Entrepreneurship in Africa: what makes the continent unique

This year the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre of HEC Paris decided to participate to GEW, supported by the International Affair Departments, in the frame of the AfricaDays@HECParis2021.

Entrepreneurship in Africa: what makes the continent unique?
(9 November 2021, 7:00pm-8:00pm Paris time - Facebook Live on November 12th)

A roundtable debate in the context of the Global Entrepreneurship Week. The GEW 2021 themes are education, inclusion, governance and collaborations between eco-systems (networks). We hope to cover many of these in the course of our discussion.

19:00-19:05    Introduction by Daniel Brown, moderator, HEC Paris Chief Editor Editorial Operations

19:05-19:55    PANEL

• Steven Bedi, Founder & CEO at Panelys and founder of Ci20, Startup consortium in Côte d'Ivoire.
• Pacôme Ezan, co-director Financial Control Structured Finance at Crédit Agricole, "Angel investor”, founder of Afrisquare Invest.
• Christian Kamayou, HEC alumnus, founder of financetesétudes.com and MyAfricanStartup
• Graziella Kiragu, student, HEC-X Master in Entrepreneurship.
• Yaya Koné, Co-founder at Coliba, plastic waste recycling, (LeadCampus 2019).
• Prof. Albert Mensah, Accounting and Management Control at HEC Paris, also Codabot ,
• Ginika Okafor-obamuroh, HEC Paris MBA candidate, founder Yili Footwear.

19:55-20:00    Conclusions