Over the past decade Africa has experienced significant economic growth in most cases above the global average. However, these same economies are now going through a period of uncertainty. This summit will explore how African economies can innovate and navigate effectively through these uncertain times. The Innovating Economies Summit will bring together institutions, investors and innovators from diverse industries together with policy makers from across the continent to discuss the changes and benefits brought on by high-tech inventions and technology as well as policy interventions and business processes that add value and solve real challenges.

Key topics to be debated :

• Manpower development and national skills levels
• The role of Africa's overseas dispora
• Innovation in the power sector
• Strengthening the continent's innovation ecosystems
• Access to capital, funding resources and new models and forms of  financing
• The impact innovations will have on the community, country and continent
• Overcoming the challenge of inadequate infrastructure
• How to graduate from an idea to a scalable product
• Urbanisation as a catalyst for innovation
• Developing enabling regulatory environments
• Innovation frontiers and success stories from the front line

Download the brochure at www.innovating-economies.economist.com​

Register your interest to attend the forum and we will be in touch soon.