Techpoint Build 2020 is here! Be part of the largest startup and technology gathering in West Africa

In the last five years, Techpoint has chronicled startups in Nigeria and Africa.

Also within this period, the African continent has welcomed big names from Silicon Valley with Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and CEO, the most recent to pay the continent a visit.

Dorsey visited in 2019 with a promise to spend six months on the continent in 2020. Beyond this, American giants are banking on the African market by investing hundreds of millions of dollars on a yearly basis.

Visa invested $200 million for a 20% stake in Interswitch last year, after participating in Paystack’s $8 million series A round in 2018, while Mastercard participated in Flutterwave’s $10 million series A in 2018.

These companies do not want to miss out on the future of Africa.

According to the United Nations’ predictions, Africa will add 1.3 billion people between 2015 and 2050. Part of this figure belongs in the Next Billion Users (NBU) bracket which presents a great opportunity for startups in the continent.

This is why we bring you Techpoint Build 2020 (West African edition). Building on our past successful events, this year’s edition is packed with more activities, one of which is an awards ceremony.

Highlights

Unlike 2018 and 2019, both our Startup (Techpoint Build) and Technology (Techpoint Inspired) conferences will be happening simultaneously at Techpoint Build 2020, with all participants having access to both stages.

Techpoint Build 2020 is now a three-day event. Register here.

Conferences

As earlier stated, we will be having two conferences — Startup and Technology — on the same day and at the same venue.

Startup Conference

Besides the Pitch Storm startup competition happening on this stage, it would also feature business leaders sharing their experiences while also discussing the path for African startups, focusing on business models and financing, among others.

This is the main activity on the startup stage and it will showcase some of the best West African startups solving Africa’s problems.

These startups will participate in a pitch competition with 12 finalists battling for $10,000 in zero-equity prize money. Asides pitching on the main stage, the finalists also get to pitch to local and foreign investors.