Start-up Night! Africa
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START-UP NIGHT! AFRICA - Berlin, 20 March 2018
In partnership with: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany
Connecting Africa's Digital Women Entrepreneurs To The World
The second Lionesses of Africa Start-up Night! Africa event took place in Berlin on 20 March 2018, in partnership with the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany. 2 high growth potential women entrepreneurs from the Lionesses of Africa community pitched their new Apps at this event, to an audience of over 300 attendees.
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VIDEO: Pitch Session featuring two Digital Women Entrepreneurs from the Lionesses of Africa network - Dorcas Muthoni & Jacqueline Rogers.
"A key goal is to bring together African entrepreneurs with German startups and German technology. One of the ways in which we are doing this is by hosting a ‘Start-up Night! Africa’."
- (Left) Brigitte Zypries, former German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
"The potential for greater collaboration and trade between Germany and the African continent has never been more exciting, and particularly for women entrepreneurs. That’s why the 2nd Startup Night Africa event which is taking place on 20 March in Berlin, hosted by the BMWi in partnership with Lionesses of Africa and championed by Minister Brigitte Zypries, comes at exactly the right time."
- (Right) Melanie Hawken, founder & ceo of Lionesses of Africa
2 inspirational Lionesses of Africa selected to showcase their digital solutions at Startup-Night! Africa in Berlin
Dorcas Muthoni, founder of Open World in Kenya, has developed a game-changing new app called Open Business, which is an affordable point of sale app giving micro-entrepreneurs the tools to run and grow their businesses by keeping track of sales and inventory in real time. More about Dorcas | Website | LinkedIn | Facebook | Twitter
Jacqueline Rogers, founder of My Pregnancy Journey, and the creator of a new life-changing app for Africa’s expectant moms. It provides relevant, local content on a wide range of subjects relevant to those women who need a wealth of information on their pregnancy, but often can’t access it when they need it. More about Jacqueline | Twitter
