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Attention Diasporans: Free Discount to all friends of CP-Africa for the MIT Africa 2.0 conference

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All those in the diaspora, today is the last day to register for the MIT Africa 2.0 conference featuring Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Kola Karim and an impressive list of progressive Africans!!

MIT is offering  free ticket discounts to all CP-Africa readers who read this post. The discount code is —> DISCOUNT_MEDIA.  This saves attendees about $16 (a 20% discount) off the full ticket price which is about $84 this year. If you intend to attend, hurry and register now!

Registration link:

http://web.mit.edu/sloanafrica/africaconference.html

Find the list of speakers scheduled to speak this year below. Spread the word.

Keynote Speakers

  • Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

    Managing Director, The World Bank Group

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  • His Excellency Amani Abeid Karume

    Former President of Zanzibar

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Energy Panel

Focus in renewables

Telecoms & Mobile Panel

Innovating beyond voice

  • Nathan Eagle

    CEO, Txt Eagle, USA

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  • Waceke Mbugua

    M-PESA Marketing Manager, Safaricom, Kenya

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  • Jenny C. Aker

    Asst. Professor of Development Economics,
    The Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA

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  • Michael Gordon

    President, MIT Africa Information Technology Initiative, USA

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Finance Panel

Reaching the unbanked

  • David Porteous

    Director, Bankable Frontiers, USA

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  • Julius O. Akinyemi

    Entrepreneur-in-Residence, MIT Media Lab, USA

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  • Bailey Klinger

    Director, Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, USA

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  • Eric Otoo

    Consultant, McKinsey & Company, USA

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Entrepreneurship Panel

Made for Africa

Media Panel

Reshaping Africa

Technology Panel

Bridging the IT gap

Moderators

Stimulating ideas

  • Robert Stoner, Energy Panel

    Assocaite Director, MIT Energy Initiative, USA

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  • Iqbal Quadir, Entrepreneurship Panel

    Founder & Director, Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, USA

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  • Tavneet Suri, Telecoms & Mobile Panel

    Assistant Professor, MIT Sloan , USA

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  • David McBagonluri, Media Panel

    2011 MIT Sloan Fellow in Innovation & Global Leadership, USA

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  • Rajkamal J. Iyer, Finance Panel

    Asst. Professor of Finance, MIT Sloan, USA

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  • Calestous Juma, Technology Panel

    Director, Science, Technology, Globalization, Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs,
    John F. Kennedy School of Government, USA

 

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