Ghana Tech Summit Launches Historic Diaspora Edition for 2024
ATTN: Ghana Tech Summit (Diaspora Edition)
MEMO: An initiative hosted by the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) with accelerator ecosystem support by Google Cloud, AWS, IBM Cloud.
Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) is pleased to announce the Ghana Tech Summit titled the “Diaspora Edition". With the theme of galvanizing the Diaspora towards a new future for Ghana- the program will be hosted outside of Ghana for the first time and convene 300 leaders from around the world in New York City during the United Nation's Assembly Week. The iconic program will be hosted outside of Ghana for the first time.
This invite only gathering will feature leaders in multiple industries including investors, government officials, startup leaders, universities, and more.
The History of Ghana Tech Summit:
Ghana Tech Summit has a multi year history of bringing together global leaders and local stakeholders together to advance Ghana as a leading tech hub in Africa.
The summit launched in 2018 with 100 speakers and 1000 attendees featuring pioneers from leading companies such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Twitter, IBM, Microsoft. The theme was centered around “Transforming Ghana into the No.1 Tech hub of Africa and Future Tech Hub of the World”.
The 2019 summit returned with 2000 attendees and the same line up of top tier companies during the Year of Return with the new theme ““Sankofa – “Go back and get it… and rebuild”- “Year of Return”.
The pandemic took hold in 2020 and Ghana Tech Summit continued its work with virtual and hybrid editions. The 2020 edition welcomed over 11,000 global digital delegates during the Beyond the Return with the theme “2020, The Decade for African Renaissance”.
The 2021 edition “Building The Workforce of the Future” was centered on youth unemployment and Africa having the world’s youngest population in the world and how that can transform the workforce of the future.
The 2022 edition aimed to gather thousands for the next era of the internet. The metaverse & edition welcomed 17,000 stakeholders on the future of Africa in a digital first world. This edition revitalized interest in the tech revolution opportunities in Ghana and Africa by sparking the continents first ever metaverse edition and sparking a new wave of interest into Web 3.0.
The 2023 edition focused on a series of tech training programs across Ghana over the span of 12 months.
The 2024 edition focused on a renewal of tech stakeholdership with the convening of a high level roundtable in during December in Ghana activations.
Invitations to stakeholder leaders are underway and members of the public are invited to join us virtually to engage in the discussions. A report summary will be presented at the conclusion of the stakeholder engagement forum.
For ways to partner, engage and participate, email the team at events@globalstartupecosystem.com.
Ghana Tech Summit Team
(E) events@globalstartupecosystem.com
(W) www.ghanatechsummit.com
* Please note - no refunds.
