2012 Senegal GIST Boot Camp Brochure

GIST Startup
Boot Camp - West Africa

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL
Implemented by CRDF Global
Funded by the U.S. Department of State
GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

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TUESDAY - JULY 10, 2012

08.30-09.00 Registration and Bagel Breakfast Available
09.00-10.00 Welcoming Address
AGENDA
AGENDA ENGLISH
Robert Yamate, Charg dAffaires, US Embassy, introduced by Antoine Ngom

Antoine Ngom, President Foundation of ICT

ARTP Representative

Ibrahima Wade, Director, Stratgie de Croissance Acclre
Keynote Address: The Keys to Success for an African Entrepreneur

Baidy Agne, President, Conseil National du Patronat

Welcoming by CRDF Global, GIST Initiative
Natalia Pipia, Senior Program Manager, CRDF Global

TABLE
CONTENTS
TABLE OF
OF CONTENTS
Welcoming Speech by Senegales Minister of ICT

Mr. Abou Lo, Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and ICT
10.00-10.30
Coffee Break & Press Conference
10.30-11.45
Panel Discussion

Scott Hartley, Mohr Davidson Ventures

Val Livada, MIT Sloan School of Business
AGENDA
Omar Ciss, General Director CTIC Dakar

Bagor Bathily, CEO, La Laiterie du Berger
CTIC-DAKAR ONE PAGER
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BUNTU TEKI ONE PAGER
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SPEAKERS, MENTORS & JUDGES BIOS
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ORGANIZERS BIOS
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GIST INITIATIVE ADVISORY GROUP BIOS
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GIST MENTOR HIGHLIGHTS
25
GIST IN THE NEWS
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CRDF GLOBAL INNOVATION PROGRAMS
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UPCOMING EVENTS
30

Rgina MBodji, CTIC Dakar
GIST PARTNERS
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GIST STARTUP BOOT CAMP WEST AFRICA SPONSORS
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Serigne Barro, CEO, People Input (TBC)

Ibrahima Djibo, General Director, Sinergi, Niger
11.45-12.00
Join the GIST network today! facebook.com/GISTInitiative
Journey from a Young Entrepreneur
Cyan Girls, Winners of Microsoft Imagine Cup for West and Central Africa
12.00-13:30
Lunch
13.30-14.15
Executive summary & business pitch

Val Livada, Professor, MIT Sloan School of Business
14.15-15.00
Raising funds for your ideas and ventures

Gibs Song, Partner, Mane-Aquila Consulting

Verone Mankou, CEO, VMK
15.00-15.45
Business models and financial projections for startups


Ibrahima Djibo, General Director, Sinergi, Niger
15-45-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.45
Strategies for taking your venture to market and gaining customers

Scott Hartley, Mohr Davidson Ventures
16.45-17.45
Panel Discussion Innovate & Expand to the Regional Market

Antoine Ngom, CEO, GSIE (TBC)

Mbayang Ndiaye Cisse, General Director, Call Me (Groupe Chaka)
17.45-18.00
Closing remarks
18.00
Networking Reception
AGENDA
AGENDA
ENGLISH
WEDNESDAY - JULY 11, 2012

09.00-09:45
09.45-10.00
Room A:
Room B:
Sucess Story of an African Entrepreneur
Local and International mentor Workshop
Abdoulaye MBAYE, DG Neurotec
Natalia Pipia & Val Livada
Mentorship Overview:
Entrepreneurs receive mentorship schedule
10.00-12.00
One-on-One mentorship sessions

Technology entrepreneurs meet with their mentors
12.00-13.00
Open pitching practice:

In group of three, two entrepreneurs and one mentor, entrepreneurs will take turns practicing their pitches
and receiving feedback from mentors
13.00-14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.45
Venture pitching sessions

