[kictanet] Call for Applications: DEMO Africa 2012

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Apologies for cross-posting

*Apply to Launch at DEMO Africa*



Six of the world’s ten fastest-growing economies over the past decade are
in sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, Internet usage across Africa has grown
faster than on any other continent in the world.* *The awakening of the
African economy provides an opportunity for global and African
entrepreneurs and enterprises to forge partnerships for mutual economic
prosperity.



DEMO Africa, which takes place October 24-26 in Nairobi, Kenya is an
initiative of DEMO and the LIONS at FRICA initiative, seeks to capitalize on
this growth and create new opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa by providing
a platform designed to inspire and challenge African innovators and
entrepreneurs. This partnership will provide African companies seeking to
launch their product with capacity building and training in business
development, provide connectivity to global innovation grids, promote
access to capital, create opportunities for partnership, and showcase best
practices and successes in African-led innovation solutions.



DEMO is the launch pad for emerging technology and trends. Each year over
2500 people from around the globe attend DEMO to experience innovation at
its birth. At each event, a hand-selected class of new products are
introduced to the world for the very first time to global press and
prolific bloggers; investors; corporate acquires; strategic partners and
buyers. Throughout its 21 years of existence, DEMO has earned a reputation
for consistently identifying new innovations that are most likely to
disrupt the markets they serve and change the way we use technology overall.



Take your chance to be on the DEMO Africa stage and launch your product in
front of entrepreneurs, investors, global media and buyers. This is where
most of the global technology companies first launch. More than 50
demonstrating companies were acquired in the last four years alone by tech
giants including Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Motorola, Symantec, HP, SAP and
Yahoo! They have all gone to the well more than once, acquiring multiple
DEMO companies. If acquisition is a measure of success, the DEMO list is
long and impressive.



The DEMO experience has helped introduce new products and services that
have become well-known brands in both the business and consumer markets,
including Adobe Acrobat, WebEx, Salesforce.com and Tivo to mention just a
few.



Application to launch at DEMO Africa is free. Applications will be vetted
by an experienced team of DEMO Africa judges, who will be looking for the
“next big thing” coming from Africa. The judges will be looking at
solutions that solve real problems, are innovative and have a chance to
change the world. Companies launching products at any DEMO event are
provided with presentation coaching, a dedicated DEMO public relations
team, a turnkey exhibitor station with signage and online hosting of their
six minute launch video and profile on demo-africa.com and cio.co.ke.



Scholarships are available for bootstrapped, angel-funded and student run
companies.



Application deadline is August 17th 2012



To apply, follow this link:



http://demo-africa.com/launch/apply-to-launch
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