The 12th Angel Fair Africa event will be held at Google’s offices on 9th Avenue in New York, United States (US), on September 19.
Angel Fair Africa was hosted in Johannesburg, Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Abidjan, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Mauritius, and Cape Town since its inaugural event in September 2013.
This year’s event, which is being held in the US for the first time, brings investors and entrepreneurs together to make deals. Ten African startup founders from the continent will travel to the United States to present their ideas to a group of carefully chosen investors in hopes of closing deals.
The keynote speaker will be Esther Dyson, a successful angel investor who has backed Netbeans in 1997 and has invested in Flickr, 23andMe, Abridge.ai, Ilara Health, Meetup, Oradian, Rasello, Square, SWVL, Trella, and other companies. She also founded and worked for the nonprofit community-health project Wellville from 2014 to 2024. At the 2017 event in Abidjan, eight years after assuming that role, she returns for a keynote discussion.
“The world has changed in so many ways, yet so many problems persist. Startups are not the solution, but they are part of changing the environment that will allow more Africans to prosper. In the age of AI, it’s easier to build process infrastructure more quickly, which can help startups to scale,” Dyson said.
“We are excited to debut the annual AFA in NY as we have had significant participation from US investors over the years. It is also an opportunity to bring the event closer to the African diaspora in the US,” said Eric Osiakwan, co-founder of Angel Fair Africa and managing partner of Chanzo Capital.
