The online expo capturing the spirit to empower, connect and unite African entrepreneurs birthed a uniform online hashtag dubbed ‘#AfricanTrep’ meaning African Entrepreneurs. This was deduced to enable young Africans to take action of their untapped potential for growth. Anchored in the idea of collaborative entrepreneurship, we believe in creating synergy, inspiring innovation, building capacity and establishing linkages that lead to sustainable economic development championed by the African youth. Hence our 3 key pillars: Network: Innovate: Transform!
The African Trep Online Expo and campaign will encourage participants to influence change in their circles and beyond. Through an agenda to; ‘Connect African Change Makers’, the online expo aims to encourage young innovators that they are not alone in the journey. It also seeks to create partnerships for enhancement of individual businesses.
The Online Expo profiles comprises of basic data of registered individuals which is their personal and company details to enable potential investors or customers to easily access them for business. It also gives members access to details and contacts of other entrepreneurs for networking purposes. The Expo will eventually culminate into a robust network of 1000 impact driven entrepreneurs and online repository connecting them to clients, mentors, investors, business growth and support services across Africa.