Original Story Published by: Disrupt Africa
Another inspiring Westerwelle Young Founders Conference has just been held from 10 to 14 April 2018 in Berlin, marking the beginning of a year-long programme for young entrepreneurs from emerging and developing countries. Among the 23 participants from 19 countries were 8 African entrepreneurs. They were selected from over 1500 applicants worldwide.
These talented young entrepreneurs show how diverse the African start-up scene is und how much potential exists. Among them is Nayrouz Talaat, the founder of Direxiona (http://direxiona.com), which is a driving school for women with only female driving instructors from Egypt, Brenda Katwesigye, the founder of Wazi Vision (http://wazivision.com), a startup providing people with affordable eye care using recycled plastic from Uganda and Olumide Ogunlana, the founder of Prepclass (https://prepclass.com.ng), an education consulting company from Nigeria that offers software and tutoring to prepare for tests.
Workshops held by local experts on topics such as pitching, growth and sales topped off the conferences’ programme.
As part of this year’s Westerwelle Young Founders Conference they met with Erick Yong, CEO of GreenTech Capital Partners, Mark Penkala, Investment Director Latin America of Mountain Partners and Robert Lacher, Founding Partner of La Famiglia VC, for an investor’s workshop to discuss fundraising opportunities and talk about how to attract investors.
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