Overview

The Africa Innovation Convention is a platform for nurturing, developing and showcasing African innovation, as well as facilitating innovation thought-leadership. Created to support and promote innovation and facilitate collaboration within its own eco-system, the initiative brings together corporates, thought leaders, inventors, entrepreneurs, academia and policy makers to amplify South Africa’s renowned competitive edge and to inspire sustained economic growth across the continent of Africa. This Convention was conceived after the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was enforced and it is supposed to be a promoter of technological language and foster alignment between government, industry and academics. The Convention is birthed out of how little was being done to commercialise technology from Africa into new industries through start-ups, private sector involvement and enabling government absorption of new ideas. AIC is an homegrown initiative aimed at harnessing the innovation potential of the continent. Also, it is a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue