Leading Coast-based innovation hub, Swahilipot, will host the 2nd Pwani Innovation Week scheduled for December 3-6th, 2019; followed by the Blue Hackathon on 8 and 9 December. The event, being the largest innovation event of the year taking place along the coastal strip, is a consolidated effort by the Hub and its partners to help create a widespread culture of innovation in the coastal region. The Hub, through the event, also intends to enhance the development of innovative ideas and capabilities.
The Event Date
3 DEC, 2019 – 6 DEC, 2019
The main event took place at Swahilipot Hub, Swahili Cultural Center, Next to Mombasa Hospital
This year we will take and be present in all the six coastal counties, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River, Lamu, Mombasa, and Taita Taveta. With our partners, we have committed to providing much sort skills to youths and residents, who ordinarily would never have access to the resource people we have assembled from around the country and globally
About PIW 2019
Pwani Innovation Week is a consolidated effort by Swahilipot Hub and it’s partners to help create a widespread culture of innovation in the coastal counties of Kenya. Scheduled for December 3 – 6, 2019 in Mombasa, the event is aimed at stimulating the Innovation ecosystem in the Pwani region. At our main venue and the week, we will feature Hack-a-thons, training, and workshops; keynote speakers from industry and thought leaders, and boot camps, and our famed Pwani Gat Talent too. Coming on board to partner with Swahilipot for this event include diverse partners, namely Cellulant, Seacom, Huawei, Cisco, Liquid Telecom; and government and non-government agencies such as the ICT authority, Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology, National Museum of Kenya, Kenya Red Cross Society, International Center for Humanitarian Affairs, Jumuiya, Konza Technology, Mombasa County, Thunderbird Business School, Innovus, Sera Africa and the British High Commission in Nairobi, through various British agencies.
Event Highlights
Our event highlights involve: Workshops & Bootcamps, Networking & Entertainment, Hackathons & Competitions, Keynotes, Panel Discussions and Exhibition Showcases
For Entrepreneurs
Learn from the best and connect with the most influential people in the startup ecosystem and build entrepreneurial capacity through know-how. You will also find markets that will buy your product/ service, pitch to investors from seed to founders to series A rounds and henceforth explore funding opportunities, You will be inspired by and learn from founders and peers
For investors
See the best tech startup pipeline from across Pwani in innovation access to the best of over 100+ entries across all partners and competitions, get to share best practice in the masterclasses and panel discussions on investment in early stage entrepreneurs. You will also get to co-investment opportunities and find your fit through the match & invest platform
For corporates
Find the best innovation talent (acquisitions/ mergers/ talent) at the coastal region and see through the expansion of your support programmes for startups. Get to see a host of vibrant roundtables and workshops that position your company at the forefront of its industry by understanding what is possible and viable through innovation. Get inspired by founders – From Africa to the World!
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PIW 2019 Schedule
Timetable
PIW 2019 was scheduled for December 3 – 6, 2019 in Mombasa at the Swahilipot Hub, the event is aimed at stimulating the Innovation ecosystem in the Pwani region and the following is a patch timetable of the events of the week.
• Tuesday, December 03
09:00 – TRAINING ROOM
09:30 – 10:30 AM SWAHILIPOT HUB COMMUNITY SPACE
10:10 – 11:20 AM TRAINING ROOM
11:30 – 12:20 PM SWAHILIPOT COMMUNITY SPACE
• Wednesday, December 04
09:00 – 10:00 AM SWAHILIPOT HALL
10:10 – 11:20 AM SWAHILIPOT HUB COMMUNITY SPACE
10:10 – 11:20 AM TRAINING ROOM
10:10 – 11:20 AM BOARD ROOM
11:30 – 12:20 PM CO-WORKING SPACE
• Thursday, December 05
09:00 – 10:00 AM CONFERENCE SPACE
10:10 – 11:20 AM TRAINING ROOM
10:10 – 11:20 AM SWAHILIPOT HUB COMMUNITY SPACE
10:10 – 11:20 AM BALLROOM C
11:30 – 12:20 PM TRAINING ROOM
PIW 2019 Speakers
Dr. Bitange Ndemo,CBS
ICT Champion – Academician, professor of entrepreneurship and newspaper columnist
Ndemo is one of the key people who oversaw a transformation in the Kenyan ICT Sector. He accomplished various ICT policies and tech projects
David Li
Founder | Executive Director Shenzen Open Innovation Lab
Kenya. Chairman, Department of Business Administration – University of Nairobi. Board Director – Safaricom Limited
Dr. Sussie Kitchen
British Deputy High Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Programme
British Deputy High Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Programme
Eng. Joseph Wakaba
Cabinet Secretary – Ministry Of Information and Communications
Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications. He is a former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead
Dr. William Kingi
Deputy Governor – Mombasa County
Joseph Wakaba Mucheru EGH is the current Kenyan Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communications. He is a former Google Sub-Sahara Africa Lead
Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary – General – UNCTAD
Dr. Kituyi served as an elected official, an academic, and a holder of high government office with experience in trade negotiations, and in African and broader international economics and diplomacy.
Hamadi Iddi Boga
Principal Secretary – State Department For Crop Development & Agricultural Research
His skills and interests are in biology, agricultural science, sequencing, microbiology, molecular biological techniques and RNA genes.
Hon. Michael Onyango
Expert – ICT – Leader In The Future Of Works
Hon. Michael Onyango had a stint PR, serving as the sub-Saharan head of PR at the now defunct ZK Advertising. He served with the county government of Kisumu as head of ICT.
Ken Njoroge
CEO and co-founder – Cellulant Corporation
Oversees operations in mobile commerce networks, mobile banking, merchant payments, web payments, digital content, and agency banking services by serveing banks, merchants, and network operators in Africa.
Dr. Divine Muragijimana
Brand Storyteller |Chief of Brand – Cellulant
Dr. Divine Muragijimana is a self-prescribed dreamer blessed with the ability to turn dreams into reality. After 15 years of combined experience in brand, marketing and communication, she is still in pursuit of the “Big Idea”.
Ben Roberts
Chief Technical Officer – Liquid Telecom
With over 20 years’ experience across a range of technologies in design, support, integration and operational management roles, he has led the group’s networking and product strategy, expanding its technology base and fibre network across Africa.
Adam Lane
Senior Director – Public Affairs, Southern Africa At Huawei Technologies
He engages with stakeholders for a Better Connected World with a strong focus on Kenya Part of the Corporate Sustainable Development team in Huawei, his main focus is on programs relating to the Digital Divide
Hital Muraj
HNP Kenya Board Member / Manager – Corporate Affairs, Cisco Systems
Hital Muraj has earned recognition as an expert in driving public private partnerships and working with the youth in the underserved areas. Her particular area of focus is ICT for Development.
Dr. Lul Abdiwahid
Founder – Pure Perl Foundation
Lul’s firsthand experience of the ravages of war ingrained in her a passion to help the needy in society and be the voice of change through empowerment programs and advocacy leading to her founding the Pure Pearl Foundation.
Serges Nanfack
Technology Evangelist | Business Minded | Problem Solver | Game Changer – Cisco
Serges Nanfack advocates for networking principles, recommendations, and guidelines. He has played an instrumental role in the maintenance of Information Systems.
Kennedy Carrington Otiebo
Product Growth | Fintech | Digital Payments
Kennedy Carrington Otiebo is a champ in driving growth of Users and Revenue #6WordResume. Driving growth for MAUs and Revenue by putting deliberate focus on operational metrics and tracking the delta on a daily basis.
