GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

2018PROGRAMME

Monday, 12th noveMber 2018 - Launch & PoLicy day

07h00 - 09h00 Arrival & Registration

09h00 - 09h10 Venue House Rules and Emergency Procedure

• Njabulo Mkhize, Facility Manager

09h10 - 09:20 Opening Remarks • Kizito Okechukwu, GEN Africa Co-Chair

09h20 - 09h30 Welcome Remarks • Minister Lindiwe Zulu, Small Business Development Department

09h30 - 10:30 Technology an enabler to the burgeoning youth unemployment crisis

• Minister Lindiwe Zulu, Department of Small Business Development

• Simphiwe Nkula, Founder of Info Trade App, 22 on Sloane Resident Startup

• Lilian Barnard, Director Public Sector, Microsoft

• Ziaad Suleman, Chief Operations Officer, IBM

• Gert De Beer, Chief Business Development Officer, Transnet

• Oswald Jumira, Innovation Partnership Liquid Telecom - Faciltator

Venue: Atrium

10h45 - 11h45 Alignment of African Union Agenda 2063 to South Africa’s NDP 2030 (A global perspective)

• Neeraj VIJ, Regional Sector Manager, Africa Development Bank Group, Southern Africa

• Paula Woodman, Head of Global Social Enterprise, British Council

• Simon Rey, Group Head of Talent, Learning & Organisational Development &

Head of Ecobank Academy, Ecobank Group

• Dr Pali Lehohla, Resident Research Adviser at 22 on Sloane - Facilitator

Venue: Atrium

r13h00 - 16h00 Resident Pitching Session

Venue: Marquee

13h00 – 16h00 National Entrepreneurship Framework, Stakeholder Discussion Led by DSBD • Mzoxolo Maki, Acting Deputy Director General, DSBD • Dr Pali Lehohla, Resident Research Adviser at 22 on Sloane

Venue: Atrium

16h00 – 17h00 Speed Networking sessions

Venue: Marquee

TuESDAy, 13TH NOVEMBER 2018 - AGRO-PROCESSING & MANuFACTuRING DAy

07h00 – 09h00 Arrival & Registration

09h00 – 16h00 Resident Pitching Sessions

Venue: Marquee

09h00 – 10h30 Masterclass led by IDC • Opportunities for youth in Agro-processing & Manufacturing Mzwabantu Ntlangeni, Senior youth Specialist. IDC - Facilitator • Agro-processing & Manufacturing, Funding Criteria & Process Stuart Bartlet, Head Development Impact, IDC - Facilitator

10h30 – 11h00 Q&A Session, Facilitated by IDC

Venue: Atrium

11h00 – 12h00 Start-ups in Agro-Processing & Manufacturing • Simba Chimhandamba, Co-Founder , urban Grown Organics • Tebogo Mashego, Founder & CEO, Ditsogo Projects • Francis Mande, CEO, Rejanala Farms • Golden Hlongwane, CEO Magumuza FoodsVenue: Atrium

12h00 – 13h00 Lunch

13h00 – 14h00 Agro-processing value chain procurement opportunities Led by Nestle • Penny Barber, Procurement Manager - Facilitator • Hoven Meyer, Head of Agriculture - Facilitator

Venue: Atrium

16h00 – 17h00 Speed Networking sessions

Venue: Marquee

12h00 – 13h00 Lunch

WEDNESDAy, 14TH NOVEMBER 2018 - TECH DAy

07h00 – 09h00 Arrival & Registration

09h00 – 16h00 Welcome to Head Start • Lionel Moyal, Commercial Partners Director, Microsoft SAVenue: Atrium09h00 - 10h00 Taking your business to the clouds • Angus Gibb, Founder, Comunity

Venue: Atrium

10h00 - 11h30 Ask the expert (Mentoring Session)

Venue: Atrium

11h30 - 12h00 Innovation with AI • Minette Steynberg, Solutions Architect Data and AI, Microsoft SA

Venue: Atrium

12h00 - 12h30 Doing Ethical Business • Theo Watson, Lead Commercial Attorney, Microsoft SA

