SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN INNOVATORS

Are you an Innovator, Problem solver, Startup founder and professional ? Join us for an evening of problem solving, as we discuss the question.

''How can we support young innovators in founding and accelerating digital organizations and companies for working and living?''.

We believe that technology, digital transformation, and Africa's budding and thriving entrepreneurs have the ability and potential to modernize
Africa's economies and provide solutions to her problems by creating new avenues of employment, and providing solutions to developmental challenges.

Are you interested in an all expense paid trip to the EU-Africa Summit. Then join us:

DATE AND TIME

Fri, October 27, 2017

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM WAT

LOCATION

Impact Hub Lagos

14 Gerrard Road,

Lagos.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/youth-lab-tickets-39145868346

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