TANCon 2008 - Saturday, August 16, 2008 - La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana

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Welcome Note

Speakers

Why Attend?

Welcome to TANCon2008 - Ghana
The inaugural annual conference of
The African Network - TAN.

TANCon is the world’s sole event of its kind for entrepreneurs of African descent. The target audience includes entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 business leaders, venture capitalists, investment bankers, government policy makers and other entrepreneurial ecosystem organizations.

Our theme this year is “Fostering African Entrepreneurship”, to reflect the growing number of African entrepreneurs in business today, and to showcase to the world Africa's limitless intellectual and economic capital.

About TAN
TAN is a global non-profit organization with the sole mandate of fostering entrepreneurship and technology in Africa and among people of African descent worldwide.

Last Conference

Sponsors

African Opportunity Fund (AOF)
http://www.africanopportunityfund.com

FE Jordan Associates, Inc.
http://www.fejordan.com

Busy Internet, Accra, Ghana
http://www.busyinternet.com/ and http://www.africanopportunityfund.com/

Good Morning America (GMA)
http://www.goodmorningafrica.org/

Access Point Africa (APA)
http://www.apafrica.com/

Ghana Chartered Institute of Bankers
http://www.cibghana.com

Internet Solutions (IS)
http://www.is.com.gh/

Super Paper Products Limited (SPPC LTD)
http://sppcltd.net/

WAASPS Aviation for Development
http://www.waasps.com

Keynote Speakers

Dorothy K. Gordon
Director-General
Ghana’s Advanced Information
Technology Institute

Patrick Awuah

University Founder

Ashesi University

Estelle Akofio-Sowah
Managing Director
BusyInternet

Distinguished Panel Speakers

Leila Chirayath Founder and CEO Market for Change	Uzoma Dozie Executive Director of Retail Banking Diamond Bank

Yaw Owusu Founder Ghana Cyber Group	Eric M.K Osiakwan Executive Secretary African Internet Service Providers Association

Lekan Odugbesan Senior Associate Kingdom Zephyr African Management (KZAM)	John Njoku Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Planing Imo State, Nigeria

Conrad Coyanda-Parkzes President/CEO AccessPoint Africa, Inc.	Emeka Okafor Entrepreneur and Director TED Global 2007

WIlliam M. Guyster Founder Good Morning Africa	Richard Osei-Anim Founder and CEO Richard Anim Group

Craig Calfee Founder Calfree Design	Dr. Sam Mensah Financial Economist and Investment Banking Consultant SEM Group Limited

George Y. Amoah Director Bayfield Global systems	Jonathan Porter Managing Director WAASP Aviation Development, Accra, Ghana

Folabi Esan Founding Partner Adlevo Capital Africa	Jerry Okolo Executive Vice Chairman GeoQinetiq Limited

Mohamed Hersi President/Chairman AfGlobe Communications	Estelle Akofio-Sowah Managing Director BusyInternet

Boahemaa Ntim CEO eJOBS Ghana	Tricia Chirumbole Investors Without Borders

Anthony Kweku Siaw Investment Analyst Venture Capital Trust Fund	Gregory Eid Founder & CEO Teledata ICT

You can benefit from:

Listening to fortune 500 industry-leaders share their personal experiences in close proximity
Networking and interacting with panelist from the entrepreneurial ecosystem - Venture Capitalists, Lawyers, Investment Bankers etc
Learning the Dos and Don'ts of startups from serial entrepreneurs
Participating in thought provoking life lessons from business veterans
Understanding the intricacies of venture financing
Peeking into upcoming technological breakthroughs
Learning more about one of the fastest growing emerging market - Africa
Networking, networking, networking.