Investors To Travel To Africa Under Tour of Tech 2015

USPA NEWS - Ingressive to lead an angels trip to She Leads Africa, the continent's most prestigious showcase for the top women-led startups, and DEMO Africa, a two-day expo for the fastest growing high tech, AI, robotics, and software startups.

In two days time. Investors from around the world will travel to Lagos for a trip packed with local tours, private startup dinners, meetings and mentorings with some of the most influential minds of Africa. The tour is set to take off from September 22-27 2015.

Six of the ten fastest growing economies as well as the fastest growing consumer class are in Africa. No other region currently has the dynamic combination of rapidly growing markets, maturing financial infrastructure, growing political stability, and dramatically increasing investment activity by private investors and major multinationals.

Tour of Tech is empowers African entrepreneurs by connecting them with the capital and resources, while also providing credible, scalable, and auspicious business opportunities to impact investors from around the world. They find the top performing Sub-Saharan startups and connect them with global investors who understand the infinite opportunities of Africa. The Media coverage for Tour of Tech 2015 includes Forbes, The Guardian, Black Enterprise, BusinessDay, Lions Africa, Atlanta Blackstar, Techabal, and Bella Naija. Some confirmed travelers includes;

Jeff Hoffman, Advisor Unreasonable Institute, Co-Founder of Priceline (Highest initial public offering of decade), Founder of ColorJar
Jason Seats, Managing Director of Techstars
Jorn Lyseggen, Founder of MEST & Meltwater
Neal Hansch, Managing Director MEST Incubator
Andrea Barrica, Venture Partner of 500 Startups
Joseph Glickman, Trustee of Glickman Trust
Suzanne Andrews, Global Angel Investor and Founder of WingPact
Debbie Parker-Johnson, Ed-Tech Investor and former Executive Director of Harvard University
Paul Parker-Johnson, Cloud-Computing & Data Centers Head of ACG Research

Past attendees have included Dangote, Bola Adesola (CEO Standard Chartered), Jason Njoku (Founder iROKO TV), and Hakeen Belo-Osagie (Chairman Etisalat Nigeria). Africa is huge. You can prototype in a huge market. Lagos, Nigeria alone has a population of 21 million people. That's the population of New York, LA, and Houston... Combined. Launching in one city, solving one localized problem, gives you access to sell to and socially impact 21 million people. To learn more. Visit: www.ingressive.co