“I found amazing value in the University of Brad workshop, especially the presentation by Jordi of venture kick. Being able to set the Vice President to host us and show us how powerful AfriLabs has become and I see this as a great opportunity to get buy-in by the government going forward”

“I found the visit to be very exciting, with new insights into processes and business models for hubs”

“…understanding better the growth of startups in the African ecosystem. The awesome networking and the great initiatives such as Catalytic Africa”.

“The most useful aspect for me was the panel on investment and unveiling of Catalytic Africa”

“I loved the networking”

“I found the workshops useful, also the tea breaks, networking sessions were an interesting opportunity to connect with hub managers and representatives”

“Networking and the powerful insights to the networking things hubs can do to help its community”

“I am excited to be here, the Annual Gathering especially, because I see it as an opportunity for young Africans and innovative minds to contribute to our journey to self-reliance in the continent. I am a Pan African, also the networking gives room for startups like me to be able to leverage different tech hubs, creative hubs across the continent to scale their startups, which is something that I have been looking forward to”.

“The tour is quite refreshing and especially coming to the Nile University where we have dome innovative courses that have been updated to their curriculum, it is a beautiful thing to see that we have this in Nigeria. it gives us an opportunity for people who are not able to go outside the continent, the labs we visited, I am excited to see the ecosystem that has been put in place”

“The most useful aspect is the panelists’ sessions and especially that of day two”

“I am a guest startup, I liked the networking and getting contacts of possible hubs to get affiliated with”

“…placing faces to names”

“...all aspect of the gathering was very useful, particularly the WhatsApp group chat that made it easy for people to get on time and real-time feedback to questions that usually come as conferences go on”

“The session on supporting Startups to scale across Africa”

“The Economy discussion at the Hilton and the Gala night at the State House”

“Networking, Innovation Tours and Panel Discussions”

“Increased capacity and valuable connections I will use to accelerate my growth”

“Networking among hubs, AfriLabs and partners across the continent is a rare opportunity. I am sure this will lead to more learning and partnership”

“Knowledge from the workshop will be used in better understanding of how to circumvent current operational bottlenecks”