Lagos to host Angel Investor Summit

TODAY, the Lagos Angels Network (LAN) in partnership with the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), DEMO Africa and Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa), will host “The African Opportunity: Angel Investing in Africa” Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2015.

   The summit will bring together early stage investors and leading opinion leaders from across the continent, Europe and the US and will precede DEMO Africa 2015, the launch platform for new technology, September 24 – 25. All events are scheduled to take place at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria

  The Angel Investor Summit will bring together investors from the Lagos Angels Network, Cairo Angels, Ivoire Business Angels, Viktoria Angels, Ghana Angel Investors Network, Africa Angels Network, Cameroon Angels, Silicon Cape, the VC4Africa Investor Network and others to exchange best practices, share lessons learned and set the road map for the future.

   Experts from InfoDev, the WorldBank, African Development Bank are expected to join and Ingressive is leading a delegation of US investors to the Summit which will also be joined by a delegation from EBAN, the European Trade Association for Business Angels, Seed Funds and Early Stage Market Players.

   Chairman of the Lagos Angel Network (LAN) and chief host of the summit, Dotun Sulaiman, said: “ we are excited to partner with ABAN, DEMO Africa and VC4Africa to host the Angel Investor Summit leading to this years DEMO Africa and providing a forum that brings together delegates from all across the world to exchange best practices, share lessons learned and set the road map for the future of Angel investing in Africa.”