Entrepreneurs pitch in front of a panel of experienced angel investors, serial entrepreneurs and venture
capitalists. Entrepreneurs will present for five minutes, with five minutes of Q&A from panelists to follow
each pitch.
15.45-16.00
Coffee Break in hall way / Angel Investors Welcoming of Investors in Room B
16.00-17.30
Room A: Venture Pitching Session - 6 Entreprenuers

The top two from previous pitching sessions will compete for the top award
17.30-18.00
How to become a GIST transformer / Fill out surveys/Judges meet to decide the awardees
18.00-18.15
Announcing winners of pitching competition and closing remarks
18.15-19.00
Networking and Investors Workshop
19.00-20.00
Private dinner with local and international investors
* GIST Transformers Entrepreneurship Journey to the US
Financez la cration et le dveloppement de

votre entreprise innovante
MARDI 10 JUILLET
AGENDA
AGENDA FRENCH
08.30-09.00 Accueil et Enregistrement

09.00-10.00 Crmonie douverture
Mots de bienvenue
M. Robert Yamate, Chef de Missi N JNJ Non Adjoint, Ambassade des Etats-Unis au Sngal Inroduit par M.
Antoine Ngom
M. Antoine Ngom, Prsident, Fondation des Incubateurs TIC du Sngal
Mot de lARTP Sponsor Officiel
M. Ibrahima Wade, Directeur, Stratgie de Croissance Acclre

Prsentation: Les cls du succs pour lentrepreneur Africain
M. Baidy Agne, Entrepreneur et Prsident, Conseil National du Patronat du Sngal
Discours du GIST / CRDF Global
Mme Natalia Pipia, Senior Program Manager, CRDF Global
Discours douverture du Ministre
M. Abou Lo, Ministre de la Communication, des Tlcommunications et des TIC
10.00-10.30 Pause Caf / Confrence de Presse
10.30-11.45 Panel de discussion Innovation et financement des entreprises technologiques

Scott Hartley, Capital-Risqueur, Mohr Davidson Ventures

Val Livada, Professeur, MIT Sloan School of Business

Omar Cisse, Directeur Gnral, CTIC Dakar

Bagor Bathily, fondateur et dirigeant, La Laiterie du Berger

Ibrahima Djibo, capital-risqueur, DG Sinergi, Niger
11.45-12.00 Parcours de jeune entrepreneuse
Cyan Girls, Gagnantes Microsoft Imagine Cup pour Afrique de lOuest et Centrale
12.00-13:30 Djeuner
13.30-14.15 Executive summary & Elevator Pitch
14.15-15.00 Lever des fonds pour vos projets dentreprises
Gibs Song, Business-Angel, Mane-Aquila Consulting
Vrone Mankou, Fondateur et dirigeant, VMK
15.00-15.45 Modles conomiques et prvisions financires pour votre entreprise
Ibrahima Djibo, capital-risqueur, DG Sinergi, Niger
15-45-16.00 Pause caf
16.00-16.45 Strategies pour trouver vos premiers marchs et clients
Scott Hartley, Capital-Risqueur, Mohr Davidson Ventures
Rgina Mbodj, Business Development Manager, CTIC Dakar
16.45-17.45 Panel de discussion Innover et stendre sur le march sous rgional
Antoine Ngom, Prsident, Fondation des Incubateurs TIC du Sngal et OPTIC et DG GSIE
Mbayang Ndiaye Cisse, DG Call Me (groupe Chaka)
Serigne Barro, Fondateur et DG, People Input
17.45-18.00 Mots de fin de journe
18.00-19.00 Rception
all of us must recognize that education

and innovation will be the currency of the
21st century.

