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Fuzu Afterwork connect - week of 3rd June.
Attending professional events is critical to your business and career. You get to network and meet interesting people who can mentor and help you grow, learn new skills or secure exciting new opportunities. But we know how tough it is to find interesting events happening around you and picking which one to attend.
We at Fuzu make it easy with our new Blog Series - Afterwork Connect! Every Monday we highlight 4-5 events that we believe are worth your time. Be sure to check in every Monday and if you know of any exciting professional event coming up that you think should be featured, let us know if the comments below!
Kenya
A Masterclass on Building Partnerships - 5/6/2019
Have you been wondering how you can scale your business? This masterclass will help you figure that out. Make-IT in Africa in partnership with Mettā will be hosting a masterclass on capacity building through partnerships on 5th June from 10.00 AM. This is an ideal event for entrepreneurs, if you are one, be sure to schedule it on your calendar.
Startup Weekend Women Edition - 7/6/2019
Techstars Startup Weekends are 54-hour events which provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. The 2nd Techstars weekend dubbed Women Edition will be held on 7th June at Senteu Plaza, Nairobi. Activities lined up include:- Business pitching, brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Techstars Startup Weekends culminate on Sunday night with demos and presentations.
After Office Hours with Grant Brooke - 6/6/2019
After Office Hours is one of the few events where you get to meet exceptionally great minds of persons who have inspiring success stories. On 6th June, Nairobi Garage will be hosting Grant Brooke, Executive Director at Twiga Foods - the largest supplier of fresh fruit and vegetables in Nairobi. Grant will be sharing the story of his entrepreneurial journey highlighting the challenges the company had to overcome and how they did it.
Uganda
OpenED Fellowship - Agribusiness Training - 7/6/2018
Business Innovations for Good is accepting applications for their 2019 OpenED Fellowship program. If you are in the agribusiness sector and wishes to gain practical effective and lean ways to test your business models and understand customer behavior, don’t pass on this opportunity. It’s about time you take your agribusiness to the next level.
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Impact Investment Summit - 4th-5th June, 2019
The Impact Investment Summit brings together delegates with the sole purpose of creating opportunities to collaborate on growing businesses to create jobs. This year’s Impact Investment Summit will be taking place at the Méstil Hotel & Residences on the 4th & 5th of June. Come out and meet investors and fellow entrepreneurs.
A Gathering of Africa’s Innovative Minds - 5/6/2019
The Cape Innovation and Technology (CiTi) has partnered with the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation to host African Entrepreneurs for the Gathering of Africa’s Innovative Minds’ event. The event which will take place at the Innovation Village Kampala on 5th June will give you an opportunity to network with some of the Africa Prize finalists as well as fellow entrepreneurs from multiple sectors such as health, energy, e-learning, agritech, fintech and more.