4th India - Africa Entrepreneurship & Investment Summit

EVENT INFORMATION

Location Mauritius Intercontinental Resorts

info@india-africa.org

19^th - 20^nd July 2024

India Africa trade and commerce goes back to a thousand years when Indian merchants using strong and predictable monsoon winds, regularly sailed to the east coast of Africa in search of mangrove poles, elephant tusks, and gold and precious stones to sell them in the bazaars of Calicut and Surat.

During colonial times, indentured labour was brought in from India to work on the railways as well as on sugar and other plantations in Kenya, Mauritius, Madagascar and Southern Africa.

In time, Indian diaspora, with deep family roots, became a key driver of export of African commodities such as tea, coffee and cotton and the import of manufactured goods and grains such as rice, pulses and textiles.

Why India Africa Entrepreneurship Forum?

There is a growing realization that despite deep historical, commercial, and cultural ties, the entrepreneurial ecosystems between India and Africa remain to be connected in a meaningful way. Doing so presents a tremendous opportunity to harness the creative capacity of entrepreneurs in both regions to work together to solve common and pressing problems and accelerate trade and investment in the process. This is the mission of the India-Africa Entrepreneurship Forum (IAEF). Africa’s fifty-four states produced a combined GDP in excess of US$3.2 trillion - almost the same as India. The economic growth of the continent that is estimated to be 3.2 percent in 2023 also houses six of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

With 57,000 startups valued at $450B, India is the Third largest entrepreneurial ecosystem in the world. Over 650 African startups on the other hand, received total funding of $5.2B in 2022 (a 1700 precent increase since 2015) raising the combined valuation of about 900 startups to roughly $50B.

This gap presents an unprecedented opportunity for Indian and African entrepreneurs to partner with each other in their co-creating, co-founding activities, providing bilateral knowledge, funding and market opportunity to its early stage enterprises, thereby strengthening existing efforts in increasing trade and development between the two economies.

Collaboration between startups and large but entrepreneurial businesses, on the other hand can increase the reach and impact of innovation, according to Accenture Africa research, which increasingly correlates with higher economic performance at enterprise and economy-wide levels. By leveraging the power of ecosystems and open innovation, African economies can accelerate progress, unlocking Africa’s abundance for all.

It is in this context, India Africa Entrepreneurship Forum (IAEF), has evolved to become the go-to platform that connects entrepreneurs and investors actively involved in the India Africa corridor. These dynamic ecosystems and subsystems have much in common, and much to gain from interacting.

Time	Sessions
Day 1 : Pre Event Program : Thursday 20th July 2023
Morning Session
9am to 11am	RoundTable on Internationalising the Mauritian StartUp Ecosystem - Challenges/Opportunites & Way Forward
	Hosted by Mauritius Research and Innovation Council
	Tomi Davies - President ABAN, Michel Cordani, Co Founder Mo Angels, Anirudh Damani - Artha Ventures, Mahavir Sharma TiE India Angels
	Sudatta Mandal - SIDBI, Satya Narayan R - Indian Angels Network, Prof Sikochi Harvard Business School, Dr Praveen Mohadeb - JSS Academy
11am to 12pm	Future of Electronic Payments & Digital Currency
	Presentation by National Payments Corporation of India
	Akshay Grover - CEO Cellulant, Rahul Jain - Co Founder Peach Payments , Hitesh Makhija - Founder Regulus, TBD
	Address by Mrs T. Gobin Jhurry - Director Payments Bank of Mauritius
Afternoon Session
1:00pm to 1:10pm	Opening Address by Mr Sudatta Mandal - Dy Managing Director SIDBI
1:10pm to 1:30pm	Keynote Address by Hon. Deepak Balgobin, Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, Acting Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance.
1:30pm to 2:15pm	Panel Discussion 1: Facilitating Global Capital into Africa & India - The Role of Mauritius International Financial Centre
	Priscilla Balgobin - Dentons Mauritius , SBM Mauritius, Mahen Govinda CEO MiTCO, Dovina Pillay-Naiken Ministry of Financal Services & Good Governance
2:15pm to 3:00pm	Panel Discussion 2: India & Africa - Bilateral Trade, Investment, Entrepreneurship
	Mahavir Sharma TiE Angels India, Vu Qabaka - Founder HYBR Group , Sushil Jiwarajka Chairman OMC Power
3:00pm to 4:00pm	Panel Discussion 3: Making the India Africa Bridge Work - The Adventurer and the Entrepreneur
	Ramesh Awtaney Founder ISON Group , Sunil Kumar CEO DataFlow Group, Anirudh Damani - Artha Ventures
4:00pm to 5:00pm	Tea Break & Networking Time
Evening Session
5:00pm to 5 :15pm	Special Address by Mr Tomi Davies - President ABAN & Mr Ranjan Navani - Founder & CEO JetSynthesys
5:15pm to 6:00pm	Panel Discussion 4 : Demystifying Angel Investment
	Yogesh Bhura - Angel Investor, Rishabh Golcha Venture Catalyst, Zach George - Managing Partner Launch Africa VC, SP Singh - SIDBI VC
6:00pm to 6:45pm	Pitch Session - Organised in Collaboration with Mauritius Research and Innovation Council
6:45pm to 8:00pm	Cocktails


