Both Founders were listed in the Top 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2018 for accomplishing something truly novel that is having an impact on an entire industry.
Title: "Impossible...Until it's done."
The 5th edition of Afrobytes comes back on Africa Day, May 25th, 2021, with a new format: Online + TV. Didn't we say: "Until it's done 😉?"
Afrobytes launches TheColo.rs, a community platform dedicated to contributing to the future of Diversity and Inclusion in the Fashion and Beauty Industry.
The "Pitch My Country" concept created by Afrobytes becomes a service platform.
Title: "Impossible...Until it's done."
Back in 2019, when we chose our favorite quote of Nelson Mandela as a title for the 2020 edition, we could not imagine how premonitory it would be 🙇🏾.
Afrobytes partners with WAN to produce the Pan-African event WAN.
👉🏾 + 200 artists.
👉🏾 20 startups showcased on TV during the show.
👉🏾 Broadcasted on 31 Public and private TV stations in 16 African countries.
Title: "Where Do We Go From Here?"
First Afrobytes edition at Station F in Paris, the world's biggest startup campus.
More countries participate in the "Pitch My Country" format: Ghana, Morocco, DRC Congo, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa.
Title: "The Rise Of the African Tech Industry."
Afrobytes amplify its global footprint with events organized in Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Nairobi, Addis Ababa and London.
Haweya and Ammin are in the Top 100 Most Creative People in Business list by Fast Company in 2018.
It is the first time two French and African entrepreneurs of the same company are simultaneously named in this prestigious list.
Afrobytes tests the "Pitch My Country" format with Nigeria and Ethiopia and it's a hit.
Title: "Bring Back Our Narrative."
Afrobytes is one of the only fully independent Tech Events platforms dedicated to Africa led by African descent entrepreneurs in Europe.
African Americans join the community. Representatives from Black Entreprise, Quartz USA and TechCrunch and Africa Diaspora Network USA participate in the third edition.
Companies such as Facebook or GitHub join the community and identify Afrobytes as a key actor to connect African entrepreneurs across borders, whether they are on the continent, Europe, or the USA.
Title: "Building a connection point."
Afrobytes is creating a connection point between the African Tech Ecosystems and other Tech communities.
It is the first time the French Speaking and English Speaking African Tech Ecosystems are gathered under one roof.
To mark the idea that Africa is not a "charity case," the founders decide to launch the first edition of Afrobytes at Le Medef, one of the largest professional organizations in Europe with approx. 700000 members
