PitchDrive - Presenting the 14 top Start-ups from Africa

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<DIV>You are cordially invited to an Open PitchDrive session.</DIV>
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<DIV>PitchDrive by CcHUB, powered by Google for Entrepreneurs, will engage 14 of Africa’s top tech start-ups on a tour of tech hubs in Europe (London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Zurich and Paris) to pitch to investors, explore international opportunities and learn about frontier technology markets.</DIV>
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<DIV>Last year, it was estimated that African start-ups raised a record-breaking total of $366.8 million in investment, with the top 10 destinations being Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Morocco, Tunisia and Uganda. Africa is at the start of a technological renaissance and we present to you a unique opportunity to interact and network with 14 leading startups from the continent.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Open Pitch session will give the entrepreneurs the unique opportunity to interact, network and pitch to a room full of high networked individuals and Africans in Diaspora. We hope you will take out time to join this rare opportunity to get a glimpse of the best of Africa’s tech startups.</DIV>
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<DIV>After a introduction and a short pitch by each start-up there will be opportunity to network and meet the community.</DIV>
<DIV>The PitchDrive Berlin event is hosted by the Global Innovation Gathering and kindly supported by<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN>GIZ </SPAN> <SPAN>Tech Entrepreneurship Initiative ‘</SPAN><SPAN>Make</SPAN><SPAN>-</SPAN><SPAN>IT</SPAN><SPAN> in Africa’</SPAN><SPAN>, Impact Hub Berlin and E</SPAN><SPAN>n</SPAN><SPAN>pact.<BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>Location: Friedrichstraße 246, 10969 Berlin</DIV>
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<DIV>Time: 4pm – 7pm</DIV>
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<DIV>We look forward to seeing you soon in Berlin!<BR><BR><SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN><BR>The 14 start-ups are:<BR><A HREF="http://www.gebeya.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gebeya</A><BR><A HREF="http://www.fireflymedia.tv" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Firefly</A><BR></SPAN>
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