mAkE at AEDIB|NET Final Summit

  • 09 October, 2023 | 9am CAT

The mAkE project will be at the Final Summit of the African European Digital Innovation Bridge Network (AEDIB|NET), to be held in Kigali, Rwanda on 9 October 2023. Kindly register here. The Summit will take place back-to-back with the?AfriLabs Annual Gathering?on ‘Accelerating Africa’s Digital Economy’, on 11-13 October.

The AEDIB|NET Final Summit will be the culmination of three years of dedicated work and will provide an important platform for stakeholders to reflect, learn, share project experiences and plan future activities of AEDIB 2.0, the next phase of the?AEDIB initiative?launched during the last EU-AU Summit which?is part of the Africa-Europe Global Gateway Investment Package for Digital, Education and Research.

Date: Monday, 9 October, 2023
Time: 09:00 – 18:00 plus evening event

Place: Norrsken House, KN 78 St, Kigali, Rwanda.

The agenda of the Summit will address the following topics, through keynotes, panels and working groups:

  • Address by the European Commission on the AU-EU Innovation Agenda and the way forward under AEDIB 2.0
  • Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs): the opportunities they offer for international collaboration
  • Creation of a pan-African network of DIHs
  • Opportunities for collaboration with the private sector
  • Progressive entrepreneurship policy
  • Innovative investment streams for ecosystems