African Business Angel Network (ABAN) plans to facilitate a Series of Angel Investor Boot camps in a bid to mobilize the African Angel investing community. ABAN is organizing these boot camps with support from the LIONS Africa Partnership and the US State Department. The boot camps will be held in Lagos, Cape Town, and Nairobi.
The series of boot camps will have the theme: ‘Unlocking capital for early stage innovation’. They will be geared towards facilitating the mingling and networking of aspiring and seasoned angel investors with promising entrepreneurs among other key stakeholders. ABAN hopes also to incorporate lessons learned from these series of boot camps into its Investor Summit that will be held at the DEMO Africa on September 23rd in Lagos, Nigeria.
ABAN hopes to use the series of boot camps to connect the network of angel investors, share knowledge and pool capital needed to support Africa innovation. Thus, maximize the potential of the continent’s entrepreneurial growth. The exact date and location for the boot camps will be announced via the ABAN website: www.abanangels.org
Invitation to Partner with ABAN
ABAN is calling out to organizations and investors that are interested in partnering up with them in the upcoming series of boot camps and the ABAN Investor Summit. For more details on sponsorship opportunities and to make arrangements to speak at the event, you can contact David van Dijik by email david@vc4africa.boz or call +31 (0) 20 2336325.
Tickets for the ABAN Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2015 have already on sale. You can now also purchase the special Investor Package through the event partner VC4Africa.
Upcoming ABAN Team of Angle Investors Activities
ABAN President Tomi Davies will be speaking at the UK Angel Investment Summit, in London (July 1st)
ABAN is a proud partner of the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit, celebrating President Obama’s visit to Nairobi (July 25-26).
ABAN is facilitating a series of Angel Investor Boot camps in Lagos, Cape Town and Nairobi (dates to follow)
ABAN, DEMO Africa, the Lagos Angels Network (LAN) and VC4Africa, jointly presents “The African Opportunity: Angel Investing in Africa” Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2015 in Lagos (September 23rd).
About African Business Angel Network (ABAN)
ABAN started in 2014 when a group of organizations joined forces to create a new not for profit networking association with one goal. Promote a culture of Angel investing across Africa. The founding organizations include Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), Lagos Angels Network (LAN), Cameroon Angels Network (CAN), Silicon Cape, Ghana Angel Investors Network (GAIN), European Business Angels Network (EBAN) as well as a number of individual Angel Investors.