12/11/2017
We welcome and acknowledge the presence of the at the Abuja Townhall meeting held today 12th November, 2017.
Pause: Three Africa entrepreneur town halls
__Take part in an original Kwesé Inc production!
Every type of business has a "raw material." The better the raw material, the better the output. What is the "raw material" of your own business?
Content is the "raw material" of the broadcasting business.� When you set up a broadcast business, you have to buy "rights" from the owners of the content, and (or) you have to create your own content! At Kwesé, we're doing both!
Entrepreneurs take note...
# Next week, if you are quick to RSVP for seats, some of you will get to take part in an original Kwesé Inc production featuring our Africa Entrepreneur Town Halls in Abuja and Dakar. See details below.
I will also have a Town Hall in Accra as part of a Bloomberg conference but it will not be open to the public (though it may be on Facebook Live). All three town halls will be a little different because for the first time, they'll include special guests.
In Nigeria, I am really excited to be joined by Masai Ujiri of Nigeria, President of the NBA team, the Toronto Raptors. Masai is also the social entrepreneur founder of "Giants of Africa" which works with young people through basketball. You can find out more at: http://giantsofafrica.org/vice-sports-sits-masai-ujiri-talks-basketball-africa/
I was going to tell you that Masai is the first African-born executive in all of American professional sports... but then I learned he hates hearing that. He said that means "zero to him." What matters to him, he says, is opening doors of opportunity to youth on the continent of his birth, and... finding the next great superstar basketball player in Africa! (Just like I am looking for the next great superstar entrepreneurs in Africa.)
Could either of those be you?
I'm sure you are starting to see that in the business of sport, there's a big role for entrepreneurs of all kinds! I hope some of you are finding entry points as NBA basketball sweeps across the continent. Don't be left behind. Have you been watching Kwesé Inc lately?
More exciting news in Abuja: I will announce the 12 finalists of the $200k competition! You will really want to tune in for that. I'll tell you more about it on Sunday but it's YOU voters on this platform (and others who go to win.kwese.com) who will get to choose the two winners -- one man and one woman.
As most of you know by now, each winner will get a $100k investment and spend two weeks working in our Kwesé offices in Johannesburg with me and some of my team in early 2018.
Here are the Town Hall details for those of you nearby. Note that the tickets are FREE but seating is limited.
# Abuja, Nigeria Town Hall
Sunday 12 November, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm (Nigeria time)
NAF Convention Centre (also on Facebook Live)
Register NOW: http://bit.ly/Abuja_Townhall
Special Guest, Masai Ujiri, President, Toronto Raptors
# Accra, Ghana Town Hall (part of Bloomberg conference)
Monday 13 November, 10:40 am to 12:40 pm (Ghana time). May be on Facebook Live, still confirming.
Special guest: Justin Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. I can't tell you yet but will have some exciting news to share with you there!
# Dakar, Senegal Town Hall
Tuesday, 14 November, 4:00pm to 6:00pm (Senegal time)
King Fahd Hotel (also on Facebook Live)
Register NOW: http://bit.ly/Dakar_Townhall
Special guests: Dikembe Mutombo, NBA All-Star and founder of the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation and Amadou Gallo Fall, Vice President of NBA Africa
# Three Giants of African sport, entrepreneurship and philanthropy.
# One giant in the media in Africa.
# 12 African entrepreneur ...
This is going to be an exciting week!
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