Ghana Tech Summit Launches Historic Stakeholder Edition for 2023
ATTN: Ghana Tech Summit- Stakeholder Edition
DATE: December 22, 2023
MEMO: An initiative hosted by the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) with accelerator ecosystem support by Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud.
[Accra, Ghana, December 7, 2023] Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is pleased to announce the Ghana Tech Summit titled the “Stakeholder Edition” to take place on December 22, 2023 from 10am- 1pm GMT. This year, Ghana Tech Summit will convene 100 leaders in person and 15,000 digital delegates to discuss the state and future of the tech ecosystem in Ghana.
This invite only gathering will feature leaders in the tech ecosystem including accelerator managers, investors, government officials, startup leaders, universities, and more.
Agenda
10:00am-10:30am Welcome and Arrivals
10:30am-11:00am Stakeholder Introductions
11:00am-11:15am Opening Remarks
11:15am-11:30am State of the Tech Ecosystem in Ghana and Top 10 Trends
11:30am-12:30pm Roundtable Discussion- Leaders provide feedback, action items and insights
12:30pm-1:00pm Closing remarks and group photo
With an aim to refocus, reignite, accelerate and catalyze Ghana’s tech and business ecosystem, Ghana Tech Summit will launch a series of stakeholder roundtable meetings with the aim of aligning insights and resources for African entrepreneurs. Since the pandemic, entrepreneurs and small businesses owners have struggled to pivot their companies during these trying and difficult times and as a result, many startup founders have seen a decrease in funding, resources and ecosystem activity. The goal is convene stakeholder leaders to empower entrepreneurs to still thrive during this economic transitory period. This inaugural stakeholder edition will kick off a year long series of monthly stakeholder roundtable sessions as we countdown to the next edition of Ghana Tech Summit in December 2024.
This is not the first time that GTS has ignited cross industry collaboration and ecosystem comadry. Ghana Tech Summit has a multi year history of bringing together global leaders and local stakeholders together to advance Ghana as a leading tech hub in Africa. The summit launched in 2018 with 100 speakers and 1000 attendees featuring pioneers from leading companies such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Twitter, IBM, Microsoft. The theme was centered around “Transforming Ghana into the No.1 Tech hub of Africa and Future Tech Hub of the World”. The 2019 summit returned with 2000 attendees and the same line up of top tier companies during the Year of Return with the new theme ““Sankofa – “Go back and get it… and rebuild”- “Year of Return”.
The pandemic took hold in 2020 and Ghana Tech Summit continued its work with virtual and hybrid editions. The 2020 edition welcomed over 11,000 global digital delegates during the Beyond the Return with the theme “2020, The Decade for African Renaissance”. The 2021 edition “Building The Workforce of the Future” was centered on youth unemployment and Africa having the world’s youngest population in the world and how that can transform the workforce of the future.The 2022 edition aimed to gather thousands for the next era of the internet. The metaverse & edition welcomed 17,000 stakeholders on the future of Africa in a digital first world. This edition revitalized interest in the tech revolution opportunities in Ghana and Africa by sparking the continents first ever metaverse edition and sparking a new wave of interest into Web 3.0.
Invitations to stakeholder leaders are underway and members of the public are invited to join us virtually to engage in the discussions. A report summary will be presented at the conclusion of the stakeholder engagement forum.
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