GEC+ Africa 2023 Media Briefing

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, GEN Africa will announce the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Congress Africa (GEC+Africa) at a press briefing in Cape Town.

GEC+ Africa will take place on the 13th and 14th of September 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).

With over 1500 delegates expected, GEC+Africa is a gathering of entrepreneurs and leaders from more than 50 African nations committed to advancing entrepreneurial activity throughout their own countries. The Congress will include other international thought leaders and practitioners globally who have become a part of the Global Entrepreneurship Network’s (GEN) global movement that advances entrepreneurship as a means of building economies and expanding human welfare.

The key objectives for GEC+Africa 2023 are the following:

• Support the development of innovative startups in Africa and ensure their scale.
• Create an enabling environment for African startups to create jobs.
• Create market linkages between Corporate and African startups.
• Support the development of credible global investor pipeline that will invest in African startups
• Establish a strong GEN in each African country thereby building and strengthening GEN Africa

For more information, visit: https://www.22onsloane.co/global-entrepreneurship-week/#gec.