virtual event platform. All other sessions will be held in person at Venture Cafe Miami. 

Once you register you'll receive the virtual event link as well.


Panel Discussion: How to get involved in African Innovation

Experience our panel on "How to get involved in African Innovation" to gain insights on the current state of innovation in Africa, emerging trends, key players, and existing challenges. Learn how to get involved with local innovators, invest in African innovation and explore ways to support innovation on the continent.

The panel session co-hosted by Daba - a leading investment platform for Africa - brings together an exciting panel that promises an exciting conversation.



Pitching Application
To apply to pitch at our Global Pitch Battle please follow this link: Apply Here.

Pitching is open to African tech startup founders currently living in or outside of the sub-Saharan African continent. 6 founders will be selected on April 25th to pitch based on business model viability, team dynamics, founder(s) video submission, traction, prototype/product execution.

Event Experience

  • Unique Global Networking
  • Global Pitch Contest
  • Special African Sessions
  • African Appetizers, Ambiance

Diversity & Inclusion
This event is open to all attendees of all backgrounds and will feature minority and underrepresented founders, funders, and tech community partners.

Check out what happened

Panelists

  • Anthony Miclet

    Daba

    Co-Founder

  • Sandras Phiri

    Pranary

    CEO

  • Mayokun Adeoti

    Standard Business Operating Systems (SBOS)

    CEO

  • Ammin Youssouf

    Afrobytes

    Founder

  • Uwem Uwemakpan

    Ingressive Capital

    VP, Operations

Moderator

  • Boum III Jr.

    Daba

    CEO

When

When

April 27 – 28, 2023
9:00 PM – 1:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

9:00 PMDrinks & Dialogue
10:00 PMPanel Discussion Powered by Daba
11:00 PMAFROBITS Global Pitch Battle
12:50 AMAnnouncements & Farewells

Host

  • Marc Lissade

    Startup Broward/Startup Grind

    Executive Director/Fort Lauderdale Director

Organizers

  • Marc Lissade

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Director

  • Jason Dukes

    Captains Chair Coaching

    Co-Director & Chief Coaching & Mentorship Officer

  • Eric Gaines

    Startup Grind

    Co-Director & Chief Partnership Officer

  • Guillermo Vizcaíno

    Startup Grind

    Co-Director & Chief Growth Officer

Global sponsor

Brex logo

Brex

Partners

Startup Broward logo

Startup Broward

Startup Digest South Florida logo

Startup Digest South Florida

AfroBytes logo

AfroBytes

Chibur logo

Chibur

Daba logo

Daba

Pranary logo

Pranary

Scaleup Legal logo
Venture Cafe Miami logo

Venture Cafe Miami

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