The three-day summit, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, will be attended by some of the most innovative minds of 21st century, in collaboration with the most acclaimed innovators and strategists in the fields of health, education, science and technology and digital marketing as well as business luminaries, philanthropists, government decision makers and some of the largest investors from Africa.
The summit will welcome 70 speakers, 200 exhibitors and over 2000 delegates from 18 African countries and will culminate in the 'Africa Technology Awards', which will recognise excellence in African technology.
Nominations for these awards have already been announced and are as follows:
Safricom Telecommunications
Econet
Eskom
EcoCash
M-Pesa
M-Net Africa
EcoBank
Standard Bank
dangote-group
African Virtual University (AVU)
SAASTA (South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement)
Makerere University
Kevin Urama, African Technology Policy Studies (Nigeria)
Mokhtar Bououdina, National Centre for Cleaner Technologies Production (NCCTP, Algeria)
Nagmeldin Goutbi Elhassan, vice-chair of the Expert Group on Technology Transfer (SUDAN)
Opera Software ASA
SOFTtribe Limited
Cyber Tracker
UBAGroup
orascomtelecom
Bernard Sanganza, CEO of the Afri-Tech Group said, "Afri-Tech Nairobi 2011 was a first of its kind in Nairobi, but the Johannesburg summit has the potential to create life-changing solutions for the benefit of the mankind and in particular for the most amazing continent of Africa".
The Africa Technology awards aims to promote a sense of pro-consumer and healthy competition within the business community on the African continent. The 2012 Afri-Tech Technology & Digital Summit in Johannesburg offers a great opportunity for investors and global business giants because of its extremely solution-oriented approach. The summit will also act as a catalyst for innovation, research and the entrepreneurial mindset.
For more, go to www.afri-tech.com.
