Venture: An Entrepreneur’s Journey — A Synopsis

 

“Venture: An Entrepreneur’s Journey” welcomes viewers into the entrepreneurial journey of a group of African entrepreneurs. The documentary begins at President Obama’s 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES), hosted in Nairobi, Kenya and follows the stories of four African entrepreneurs, the winners from DEMO Africa 2015, from the continent to Silicon Valley in 2016. To provide some context, DEMO Africa is a flagship initiative of LIONS@FRICA and a continent-wide venture launch-pad that provides the most innovative African companies with a platform to present their products to the global ecosystem. At the 2015 edition of DEMO Africa, 30 of the best and most innovative African start-ups made the final list from an applicant pool of over 600 startups to pitch at the two day competition.^[1] After a month long training program called Boomcamp, the top 30 finalists pitched their products to a room of investors and innovation stakeholders. The top four start-ups were then awarded with a week-long trip to the Silicon Valley in 2016 for the LIONS Innovation Tour. This is where the story begins. 

 

The principal subjects of the documentary are the four entrepreneurs, or LIONS, each representing an important and diverse role in the African entrepreneurial ecosystem. Kelechi Anyadiegwu is a young woman of Nigerian heritage who grew up in New Jersey. Her startup, Zuvaa, is an online community and marketplace for African-inspired fashion.^[2] Bayo Balogun, a native Nigerian who spent the latter years of his adult life working as a technology consultant and entrepreneur in North Carolina, is the founder of Car Parts Nigeria, a search engine aggregator for finding location-specific auto parts and auto service technicians in Nigeria.^[3] The third entrepreneur is Gagan Hayer, a native of Bombay, India and a resident of Nairobi, Kenya, who attended college in San Francisco. His startup, InsureAfrika, is a digital platform that allows people to aggregate insurance quotes and purchase a variety of insurance products online.^[4] Finally, we meet Karogi Kamau, a native Kenyan whose startup, Bamba-POS, allows retail merchants to access point-of-sale and inventory management automation with any smart device.^{[5]  .  Click link for full details... http://www.lionsafrica.org/venture-entrepreneurs-journey%E2%80%8A-%E2%80%8Aa-synopsis/} 

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