Day 2 : Event Program : Friday 21st July 2023
08:30am to 09:30am	BreakFast with Rajan Navani - Chairman JetLine Group & Founder Board Member Indiaspora
Official Inauguration
09:30am to 10:00am	Registration of Delegates
10:00am to 10:10am	Welcome of Delegates by Mr Yaduvendra Mathur, Chairman, India - Africa Summit
	Address by Mr Tomi Davies - President ABAN
10:10am to 10:20pm	Remarks by Mr Ken Poonoosamy, CEO Economic Development Board
10:20am to 10:30am	Address by Her Excellency Mrs K Nandini Singla, High Commissioner of India to Mauritius
10:30am to 10:45am	Official Inaugural Address by His Excellency, President of the Republic of Mauritius, Mr Prithvirajsing ROOPUN G.C.S.K.
10:45 am to 11:00 am	Tea Break and Networking
Plenaries
11:00am to 11:45am	Panel Discussion 1: Funding of StartUp Activities in India and Africa: Landscape, Opportunities & Trends
	Mr SP Singh, CGM SIDBI - VC, Zach George - Launch Africa, Rishabh Golcha - Venture Catalysts, Padmaja Ruparel - Founder Indian Angels Network
11:45am to 12:30pm	Panel Discussion 2: Sectoral Oppprtunities - Energy/EdTech/Health/FinTech
	Prof Binagwaho (Health), Sushil Jiwarajka (Energy), Dr. Vijayakumar VIT University (Education), Andrew Bamugye, Senior Investment Manager SME from the Trade & Development Fund
1:00pm to 2:00pm	Networking Lunch
2:00pm to 3:00pm	Panel Discussion 3: Trade Agreements, Market Access, Opportunites and Incentives
	Rajiv Chawla Chairman IAMSME, Busisa Moyo Chairman Zimbabwe Development Authority, Nalin Kohli - Ariana Group, Faraz Rojid - Director EDB
	Andrew Bamugye, Senior Investment Manager SME from the Trade & Development Fund
3:00pm - 5:00pm	Open House - Hosted by Kick Advisory
	B2B Meetings/Exit Fest and M&A Conversation
5:00pm to 5:30pm	Break
5:30pm to 6:30pm	Address by Dr Rajiv Kumar, Economist Former Vice Chairman NITI. AAYOG
	Q&A Session by Mr Rahul Sharma - CEO Apco Worldwide India
6:30pm - 7:00pm	Artist as an Entrepreneur - Closing Address by Derrick Ashong, Singer, MediaTech Entrepreneur
7:00pm - 9:30pm	Cocktails & Dinner

DR RAJIV KUMAR

Former Vice Chairman, NITI AAYOG, Govt. Public Policy ThinkTank

RAJAN NAVANI

Chairman, Jet Line Group, NASA Engineer, CII Chairman India@75

TOMI DAVIES

Renowned Speaker, Angel Investor, Author President Africa Business Angels Network

BUSISA MOYO

CEO, United Refineries Ltd Chairman of Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency Business leader, industrialist and entrepreneur

PROF.ANYWHERE SIKOCHI

Fellow BEROL Corporation, Harvard Business School Author – Mobilizing Capital in Africa

DERRICK ASHONG

Mathematician, Musician, Grammy Award Winning Artist Entrepreneur AMP Global/ TBTM Studios

YADUVENDRA MATHUR

Former Chairman & Managing Director India EXIM Bank, AfDB Ex - Secretary Govt of India, NITI AAYOG

ZACHARIA GEORGE

Wall Street Banker, General Partner Launch Africa Ventures

EXCELLENCY MRS NANDINI SINGLA

Diplomat, High Commissioner of India to Mauritius

HON MAHEN SEERUTTUN

Minister of Financial Services and Good Governance

MARGARET O CONNOR

Adventure Capitalist, Princeton University Ex Mastercard Foundation

RAMESH AWTANEY

Founder ISON Group Ex IBM & Ericsson

PADMAJA RUPAREL

Founder Indian Angel Network & General Partner – IAN Fund

ANIRUDH DAMANI

Founder Arth Ventures (Investor in Four Unicorns) Damani Family Office

AKSHAY GROVER

CEO Cellulant East African FinTech

RAHUL JAIN

Co-Founder, Peach Payments South Africa

ISAAC KWAKU FOKUO

Founder, Emerging Markets Group, Former CEO, Africa Leadership Network, Aspen

VUYISA QABAKA

Chairman, HYBR Group, Connector, Author & Speaker

RAHUL SHARMA

CEO, APCO Worldwide India Prominent media, policy, corporate communications and public affairs expert

MAHAVIR SHARMA

Serial entrepreneur, Former Chairman of Board TiEGlobal, Founder TiE India Angels (TIA)

PROF. AGNES BINAGWAHO

Former Vice Chancellor, University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) Ex Minister of Health, Government of Rwanda

MAHENGOVINDA

CEO, MITCO

LUBINDA LINYAMA

Partner, Dentons Lusaka

KEN POONOOSAMY

CEO, Economic Development Board, Mauritius


Day 3 : Saturday 22nd July 2023
9am to 12 Noon	Networking on Catamaran***
9am to 12 Noon	Networking by the Beach***



	*Proposed
	** To be Confirmed/Awaiting Confirmation
	***Weather Permitting

4^th India - Africa Entrepreneurship & Investment Summit

19^th
July 2024