27th of May: Technology in Africa – breakfast meeting
NABA in partnership with Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway – welcome you to the “Technology in Africa” breakfast meeting.
The rise of new technology and access to telecoms and Internet, has dramatically accelerate development by enabling trade and entrepreneurship amongst its populations. This breakfast meeting will explore three different companies and their views on technology development in Africa.
Date: 27th of May, 09:00 – 10:30 at Virke, the Enterprise Federation of Norway
Program
08.30 – 09.00
Registration & breakfast
09.00 – 09.05
Welcome
Eivind Fjeldstad, Managing Director, Norwegian-African Business Association (NABA)
09.05 – 09.20
Africa ICT: Opportunities in Infrastructure and Service Design
Fatima Sani, Business Development Manager, Google
09.20 – 09.35
Opera creating software for African consumers
Zara Lauder, Senior Communications Manager, Opera Software
09.35 – 09.50
Developing software in Uganda & selling to the Norwegian market
Marius Koestler, COO, Laboremus
09.50 – 10.05
Doing Business in Africa: Perception vs. Reality
Kjetil Tronvoll, Senior Partner, ILPI
10.05 – 10.30
Q&A Session
Moderator: Alisdair Munro, Director Knowledge & Technology, Virke
For more information or to sign up please contact Eivind at NABA: ef@norwegianafrican.no
Price for attendance: free for NABA and Virke members and kr 495,- (excl. VAT) for non-members.
Video about Laboremus success story in Uganda.