Hello technicians.
It’s that time of the month again when we help you complete the goals and challenges you’ve set to achieve based on your New Year’s resolutions. Yes, we’re aware that some of those resolutions include “attend at least two tech events every month,” “don’t drink soda in January,” and “don’t stay with your laptop more than 10 hours a day.”
The good thing is that we also have you in our plans. This year, we continue to bring you tech events you can and should attend to help you stay connected in the tech space, expand your network, and share great ideas that will help you levitate.
These events also help you have fun and relax after spending so much time brainstorming and creating useful innovations that have the potential to impact the ecosystem. But of course, one of the fastest ways to meet potential clients and investors is to attend these events.
So if you haven’t included these events in your plans for the next month, you can start to get a lot out of this article highlighting 5 tech events to attend this February.
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Africa Tech Summit, Nairobi
Africa Tech Summit is a summit that connects technology leaders from the African ecosystem and international players under one roof.
Since its creation, Tech Summit has organized more than ten events in Kigali, London, Washington DC, Shanghai and the last edition in Nairobi, Kenya.
This year’s Africa Tech Summit will take place twice, with two separate events in Accra, Ghana, and Nairobi, Kenya. The Kenya event is scheduled for February 15-16, while the Accra Money and DeFi Summit in West Africa is scheduled for October 2023.
These distinct summits would offer a platform to network with major participants such as tech corporations, mobile operators, fintech, DeFi and crypto companies, investors, prominent startups, regulators and industry stakeholders driving business and investment.
See event details below:
- Date: February 15 and 16, 2023
- Time: Not available
- Location: Nairobi, Kenya
- Get tickets here.
AfricaNXT, Lagos
AfricaNXT is one of the largest gatherings of innovators in Nigeria and Africa. Heading into its eleventh year, it remains the premier gathering of Africa-focused innovators.
It seeks to create a space, both online and offline, to celebrate African ingenuity and empower the extraordinary creatives, entrepreneurs, organizers and individuals who move Africa forward.
AfricaNXT 2023 with a theme: Cooperate. To collaborate. Innovate. Unlocking our potential, ensuring Africa’s prosperityit will be a rallying point for thousands of African creatives, entrepreneurs, innovators, policy makers, organizers, academics, brands and organizations committed to the overall prosperity of the continent.
The conference program is complemented by exciting installations and festival activities that explore the themes covered during the week. The event, scheduled for February 6-10, will include six stages, more than 400 speakers, and 150 seminars.
See event details below:
Lagos Tech Festival
Lagos Tech Fest, now in its third year, is a major conference, exhibition and networking platform for Nigerian technology. The event offers a genuine forum for conversations and agreements between the main stakeholders of the industry each year.
The main objective of the event is to address significant changes in the African tech ecosystem and highlight the many industry perspectives in the Nigerian and African tech sectors.
To explore perspectives and meet challenges within the technology ecosystem, it brings together entrepreneurs, disruptors, innovators, investors, venture capitalists, and technology enthusiasts. Each year the event provides a forum for learning, knowledge sharing and networking among those involved in the ICT sector.
By gaining an in-depth understanding of the investment potential in the nation’s technology ecosystem, the annual event offers an unrivaled platform to identify opportunities and formulate plans.
See event details below:
- Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023
- Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Location: Landmark Center Water Corporation Drive #Plot 2 & 3 Annex, LA 106104
- Reserve a spot here.
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SSCG African Tech Summit, 2023
The African Tech Summit brings together like-minded speakers, experts, business and industry leaders, investors and entrepreneurs, to gain the latest market and industry development updates, insights, perspectives, strategies and best practices.
The theme of the event focuses on the digital economy, markets, investment and financing opportunities, emerging disruptive technologies and innovations in Africa.
The African Technology Summit is organized by SSCG Consulting, a global management consulting and professional firm providing advice, consultancy and operational support in the public, private, business services, automotive, oil and gas and manufacturing sectors.
See event details below:
- Date: Thursday, February 16, 2023
- Time: 10:00 am to 15:00 pm GMT
- Location: Online
- Learn more here.
decentralized network mixer
Decentralized Networking: A Blockchain Founder’s Mixer is an event hosted by Afropolitan and Emurgo/Adaverse for networking and conversation purposes. It offers attendees the perfect opportunity to relax and connect in a lighter way.
Although it is a networking event, the event brings together some of the most innovative minds in the blockchain industry for an evening of drinks, light meals and networking opportunities, presenting the perfect opportunity to connect with other blockchain pioneers and learn about the latest industry developments. and discover new ways to collaborate and drive progress in the field.
See event details below:
- Date: Wednesday, February 1, 2023
- Time: Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 7:30 pm to 11:00 pm
- Location: Avant Garde 1 Polo Road Ikoyi, Lagos 106104
- Get tickets here.
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