Venue: Atrium

12h30 - 13h30 Lunch

Technical Breakout Sessions

13h30 - 14h00 Venue: Atrium How to create high growth businesses in Africa • Keith Jones, Co-founder Sw7

Venue: Open Space Dev ops in the cloud • Calvin Mayo, Partner Technical Evangelist

Venue: Cape Town AI / IOT Technical Considerations • Paul Vermaak, Cloud Solution Architect: Data and Artificial Intelligence

Venue: Soweto Building Cloud for the Enterprise • Alfredo dos Santos, Cloud Solution Architect

Venue: Atrium Venue: Tech Lab Ins and Outs of Hybrid cloud • Fletcher Kelly, Azure Technical Solutions Professional Venue: Kampala Accelerating your business through customer acquisition • Miana Naude, Co-founder, Technvest

13h30 - 14h00 Venue: Open Space Building Cloud for the Enterprise • Alfredo dos Santos, Cloud Solutions Architect

Venue: Cape Town Ins and Outs of Hybrid cloud • Fletcher Kelly, Azure Technical Solutions Professional

14h00 - 14h00 Venue: Soweto AI / IOT Technical Considerations • Paul Vermaak, Cloud Solution Architect: Data and Artificial Intelligence

Venue: Tech Lab Dev ops in the cloud • Calvin Mayo, Partner Technical Evangelist

Venue: Open Space

Venue: Open Space How to create high growth business in Africa • Keith Jones, Co-founder Sw7

Venue: Kampala Accelerating your business through costumer acquisition • Miana Naude, Co-founder, Techinvest

14h30 - 15h30 Ask the expert (Mentoring Sessions)

15h30 - 16h00 Roadmap to Success

• Ilana Baragwanath, Territory Channel Manager, Microsoft SA

16h00 - 17h00 Challenging The Frontier

• Lumka Msibi, Aerospace Engineer, Trailblazing Rocket Scientist and

Entrepreneur

Venue: Atrium

FRIDAy, 16TH NOVEMBER 2018 - FuNDING DAy

07h00 – 09h00 Arrival & Registration

09h00 – 16h00 Resident Pitching Session

09h00 – 09h30 Online Financing Platform Masterclass

• Brett Nadasen, Business Development Manager - FinFind

Venue: Atrium

09h30 – 10h30 Seed Funding Huddle, Led by Technology &

Innovation Agency (TIA)

•Tshembani Manager, Portfolio Manager

•Tando Nquma Moyo, Business Development Manager

Venue: Atrium

10h30 – 12h00 Growth Funding Huddle, Led by IDC

• Ornet Nene, LED Manager (DIS)

• Stephen Nel, LED Specialist (DIS)

Venue: Atrium

12h00 – 13h00 Lunch

13h00 – 14h30 The People’s Fund, Live Crowdfunding Platform

• Led by The Hook up Dinner

Venue: Atrium

15h00 – 16h00 Funding & Capital for Startups Masterclass

• Lebo Phasha, Head Investments, 22 on Sloane Capital

• Nyangwe Ajusi, Head Deals, 22 on Sloane Capital

Venue: Atrium

16h00 – 17h00 Speed Networking Sessions

Venue: Atrium

thurSday, 15TH NOVEMBER 2018 - yOuTH AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEuRSHIP DAy

07h00 – 09h00 Arrival & Registration

09h00 – 16h00 Resident Pitching Session

09h00 – 11h00 Impact Investment & Social Impact Masterclass

• Monique Mathys, Head Project Development, PIC

11h00 – 12h00 Social Entrepreneurship Masterclass led by SAB Foundation

• Bridgit Evans, Managing Director SAB Foundation

Venue: Atrium

12h00 – 13h00 Lunch

13h00 – 14h00 Solving South Africa’s Youth unemployment Challenges

• Malvin Nkomo, Founder, Hailer

• Alesimo Mwanga, Research Director, 22 on Sloane

• yogavelli Nambiar, CEO Allan Gray Orbis Foundation - Facilitator

14h00 - 16h00 Startup Grind, by Beth Malatji

• Fireside chat with Lebo Molefe, Founder, The Hookup Dinner &

co-founder of The Peoples Fund

Venue: Atrium

16h00 - 17h00 Speed Network Sessions