The Diamond techfest event, aggregated a lot of industry leaders in one hall and sparked a lot of conversations around the Nigeria ecosystem. The event which held on 15th and 16th of May at the Landmark event center, Oniru, Lagos was about one of the important discussions the ecosystem needed to have.
The Panels
A number of very informative panels held and ranged from topics like Big data, tech girls rising, distribution of digital content and more.
Topic : Big Data For Small Businesses.
Second panel discussion of the day currently ongoing at the #TechFest
Venue : Landmark Event Centre, Oniru, VI, Lagos.#TechFest #SparkYourCuriosity pic.twitter.com/gCNBqNxIHg— TechFestng (@techfestng) May 15, 2018
Linda Quaynor, Partner/West Africa Strategy & Operations Leader, Deloitte & Touche introducing other panelist for the first panel discussion of the day!
The Tech Girl Rising : Women Shaking Up the Tech World#TechFest2018 #SparkYourCuriosity pic.twitter.com/bezsAKOmHT
— TechFestng (@techfestng) May 15, 2018
Mr Collins Director for Lagos Angel Investors Network defines Angel Investors as those who invest in businesses at a very early stage.@techfestng @DiamondBankNG#sparkyourcuriosity #TechFest2018 pic.twitter.com/PhaEribff1
— TechCity (@techcityng) May 15, 2018
Did you know you can do a lot with QR codes?
Kemi Okunsanya, VP Visa West Africa, educating us on the possibilities of QR codes. #SparkYourCuriosity #TechFest2018 pic.twitter.com/VUxI8OXUI1— TechFestng (@techfestng) May 16, 2018
"I know technology is going to be disruptive in the nearest future, so I teach my children to be techsavvy so they can evolve whatsoever I've built" (paraphrase) – Jason Njoku, Founder: iRoko.#sparkyourcuriosity #TechFest2018 #techfest@techfestng @DiamondBankNG pic.twitter.com/H104F8NycR
— TechCity (@techcityng) May 16, 2018
Battle of the hubs
A special event called “Battle of The Hubs” held where 5 incubation hubs put two of their best startups against each other. Ventures platform, CoLab are part of these hubs that’ll take part.
#TechFest2018 officially comes to a close with @beat_drone and @p_incubator emerging as joint winners of Battle Of the Hub ?
What a great week for technology; expanding it's frontiers and possibilities.
Photos by @Techpointdotng#techfest #SparkYourCuriosity #SwitchOnCuriosity pic.twitter.com/tXfxPDwvfa
— Interswitch Group (@InterswitchGRP) May 16, 2018
The winners
Beat Drone emerged winner at the event, winning N10 million in cash and technical support.
#TechFest2018 officially comes to a close with @beat_drone and @p_incubator emerging as joint winners of Battle Of the Hub ?
What a great week for technology; expanding it's frontiers and possibilities.
Photos by @Techpointdotng#techfest #SparkYourCuriosity #SwitchOnCuriosity pic.twitter.com/tXfxPDwvfa
— Interswitch Group (@InterswitchGRP) May 16, 2018
And young leaders were around…
The Children were so excited about the #Techfest2018 experience.We had students from Primary, Secondary, Tetiary institutions and even NYSC corpers
No matter your age, we are going to #SparkYourCuriosity and our doors still opens tomorrow 16th May. Same venue and time. #TechFest pic.twitter.com/iaUb5GMUe7— TechFestng (@techfestng) May 15, 2018
