Nigeria hosts DEMO Africa 2014

Nigeria tops the list with a total of 14 start-ups followed by Kenya, Ghana and Egypt. Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa and Ethiopia will each have two representatives while Tunisia, Benin, Cameroon, Uganda and Zimbabwe have earned their space at the DEMO Africa platform.During the DEMO Africa event in Nigeria, the 40 startups will take the […]

Nigeria tops the list with a total of 14 start-ups followed by Kenya, Ghana and Egypt. Rwanda, Tanzania, South Africa and Ethiopia will each have two representatives while Tunisia, Benin, Cameroon, Uganda and Zimbabwe have earned their space at the DEMO Africa platform.
During the DEMO Africa event in Nigeria, the 40 startups will take the centre stage to launch products for addressing sectors namely communication, education, finance and banking, health, media and retail.
The event which is being hosted in Nigeria for the first time since its debut in Kenya two years, ago is in recognition of the increasing ICT innovation and entrepreneurship springing up across the country. According to the Minister of Communication Technology,  Dr.  Omobola Johnson, “it is our vision to make Nigeria the ICT Hub for Africa by harnessing and consolidating the growth of the ICT sector, as well as increase the integration of ICTs across all sectors in a manner that supports the diversification of the economy while achieving job and wealth creation.”