Ampion Venture Bus West Africa Winner to Pitch at DEMO Africa 2015

The winner of Ampion West African Venture bus challenge would pitch at the DEMO Africa 2015 edition, having previously partnered with DEMO Africa in 2014.

The Ampion bus will move across West Africa from September 17 and tour Cote D’ Ivore, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The bus will arrive Lagos on September 23 in time for the DEMO Africa event.

A statement from DEMO Africa 2015, informed that during the seven-day journey, participants would enjoy the opportunity to form teams, create their products/services, test them and receive feedback from local stakeholders.

The Berlin and Nairobi based AMPION operates the AMPION Venture Bus programme across Africa, enabling start-up entrepreneurs  a chance to interact with their peers and receive feedback from a wide array of industry players in the countries they toured.

Select teams would embark on the AMPION fellowship programme, a 6-to-9-month incubation programme that prepares them for their first round of investment.

Ifeanyi Oteh, co-founder and managing director of AMPION, called upon entrepreneurs “to take advantage of the emerging platforms to enable the creation of stronger products for local and global markets. It is on platforms such as DEMO Africa and AMPION that entrepreneurs’ best receive guidance from players and peers in regards to development of solutions that best meet the existing needs.”

Harry Hare, executive producer, DEMO Africa, commended the AMPION team. “It’s exciting to have the AMPION and all venture bus participants taking part in the upcoming DEMO Africa. We believe that it is such joint efforts that will strengthen the call for more stakeholders support,” he added.

DEMO Africa event holds on September 24-25 at the Eko Hotel and Suites Lagos, Nigeria. 30 start-ups are scheduled to launch their products on the platform to an eco-system of VCs, investors, tech acquisition specialists, IT buyers and media from across the region and around the globe.

DEMO Africa 2015 edition introduces knowledge streams to delve into critical topics including Business Modelling, Scaling Businesses, Creating an unfair advantage, and Raising Capital.

Top industry players including JornLyseggen-MEST Founder, Harry Tomi Davies-ABAN President, FolabiEsan-Partner, Adlevo Capital, Jason Njoku-IROKO TV CEO among others will lead the discussion.

Other notable activities at the 2015 DEMO Africa event include an investor roundtable forum and the LIONS@FRICA Summit.