Underscoring Africa’s digital economy’s immense potential and collective commitment to its growth and development, the 2024 Global Tech Africa (GTA) conference with the theme ‘Global Collaborations, Local Transformations’ addressed both challenges and opportunities in Africa’s tech landscape.
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In its second edition, the three-day conference, which held recently in Lagos, was a vibrant convergence of Africa’s brightest minds and key stakeholders in tech.

Facilitated by Future Map Foundation, NITDA, the U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Ascend Studios Foundation and Venture Garden Group, the GTA 2024 conference brought together over 6,000 participants, 85 sessions, 100 speakers, groundbreaking exhibitors and innovative startups.

The conference featured three stages and the Deal Room, where over an epicentre stage, government representatives, corporations and VVIP delegations explored the opportunities in Africa’s tech landscape, while also addressing the challenges and the future of the sector.
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Also, thought leaders and tech founders engaged in panels and workshops on AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and more. The conference also featured technologies designed to empower Africa’s young talent with training workshops and outsourcing career connections.

Highlight of the conference was the Deal Room, a GTA initiative in partnership with One Africa to connect innovative startups with potential investors, and supporting tech enterprises in Africa. The Deal Room saw over 10 investors focusing on over 150 selected investees’ represented across 16 industries such as technology and solutions, energy and environment, food and agriculture, gaming, fashion and retail, and many others.

Speaking at the conference, Director General, NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, emphasised government’s commitment to technological innovation for economic diversification, while the founder of Mobilium, Ralph Simon, discussed AI’s potential for Africa’s local transformation; Acting Political and Economic Chief, U.S. Consulate General Lagos, Kenise Hill, highlighted US-Africa partnerships in AI development; Commissioner, Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, Lagos State, Akinyemi Ajigbotafe, introduced the Empower Lagos Project for youth and small-scale entrepreneurs, and the Managing Director, GIZ, Anna Sophie Herkin focused on closing the finance gap for women entrepreneurs.
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