Ingressive leads African entrepreneurs in Lagos Tour of Tech

Ingressive, a company supporting new generation of African innovators, is leading Tour of Tech in Lagos.  The trip will afford global investors the opportunityto meet ministry, African influencers, and hundreds of Sub­Saharan startup founders.

Tour of Tech provides a deep dive into life as an African entrepreneur, as well as an understanding of policy from those who create it, and insight into investing from those who do it, according to Ingressive.

The agenda starts from the bottom of the pyramid, where travelers will tour Generation Enterprise, a company connecting Ivy MBAs with youth in the slums to build scalable start-ups.   

This will be followed by a meeting with women leaders in business such as Adeola Azeez, head of Deutsche Bank, and Yemisi Ransome­Kuti, civil society advisor to World Bank and leader of women’s education Nigeria, as well as  Bolanle Austen Peters, founder of Terra Kulture and former human rights leader for the United Nations. 

Tour of Tech members will then attend an investor summit produced by Lagos Angel Network and VC4Africa.

Jeff Hoffman, founding member of Priceline and Global Board Member of GEW US State Department’s GIST as well as the United Nations Jason Seats, managing director of Techstars Andrea Barrica, among others, will participate in the trip.

Maya Horgan­Famodu, Ingressive’s founder, said:   “The world has turned to Africa, and we welcome those ready to mentor and commit capital. Nigeria and Kenya have two of the fastest growing tech hubs in the world, the fastest growing consumer classes, incredible opportunity but imagine if we had the resources of Silicon Valley: namely, the access to working capital, the support network, the developed tech ecosystem,” Horgan­Famodu said.

“The purpose of Tour of Tech is to bring experts in building startups to meet, mentor, and invest in those ready to scale,” Horgan­ Famodu added.

Ingressive has partnered with travel start-up Tastemakers Africa to infuse bespoke, insider experiences into the events.

Their signature event occurs on Thursday, September 24th. ‘In Pursuit of Progress and Preservation’ provides space for African leaders from all sectors to discuss ‘Naija’ in the global economy.

Ingressive’s Tour of Tech travelers will have an opportunity to understand the culture from those preserving, progressing, and innovating Africa in the global economy. 

Some of the attendees are Omobola Johnson, former minister of CommunicationsTechnology, Tunji Eleso, co­founder of Co­Creation Hub Nigeria,  Folabi Esan, co­founder Adlevo Capital, among many others.