The month of the 3rd edition of the Angola Startup Summit, a national digital entrepreneurship event that will take place in April 2024.
The information was revealed at a joint meeting of the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), through the National Institute for Support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (INAPEM), and the management of the Angolan Association of Startups and Digital Entrepreneurship (AASED).
For the 2024 edition, the goal is to have more than 1,000 startups present at the event, which for the president of AASED, Lisa Videira, is a great challenge, but ensures that her association will work hard, in partnership with INAPEM, to achieve this objective.
To achieve this, he said, it will be necessary to create and put into practice a plan for incubators and training programs, as well as “hunting” for new talents in the country's institutes and universities, with a view to transforming innovative ideas into concrete businesses.
Speaking to ANGOP, after the AASED governing body took office, the person responsible pointed out the creation or emergence of direct financing lines for startups as another challenge that the digital business market still faces in the country.
"Currently, the Angolan corporate market needs greater direct investment, to transform innovative ideas or projects into practice and in a sustainable way, avoiding the failure of good initiatives, even before they are implemented.”, He highlighted.
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He recognized that current startups in the national market offer valuable technological solutions, as they present applications aimed at satisfying the various needs of citizens and solving the country's socio-economic problems.
As an example, the source pointed to the startup “Sócia”, which developed an application to support family savings in times of crisis, as one of the technological solutions created to satisfy family needs.
For the same cause, the president of AASED invites other startups, digital entrepreneurs in Angola and interested organizations to join the association, through its website or email [email protected].