AGENDA
AGENDA FRENCH
MERCREDI 11 JUILLET
09.00-09:45
Barack Obama
President of the United States of America
Success story dun entrepreneur africain (Salle A)
Atelier pour les mentors locaux et internationaux
Abdoulaye Mbaye, DG Neurotech
(Salle B)
Natalia Pipia et Val Livada
09.45-10.00
Prparation pour le Mentorat Les 30 entrepreneurs slectionns pour le mentorat reoivent le planning
10.00-12.00
Mentorat personnalis: Entretiens individuels entre les entrepreneurs et des mentors locaux et internationaux
12.00-13.00
Entrainement au pitch : amliorer votre pitch grce aux conseils des mentors
13.00-14.00
Djeuner
14.00-15.45
Sessions de Pitch - 5min + 5 min Q&A Premier tour de pitch devant les jury. Les entrepreneurs pouvant
pitcher seront slectionns lavance sur leur dossier dinscription. Les meilleurs projets pourront pour par-
To promote and spread economic prosperity, the Global Innovation through Science and
Technology (GIST) initiative is forging links at the individual and institutional level among
scientists, entrepreneurs, and the marketplace. Technology entrepreneurship has the
power to create the products, companies, and jobs that drive economic growth. The GIST
initiative aims to strengthen technology development and national, regional, and global
entrepreneurship through partnerships and programs focusing on:
NETWORKING: Linking innovative ideas, people, and financial and human resources
SKILL DEVELOPMENT: Providing business training, mentorship and resources
ticiper au Pitch final.

15.45-16.00
Pause Caf/Acceuil des investisseurs locaux
16.00-17.30
Concours de pitch final 6 entrepreneurs - 10min + 5min Q&A
17.30-18.00
Comment rejoindre la communaut des GIST Transformers
FINANCING: Connecting innovators and their ideas with seed capital
CONNECT WITH GIST COMMUNITY
(et dlibrations du jury)

18.00-18.15
Annonce des grands gagnants du concours de pitch et crmonie de clture
18:15-19:00
Rseautage & Runion de travail pour les investisseurs
19.00-20.00
Diner prive pour les investisseurs internationaux et locaux.
Skill Development Programs
Incentive-Based Competitions
Startup Boot Camps: Strengthen

business development through training
and mentorship for experienced
business leaders.
Webinars: Link American technology
commercialization experts with aspiring
entrepreneurs around the world.
GIST Tech-I: Highlight innovative

technology ideas to the community via
YouTube-based idea pitch competition.
GIST-MIT Business Plan Competition:
Accelerate high potential startups
through mentorship, connections
and seed funding.
GIST Social
Networking Platform
University-Industry
Linkage Program
Access innovative business tools and

mentorship.
Form partnerships to foster new
venture creation.
Exchange ideas through popular social
networking platforms.
Institutionalize connections between

universities and businesses through
industry outreach partnerships.
Develop innovation leaders primed to
meet industry needs through hands on
training experiences.
Join the GIST network today! www.gistinitiative.org
The GIST initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of

States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
and Scientific Affairs and implemented by CRDF Global.
Together we can build an ecosystem that

allows entrepreneurs to get the support
they need, the financing they need, the
mentoring they need, to launch a
brilliant idea into a business. Thats the
importance of the GIST mission.
Jeff Hoffman
Co-Founder and former CEO,
Priceline; GIST Advisory Group Member
GIST is a great opportunity to increase

participation by the academic sector
in thetransfer of technology into the
marketplace through the development of
practical knowledge and skills, as well
as to heighten understanding of the value
of entrepreneurship and innovation for
economic growth and sustainability.
Dr. Abdelali Haoudi
VP of Research,
Qatar Foundation
Malaysia welcomes the GIST Initiative to

support technology development in
Muslim-majority countries to advance
key innovation areas, especially
innovation capacity, entrepreneurship
and access to seed capital.
Dato Madinah binti Mohamad
Secretary General, Ministry of
Science, Technology and
Innovation, Malaysia
[GIST] was our shortcut towards better

connections and visibility.
Ziad Sankari
Founder of CardioDiagnostics; GIST Tech-I
Competition Winner
GIST WEST AFRICA STARTUP

BOOT CAMP
GIST WEST AFRICA STARTUP

BOOT CAMP
DAKAR, SENEGAL
July 10-11, 2012
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LEARN. CONNECT. SUCCEED.

