Africa 2.0: Achieving Growth Through Innovation

April 1, 2011 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor, Cambridge

http://web.mit.edu/sloanafrica/africaconference.html

The MIT Sloan Africa Business Club presents its inaugural conference, with the theme "Africa 2.0: Achieving Growth Through Innovation". This conference intends to bring together people working on ideas that will shape the African continent for years to come. The event will include a mix of speakers and panel sessions covering areas of innovation in Africa including Telecoms & Mobiles,Technology, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Healthcare and Energy. The unifying theme will be a perspective on how today's students and tomorrow leaders will impact the continent by putting ideas to work.

Event Owner: Emmanuel Magani (Associate at McKinsey & Company)

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Troy Zenret Pelshak (Senior Global Consultant / Project Manager at Amana Global Services, Ltd.) . Amana Global Services, Ltd. http://www.amanaservices.com

Emmanuel Magani (Associate at McKinsey & Company) . Less that a week left for the MIT Sloan Africa 2.0 Conference. Limited tickets available. Get yours now.

Bilikiss Adebiyi (Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management) . 9 days left!

Bilikiss Adebiyi (Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management) will be attending.

Eugene Nizeyimana (GTC Consulting) will be attending.

Edwardo Sackey (Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group) . Inaugural Africa 2.0 early bird registration ends today @ 11.59pm. Register @ http://mitsloansloanafrica-autohome.eventbrite.com/

Edwardo Sackey (Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group) . Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: Want to help Africa? Do business here - http://www.ted.com/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_doing_business_in_africa.html

Edwardo Sackey (Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group) . Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on aid versus trade - http://www.ted.com/talks/ngozi_okonjo_iweala_on_aid_versus_trade.html

Terry Hu (MIT Sloan MSMS/Tsinghua IMBA Candidate) . Early Bird Registration for Africa 2.0 ends today for MIT students and tomorrow for all other parties. Get your tickets today! http://mitsloansloanafrica-autohome.eventbrite.com/

Terry Hu (MIT Sloan MSMS/Tsinghua IMBA Candidate) . Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will be the morning keynote speaker at Africa 2.0. Find out more about Dr. Okonjo-Iweala here: http://go.worldbank.org/DMA4IWBSJ0

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Sub Saharan Consulting Group

Romulus Advisory (RA)

Hampton University

The Boston Consulting Group

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