Date and time:

August 31, 11:00 CET

Registration link:

https://undp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SU59TfNrQtGZfM8NvvtyCQ

Overview:

Crowdfunding in Africa is a growing market and is a promising way to foster entrepreneurship and innovation across the region. Join us for a thought-provoking session with the movers and shakers in crowdfunding in Africa to learn about the challenges, opportunities and trends. 

We’re hosting a conversation with some of the crowdfunding platform leaders in Africa such as M-Chang, an online & mobile fundraising platform, Thundafund, an online crowdfunding marketplace for creatives and innovators, and Backabuddy, a crowdfunding service in South Africa. They’ll showcase their platforms, share tips and tricks for successful campaigns, and give us some insights into the crowdfunding scene at the moment.

As digital and mobile finance expansion, low penetration of traditional financial institutions, and a long cultural heritage of communal mutual support push crowdfunding growth, we’re also seeing challenges related to uptake across the region. Tune in to hear from the African Crowdfunding Association on how they are spearheading some of these issues – from battling unclear regulation, relatively low levels of internet access, and low social trust.

The webinar will be in English (with translation in French and Arabic) and open to the public. 

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Tadamon Talks is a webinar series that explores alternative finance for CSO empowerment. The series is a space for exchanging insights and learnings on crowdfunding and other topics, promoting good practices in CSO capacity-building, and connecting with prominent alternative finance experts and crowdfunding platform leaders. It is an initiative of the Tadamon platform, sponsored by ISFD, managed by IsDB and implemented by UNDP.

AGENDA

Opening

Svetla Baeva, Communications Lead, Innovation Team, UNDP Europe and Central Asia (2-5 minutes)

Introductory remarks (2-5 minutes) 

Ahmed Berth, Lead NGO and Civil Society Specialist, ISDB

Mohamad Mustafa Jawabreh, Senior Program Management Specialist, ISFD

Panel discussion (40 minutes)  

Begin with a round of speaker presentations 2-4 minutes long.

• Elizabeth Howard, founding director and CEO of the African Crowdfunding Association
• Kyai Mullei, CEO of M-Changa and entrepreneur
• Matt Roberts-Davies, COO of Thundafund 
• Patrick Schofield, CEO of BackaBuddy