African Christmas Morning- Entrepreneur stories from Kenya and South Africa!
When: December 16, 9-11 am
Where: Toompuiestee 23, Tallinn
Who: Connect Estonia members and friends, start-ups, investors, entrepreneurial minded people
Connect Estonia is glad to invite Connect Estonia members and friends to a breakfast in Africa on December 16th, taking place in Tallinn! Thursday morning will start off with a trip to entrepreneurship in Kenya and Republic of South Africa. Join us to explore entrepreneurs experience in those countries and spend a pre-Christmas morning in the African vibe.
In programme:
8:30- 9:00 fresh coffee and breakfast
9.00 Greetings from Connect Estonia
9.10- Kenya and the entrepreneurial scene (Kresten Buch)
Danish entrepreneur Kresten Buch will share his experience of doing business Kenya and will also give an overview of start-up event IPO48, which took place in October in Nairobi.
The boot-camp-style initiative received a lot of local and international attention and some very exciting new businesses were born..
9.20 Premiere of a brand new short movie filmed during IPO48 about the event and local start-up scene.
9.50 Entrepreneurial scene and trends in Republic of Souh Africa
Thorgeir Einarsson, CEO and founder of Afriversity will share his experience about South Africa and the local business trends and culture. Afriversity is a not-for -profit trust based in Cape Town – with the objective to release the African entrepreneurship potential through training and mentoring. Thorgeir has worked the last 20 years within the IT, consulting shipping, logistics and education business. As a serial entrepreneur he has started companies in the UK, US, across Europe, Asia and Australia.
10.20-11.00 Networking
+ Amazing photos will be screened from Kenyan safari and people, and a surprise guest!
Morning coffee and light breakfast will be served.
Participation is free, but please register HERE.
NB! Registration closes on December 13th or when tickets are sold out.
See you in Africa on Thursday morning, Dec 16th!
Additional information:
Kristi Daniel
Connect Estonia
tel: +372 6838012
mob:+372 534 88837
skype: kristidaniel
e-mail kristi.daniel(at)connectestonia.net