The 2-day event will take place in Lagos, Nigeria on the 11th and 12th of October.

At the conference, Dr. Bosun Tijani is expected to share his visionary agenda for Nigeria’s digital Economy over the next four years. The newly-appointed minister will outline his plans, initiatives, and policies aimed at fostering innovation, accelerating digital transformation, and growing Nigeria’s tech industry.

TechCabal has established itself as the premier platform to showcase the triumphs, grit, and innovations in Africa’s tech ecosystem.

Through events like the Future of Commerce, TechCabal Live, and Building from Ground Up, and now Moonshot by TechCabal, the platform has positioned itself as the biggest convener of ecosystem players where pressing challenges facing Africa’s digital economy and insightful conversations happen.

At Moonshot this October, more than 2000 delegates from across Africa and beyond are expected to converge, including highly sought after global and African VC investors, government officials, startup founders, C-suite keynote speakers and entrepreneurs.

In addition to leading the keynotes at this year’s Moonshot by TechCabal, the Nigerian Minister will also be sharing his insights in a panel session titled, “Building the Rails for the Growth of the Digital Economy in the Next Decade.”

Other panellists speaking at this pivotal session include, Juliet Ehimuan, Founder at Beyond Limits and ex-director at Google West Africa, and Oswald Osaretin Guobadia – Technology & Business Transformation Leader. This session will be moderated by Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media, as Minister Tijani joins other technocrats to discuss the elements required to build the future of Africa’s digital economy over the next 10 years.

Speaking ahead of his participation at the Moonshot conference, Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy of Nigeria said,

“I am excited to be speaking at the upcoming Moonshot by TechCabal conference. This event could not have come at a better time as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration set out an ambitious strategy to build a more inclusive and prosperous Nigeria. We aim to do this by ensuring our economy takes full advantage of the opportunities that our growing technology ecosystem provides. 

Events like Moonshot bring together the most influential investors, founders and business leaders from across Africa – to collaborate and build innovative and sustainable tech-led solutions to solve our most pressing national issues. I look forward to sharing our vision to propel Nigeria’s communications and digital economy sector forward and ultimately grow Nigeria’s tech and innovation space over the next four years.” 

Commenting further, Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media, publishers of TechCabal added, “Our overall goal is to create a tech conference that will foster meaningful discussions around how tech companies can innovate and collaborate to provide provide scalable solutions to our continent’s most urgent issues. Along with the impressive line-up of speakers we have already confirmed, it is an honour to have Nigeria’s Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, deliver the keynote address at our inaugural conference. Minister Tijani’s acceptance to speak is a national endorsement and further strengthens our ambitious resolve to host the largest gathering of the continent’s most-audacious problem-solvers in the technology sector, in Nigeria.”

Dr. Bosun Tijani, an icon in the Nigerian tech ecosystem, brings a wealth of experience and an unwavering commitment to driving digital transformation across the nation. As the founder of CcHub, one of Africa’s foremost tech hubs with presence in Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, he has been a driving force behind numerous successful tech startups and initiatives.

Other speakers confirmed for the conference include Gbenga Agboola, CEO, Flutterwave; Anu Adasolum, CEO, Sabi; Marlon Nichols, Founding Managing Partner, MacVenture Capital; and Eniola ‘Korty’ Olanrewaju, Filmmaker and YouTuber.

The two-day event, hosted by Fatu Ogwuche of Big Tech This Week and Muyiwa Olowogboyega, TechCabal’s Newsroom Editor, will feature a host of activities, from cutting-edge discussions to tech festivals, a buffet of exhibitions, and product showcases, to explore how innovators are building solutions to address various challenges in Africa and what trends are shaping the tech ecosystem of the continent.

TechCabal has announced the keynote speakers for its inaugural Moonshot by TechCabal conference holding in October in Lagos, Nigeria.

Tech leaders and investors such as Gbenga Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave, Anu Adasolum; Founder and CEO, Sabi and Marlon Nichols; Founding Managing Partner at MaC Venture Capital, have been confirmed for the in-person event which aims to have 50+ speakers in attendance.

TechCabal is the leading tech publication in Africa, providing reporting, data and context that help investors and professionals globally understand where African tech is and where it is going.

The publication’s two-day pan-African conference is aimed at bringing together the most audacious thinkers and doers in the African tech ecosystem who are building disruptive solutions to tackle the continent’s most pressing issues.

Highly sought after global and African VC investors, startup founders, other entrepreneurs and C-suite keynote speakers will be joined by over 2,000 delegates to answer the question, ‘How do we build radical solutions to the continent’s most pressing problems?’

Headline sponsored by Sabi, the leading provider of digital commerce infrastructure for Africa,  Moonshot cuts across a range of topical concerns and sectors with 5 key content tracks including:

• The Future of Commerce – covering changes in fintech, banking, payments logistics and e-commerce.
• Big Tech & Enterprise – covering global tech giants, banks, telcos and data centres.
• An Emerging Tech Fest – tackling big changes in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, and Web 3 & Metaverse.
• A Startup Festival that will include Venture Capital leaders, a Startup Clinic, and conversations about the state of financing startups.

A Creative Economy discussion that covers content creation and entertainment.

In an email to Techeconomy, Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media spoke about the conference’s key objectives, thus:

“By bringing together some of the most influential founders, investors and business leaders on the continent under the same roof, our aim is to build  a tech conference that advances the conversation on how tech companies can build meaningful businesses that really move the needle on Africa’s most pressing challenges. In the midst of challenging macroeconomic conditions across the continent, and a tech funding downturn, Moonshot will host significant conversations about how Africa’s tech businesses will be funded in the future.”

Through keynotes, interactive panels, breakaway sessions, and one-on-one networking opportunities, Moonshot by TechCabal is creating a platform for tech enthusiasts and experts  to engage in insightful conversations that will ultimately lead to collaborations.

Notable African tech experts and thought leaders confirmed to speak include, Ope Adeoye, CEO OnePipe; Eloho Omame, CoFounder FirstCheck Africa; Miishe Addy, Co-Founder and CEO Jetstream Africa; and Hannah Subayi Kamuanga, Country CEO & Equity Expert at PROPARCO.

The inaugural Moonshot by TechCabal is sponsored by Flutterwave and PiggyVest, among others and is open to global and African VC investors, start-up founders, prominent tech CEOs, entry level professionals and employees in the tech industry, students, and tech support organisations. Exhibitors will come from across the continent and include the most ambitious and exciting startups, enterprise companies, global tech companies, and a range of support service firms.

Africa’s technology ecosystem is filled with stories of collaboration and innovation, and Big Cabal Media’s flagship publication, TechCabal, documents and enables conversations among key stakeholders of the continent’s burgeoning ecosystem. Sponsorship information or tickets to attend Moonshot can be accessed here.