Adia Sowho, Etisalat Nigeria’s Director of Digital Business, is among eminent personalities that would be speaking at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016. The summit is billed to hold from June 23 through 24 at Silicon Valley, California, United States of America.
Sowho will be speaking on the topic, ‘Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: Infrastructure and the Enabling Environment’ during a session that will be moderated by the CEO, African Technology Foundation, Stephen Ozoigbo.
A carefully chosen group of erudite discussants including Alexandra (Lexi) Novitske, Principal Investment Officer, Singularity Investments, Breanna Zwart, Executive, Access Strategy Team, Google, Ime Archibong, Director, Global Product Partnerships, Facebook and Kevin Connolly, Affordable Access Initiative, Business Development, Microsoft will join Adia Sowho to analyze the technology entrepreneurship ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa and highlight the infrastructure needs, gaps, and opportunities.
Expectations are high that this intellectual group of discussants would present current market solutions that have created an enabling environment for Africa’s digital entrepreneurs to discuss the next wave of market opportunities across leading industries.
Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 will be the 7th session in a series previously hosted by the United States and the governments of Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Morocco, and Kenya.
This year’s summit aims to showcase inspiring entrepreneurs and investors, including Etisalat Nigeria, from around the world who are creating new opportunities for investment, partnership, and collaboration, and connecting American entrepreneurs and investors with international counterparts to form lasting relationships. It will also highlight entrepreneurship as means to address some of the most intractable global challenges.
*Photo shows Adia Sowho.
