Examining the role of the different investors and supporting organisations:
- technology incubators
- regulators and government bodies
- foundations
- financial organisations

What type of investor to turn to depending on the type or business or product?

Getting the numbers right: monetising the product/service and ensuring ROI

Ensuring the market, target audience and promotional vehicles are clear

Planning the business from idea to launch and to exit

Tips on making a business plan clear and convincing

The start-up business ethos: what should be the entrepreneur's objectives when launching a business?

What do investors look for in a new business?

What products or services are most likely to receive funding?

What type of investor to approach for what type of business?

Examining the process between the original idea and drawing a business plan

Convincing financiers of the potential of the business: what clinched the deal?

Launching the product/service

Why Technology Innovation Hubs are Important in supporting Technology innovation

Examples of hubs across Africa from Liberia to Nigeria, Somaliland to Kenya

How Technology Innovation Hubs Support Entrepreneurs

How Tech Hubs support Social Change Projects including examples of promising projects

How foundations are supporting the growing technology community in Africa

Case studies from Indigo Trust, a UK based charitable trust

Kenya's Silicon Savannah

West Africa's largest Anglophone markets: Ghana and Nigeria

The Francophonie

The importance of mobile for financial integration and economic development

Assessing existing mobile money services in Africa

Regulatory considerations in the development of mobile money services

Pros and cons of the different models of mobile money

What are the business models for financial institutions in mobile money?

Using mobile banking as a complementary service to retail banking

Delivering extra value to consumer via mobile

Developing a mobile money model that generate revenues for the operator

Differentiating the service in a competitive market where other operators have launched their own

Expanding the service from money transfers to other payment and banking services

Understanding technical challenges in delivering financial services over mobile

Overcoming security and fraud issues in the mobile finance sector

Ensuring the services are reliable and user-friendly to optimise the customer experience

Examining the results of the Orange Money service since the launch: uptake, revenues, customer satisfaction

Beyond mobile money transfers: what services can the operator deliver

Key lessons to learn in delivering mobile money services

Finding the right position in Africa's evolving mobile money ecosystem

Understanding customers' requirements to deliver userfriendly services

What partnerships between operators and financial institutions are most likely to succeed?

What new services will grow the mobile money market in Africa?