The GIST Startup Boot Camp is an intense two day interactive training and mentoring event designed to spark
innovative thinking and trigger the creation of new startup ideas among promising entrepreneurs in the ICT, energy,
healthcare and agriculture sectors. In Africa, GIST is proud to be a platform partner for the LIONS@FRICA partnership
which shares a common vision of mobilizing knowledge, expertise, and resources to encourage and enhance
innovation ecosystems and to spur entrepreneurship. LIONS@FRICA is coordinated by Global Entrepreneurship Week.
WHAT ?
U?
WHY YO
Because you are innovative, resilient and dedicated to starting technology-based companies.
Tuesday, July 10
GIST Startup Boot Camp
WHO: Innovators looking to turn technology ideas into new
companies
Wednesday, July 11
GIST Mentoring Sessions and Venture Pitch Competition
WHO: Technology entrepreneurs who want to take their
tech startups to the next level
LEARN:
Learn from expert investors, educators and entrepreneurs including:

Val Livada Senior Lecturer at Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship discusses starting your company and writing an executive summary
Scott Hartley Mohr Davidow mobile and consumer internet venture capitalist shares an investors perspective to improve startup pitches
Gibs Song energy sector anger investor talks about raising funds for your business
CONNECT:
NETWORK with the best and the brightest entrepreneurial minds from West Africa & the U.S.
BUILD relationships with your peers and future business partners
SUCCEED:
Entrepreneurs pitch your ideas to investors and compete for a trip to the U.S. to network with and learn from entrepreneurs,
investors and other business experts from Boston, Silicon Valley, New York City and Washington, DC
Mentors strengthen the skills needed to nurture the next generation of technology entrepreneurs of your country
HOW TO APPLY
http://tiny.cc/GISTWestAfrica
FOR FUTURE GIST ACTIVITIES:

www.gistinitiative.org
FOLLOW US:
facebook.com/GISTinitiative
@GISTinitiative
About GIST: The GIST Initiative builds entrepreneurial ecosystems in 43 countries across the Middle East,
Africa and South and Central Asia by identifying, coaching and funding promising entrepreneurs through
its competitions, start-up acceleration services, online social media platform and interactive mentorship
programs. GIST is funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented by CRDF Global.
www.gistinitiative.org www.crdfglobal.org
About CTIC Dakar: CTIC Dakar is the leading business Incubator in Senegal for IT and mobile services
entrepreneurs Their mission is to empower high-potential and high impact entrepreneurs, advising them
on their business model and strategy but also connecting them with the entire ecosystem they need for
their success.
www.cticdakar.com
About African Development Bank: The African Development Bank (AfDB) Groups mission is to help
reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continents
economic and social development. The institution aims at assisting African countries in their efforts
to achieve sustainable economic development and social progress. Since 1967, the AfDB has loaned or
granted approximately $75 billion in resources to regional member countries. www.afdb.org
About LIONS@FRICA: LIONS@FRICA seeks to create new opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa by
providing a platform to inspire and challenge African innovators and entrepreneurs. This partnership
will provide African startups with capacity building and training in business development,
provide connectivity to global innovation grids, promote access to capital, create opportunities
for partnership, and showcase best practices and successes in African-led innovation solutions.
www.meetthelions.org
DAKAR, SENEGAL
July 10-11, 2012
LEARN. CONNECT. SUCCEED.

