Schedule
Musical Intro
Networking and Musical Intro
- Performance Troupe
Opening Speech
Opening Speech by the Director of Lagos Slush'D
- Kolawole Okuboyejo
Welcome messages from Comperes and moderators of Lagos SlushD
MCs Interlude - Introduction of the founders stage and deep dive into Day 1 activities
- Gbenga Aborowa, Precious Oyelade, Rasheka Scott
Welcome Speech
Welcome Speech by the Ambassador of Finland to Nigeria
- Senna Salin
Sustainability & Collaborative Change: Bold Policy, Resilient Founders, and Shared Investment for an AI-driven, Green, and Industrial Africa
Bold Policy, Resilient Founders, and Shared Investment in an AI-driven, Green, and Industrial Africa
- Jette Bjerrum
Lagos State Welcome Speech
Lagos State Welcome
- Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin
Headline Sponsor Keynote: "Africa is Not Waiting!"
Discover SeaBaas, a fully indigenous core banking platform designed to meet the evolving needs of modern financial institutions. Highly secure, scalable, and built to transform digital banking.
- Peerless SGS
Keynote: Architecting the AI-First Bank: AI-Driven Core Platforms and Services
Building and scaling through difficult times. And what's next
- Boye Ademola
Cross-culture and global creative economy as drivers of sustainable economies
Creatives and Culture Panel
- Seun Kuti, Gaise Baba
Culture, Creativity & Technology: Catalysts for Cross-Border Market Access
A 25-minute moderated dialogue between Her Excellency Ms. Jette Bjerrum, Consul General of Denmark to Nigeria and guest. A dynamic conversation exploring the roles of cultural diplomacy, creative industry trade, and digital innovation in driving regional and international growth
- Moderator, Jette Bjerrum
From solving one problem to building a platform of differentiation in the ERA of AI
Solving company problems that will solve client problems
- GoMed founders
Keynote: Geriatric AI and Creative Industry
Malik Afegbua is a Nigerian filmmaker, artist, and creative technologist renowned for his innovative approach to arts using AI technology.
- Malik Afegbua
FinTech story of building unconventional products in Nigeria
Keynote on State of Fintech in Nigeria/Africa from research studies carried out from Fintech association of Nigeria
- Olawale Omoniyi
Unlocking Africa’s Real Estate Future: How Proptech Is Bridging the Gap Between Dreams and Development
On this Proptech panel we will be discussing the ways of uncomplicating your digital customer acquisition process by applying smart technology in Real Estate On this panel we have Chude Osiegbu, the co-founder & CEO of Venco; Naomi Olaghere, the co-founder of Small Small; and Mr. Andy Umana, Relsify, Founder & Head of Growth.
- Moderator, Olu Raheem
Solving large problems and developing impactful solutions that scale across Africa
Panel Session: “Beyond the Code: Solving African Business Problems Through Product Thinking”
- Peerless SGS
Leading Gaming Studio out of Africa focused on closing talent gaps and opening doors for development
Maliyo Games – the leading Gaming Studio out of Africa focused on closing talent gaps with their Google Gamecamps, and opening doors for policy-development through their annual African Gaming Report in partnership with KPMG
- Hugo Obi
Keynote
MD Nigcomsat
- Jane Egerton-Idehen
Panel Session
Grassroots Innovation: The Power of Social Enterprise in Driving National Change
- Yemisi Ransome Kuti
Fireside Chat
Training Africa’s Next Tech Leaders
- Ashley Emmanuel
Pitch Competition Practise [on Stage] Informal Practise session - for 5 founders
Curated interest-based community networking: AI, Mobility, Talent, Energy
- Tamara Posibi
Exploring AI bias, indigenous data, regulation, and local LLMs.
Panel: "AI, Africa, and Ownership" – Who Builds, Who Benefits?
This session includes
Tunji Odumuboni, Cofounder & CPTO, Bazara Tech Inc
Temitope, Emerging Tech lead Africa, AB InBev
VP of Comms, Awarri AI
Ugochi Agoreyo, Strategic Partnerships for Google Search Product, Sub Saharan Africa
Dr. Tunde Adegbola, Director, African Languages Technologies Initiative (Alt-i)
Peerless Fireside Chat: “How We Built a Core Banking System from Scratch - and Why It Mattered”
- Peerless SGS
Redefining Digital Health and Investment in Africa: Harnessing the Power of Female Founders in Driving Healthcare Solutions
2 in-depth panels with industry leaders. In this session:
Dr. Funmi Adewara — CEO, Mobihealth International
Chibby Dangana – Founder/CEO, Data Factory Global
Pharm. Abimbola Adebakin – CEO, Advantage Health Africa
Iyaduni Olubode – Country Director, MSD for Mothers
Audrey Odogu – Senior Business Development Manager, eHealth Africa
Moderator: Dr. Mories Atoki – CEO, ABCHealth
- Moderator, Dr. Mories Atoki
Data centre fabrics and interconnectivity: What Nigeria must do to unlock power of Data, AI sustainably and robust data centre Infrastructure
Keynote sponsored by Nokia: Architecting Nigerian Data centre networks.
Discussed by Key subject matter experts
Marco Rebecchi, Country Manager Nigeria and Ghana at Nokia
Wole Abu, Managing Director, West Africa at Equinix
Dr. Krishnan Ranganath, Regional Executive-West Africa, Africa Data Centres
Josephine Awatafek Sarouk, Managing Director , Bayobab Nigeria
Camilo Ramada, Senior Adviser Business Finland
- Nokia
Cloud and AI as Catalysts: Accelerating Startup Growth in Africa
CloudPlexo Curated Panel
Spiff, CMO, CloudPlexo
CloudPlexo speakers
Sooter Saalu, Data Engineer & Expert
- CloudPlexo
Exploring the Circular Economy Infrastructure Gaps in Africa to stimulate a science and tech driven trillion USD economy in Nigeria and Africa
Panel: "Circular Economy" – Who Builds, Who Benefits?
- Bankole Oloruntoba, Titilayo Oshodi
Investing in Connectivity Infrastructure to drive National Scale Digital transformation across industries
Talk: Bold Policy Change-Makers
- Jane Egerton-Idehen
Digital Connnectivity for Social Good. Satellite connectivity, Fiber and rural last-mile. Learning from other emerging markets
Unconnected Fireside: Driving Global Connectivity and Change in Emerging Markets
- Mea Thompson, Seun Adesina, Tobi Durojaiye
Building Green Energy, Self-Driving Mobility Infrastructure for Africa
Bold Founders: AI and Energy
Young, pioneering talent in AI and Blockchain technologies
Bold Builders Panel: Building our own local GPTs and Future of AI Talent Development
Space, 3D Printing, someone to speak on AfDB Deeptech interest and new Grant
Deeptech panel: Hardware, VR and AI Factories
Accelerating sustainable Innovation and Industrial applications across Nigeria for Energy and infrastructure investments
Panel: Role of Ecosystem & Government Synergy in Driving Sustainable Growth
Fireside chat: What Pre-Seed founders should master, transitioning from side hustle to full time founder, How to get funding and the right talent
Entrepreneurship Scale-up
- Segun Cole
Pitch Competition Finals – The Ultimate Showdown
5 finalists battle. Pitch from start ups plus questions from Global Judges
Award to winning founders. Final Thank You's by Directors. Team on stage
Pitch Winners Award. Closing Remarks by Team Lagos Slush'D