The KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy

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Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital

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Join Eric Osiakwan, Managing Partner of Chanzo Capital, for a discussion about the KINGS of Africa’s Digital Economy.

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Feb
20
2017
12:00pm

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Feb
20
2017
12:00pm

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Monday, February 20, 2017 at 12:00 pm Eastern Standard TimeBerkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
 

Eric Osiakwan is an Entrepreneur and Investor with 15 years of ICT industry leadership across Africa and the world. He has worked in 32 African countries setting up ISPs, ISPAs, IXPs and high-tech startups. Some of these companies and organizations are Angel AfricaAngel Fair Africa , Ghana Cyber CityPenPlusBytesAfrican Elections PortalFOSSFAWABcoGISPA, AfrISPA, GNVC, Internet Research, InHand, Ghana Connect. He serves on the board of FarmerlineForheyTeranga SolutionsSiqueriesAmp.itSameLogiceCampusBisa App and Wanjo Foods, - some of which are his investments.
 
He was part of the team that built the TEAMS submarine cable in East Africa and an ICT Consultant for the WorldBank, Soros Foundations, UNDP, USAID, USDoJ, USDoS as well as African governments and private firms. 
He authored "The KINGS of Africa Digital Economy", co-authored the “Open Access Model”, “Negotiating the Net” – the politics of Internet Diffusion in Africa and “The Internet in Ghana” with the Mosaic Group. He was invited to contribute ideas to Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa. 
 
Eric is a Poptech, TED, Stanford, and MIT Fellow. He was previously a Berkman Klein Fellow at Harvard University.