New for 2014, the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in Partnership with Sobek Ventures presents the Global Corporate Venturing Africa Summit.

This half day event takes place on Wednesday 21st May 2014 at the Millennium Hotel, Mayfair London and features panel discussions and presentations to showcase best practice and industry opinion on the state of Corporate Venture Capital within the emerging economic growth zone of Africa.

An increasing number of corporates and traditional Venture Capital and Private Equity firms see Africa as an exciting area of opportunity.

“The situation can be compared to eastern Europe roughly 15 years ago, shortly after the Russia crisis….We are seeing tremendous growth in the technology ecosystem across Africa.”
Marcin Hejka, Managing Director, Intel Capital