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European Tech Conference Focuses On African Tech Entrepreneurship

European Tech Conference Focuses On African Tech Entrepreneurship

AFROBYTES Tech Conference is undoubtedly Europe’s preeminent Africa-focused gathering of entrepreneurs, business executives, investors, academics, politicians and media interested in acting on the commercial opportunities presented by Africa’s tech and innovation industry.

Earlier this month, the event was held in the heart of Paris for the second year in a row, and once again enjoyed the enthusiastic support of France’s largest employer federation, the Movement of the Enterprises of France (Medef).

From iOL. Story by Andile Masuku.

It’s worth mentioning that Medef is a cross-industry organization that has more than 750000 member firms – with at least 90percent of them being small and medium enterprises with fewer than 50 employees.

They are well-known for their non-apologetic pro-business lobbying efforts within France, across the EU and around the world. Basically, they mean business.

Hence, Medef’s support for the Afrobytes Tech Conference underlines the symposium’s decidedly “a little less conversation and little more action” tone – a vibe deliberately set by its conveners, Ammin Youssouf and Haweya Mohamed; French citizens who hail from the Comoro Islands and Somalia respectively.

Read more at iOL.