GEW2022 GUINEA-BISSAU

GEW Guinea-Bissau includes two weeks of activities, beginning November 18th. The first week of events will include an entrepreneurship roadshow. Stops will cover each of the regions in bissau: Canchungo (North), Bissorã (Center), Bafata (East), Bubaque (South/islands), Buba (South) and Bissau (Univ. Amilcar Cabral). Activities at each location will include a one day bootcamp and ecosystem survey. 

The second week of activities begins with two online convenings of entrepreneurship ecosystem stakeholders. The first will cover topics pertaining to regional successes and challenges, with representation from Senegal, Guinea-Conakry, Mauritania, Côte d'Ivoire and Gambia. The second event will bring together representatives from Lusophone countries, including Angola, Moçambique, Cabo Verde and São Tomé & Príncipe, Portugal, Brazil to share and discuss how their respective ecosystems are designing and implementing approaches to build back stronger post-Covid. 

The GEW activities will end with a formal presentation to national, regional and international stakeholders on the launch of Orik Capital. During this gathering we will discuss how this approach, chosen by the Government of Guinea-Bissau, can leverage entrepreneurship and digital transformation to help with the economic recovery of the country post-COVID-19 and beyond.

We will close the GEW2022 in symbiosis with a Startups Showcase (Pitch), Entrepreneurship TedTalk and Networking Cocktail.