AFRIEC 2011 Registration now open!

Registration for the Africa Internet (and Mobile) Entrepreneurs’ Conference, scheduled to take place on March 4, 2011 in Kampala is now open online.  Prospective participants, both National and International can now complete registration and make payments for the conference through the registration portal, www.afriec.eventbrite.com. The Conference seeks to showcase the innovative use of new media – internet and mobiles – by entrepreneurs to address the socio-economic and development challenges in Africa.

This year’s theme is “Rebuilding Africa through Internet Enterprises and mobile innovations. The conference has three interrelated objectives, namely:

  • To offer participants an opportunity to share, discuss and learn from individual career experiences and profiles of African Internet and Mobile entrepreneurs.
  • To educate participants on how to use Internet and mobile resources and applications to support and promote their creative ventures.
  • To educate policy makers on how they can harness the potential of the Internet and Mobile innovations for youth empowerment and job creation.

You can read more about the conference here.