Financez la cration et la croissance de votre PME innovante
100 entrepreneurs de toute lAfrique de lOuest
Des experts et investisseurs amricains et locaux
Les 10 et 11 juillet lhtel Sokhamon, Dakar, Sngal
GIST Startup BootCamp Afrique de lOuest, pourquoi ?
Dans le cadre de son partenariat avec le Global Innovation Through Science & Technology (GIST) soutenu par le
Dpartement dEtat Amricain, lincubateur CTIC Dakar propose aux meilleurs entrepreneurs et porteurs de projets
technologiques dAfrique de lOuest de se runir les 10 et 11 juillet Dakar pour se former aux cts dexperts et
dinvestisseurs amricains et Sngalais sur la thmatique de laccs aux financements.
Des prsentations de haut niveau et du mentorat individualis

Cette confrence interactive permettra 100 entrepreneurs diffrents stades de dveloppement (ide, pilote ou
croissance), dans le secteur des TIC et des technologies en gnral, de suivre les prsentations dexperts internationaux et
locaux. Les 30 meilleurs entrepreneurs pourront sentretenir avec les experts lors de sessions de mentorat individualises
et certains dentre eux auront lopportunit de pitcher devant le jury. A gagner: un voyage daffaire aux Etats-Unis et un
financement pour le dveloppement de votre projet.
La clture du programme BuntuTEKI, 1er acclrateur de startup dAfrique de lOuest

Lvnement sera galement loccasion de clturer en beaut la premire classe de BuntuTEKI, un programme
daccompagnement intensif de trois mois pour les meilleurs jeunes entrepreneurs TIC de la rgion. Les 8 quipes encore en
course pitcheront aussi devant le jury qui choisira ensuite le grand gagnant de cette premire dition de BuntuTEKI.
Comment participer
Inscriptions et dtails sur www.cticdakar.com. La participation est gratuite, inscrivez-vous en ligne, dcrivez votre entreprise
ou projet, et dites nous si vous souhaitez pitcher. Les 100 personnes slectionnes pour participer lvnement et les 15
dentre elles qui pourront pitcher seront annonces avant le 7 juillet 2012.
CONTACTS
Yann Le Beux, Catalyst CTIC Dakar
yann.lebeux@cticdakar.com - 77 499 94 67
www.cticdakar.com - facebook.com/cticdakar
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CTIC Dakar, the West African growth accelerator for high potential IT and Mobile SMEs
CTIC Dakar, acclrateur de croissance pour les entrepreneurs TIC dAfrique de lOuest
CTIC is the first accelerator and incubator of Senegal for ICT and mobile technology entrepreneurs. We are a non-profit lead by
FICTIS, the Foundation of ICT Incubators in Senegal and we are proudly supported by great partners from the private and public
sectors like the World Bank (InfoDev), Sonatel (1st Telco in Senegal), the German Cooperation (GIZ), the Center for Development of
the Enterprise (CDE), ARTP (Telcos regulator), ADIE, the Government of Senegal and others.
CTIC Dakar est le 1er incubateur et acclrateur du Sngal ddi aux entrepreneurs des TIC et des technologies mobiles. Cette
organisation but non lucratif est une initiative de la Fondation FICTIS (Fondation des Incubateurs TIC du Sngal) et est soutenue
pas des partenaires internationaux comme la Banque Mondiale, le CDE de Bruxelles et la GIZ et locaux comme lARTP, Sonatel et
lADIE.
Our Vision
Notre vision
Become the leading hub in West Africa for the emergence and the growth of high potential entrepreneurs.
Etre le 1er Catalyseur de croissance dAfrique de lOuest pour les entrepreneurs des TIC
Our Missions
Nos Missions
Promote entrepreneurship and support universities
Promouvoir lentreprenariat TIC et accompagner les universits dans la mise en place de curriculum ddi
Identify and support talents
Identifier des talents et les accompagner dans la mise en uvre de leurs projets
Facilitate access to finance and markets for our SMEs
Faciliter pour les entreprises laccs aux marchs et aux financements
Build high-growth and sustainable businesses
Favoriser la cration et la prennit dentreprises TIC fort potentiel
What we provide
Ce que lon offre
Contacts
Contacts
www.cticdakar.com - facebook.com/cticdakar - twitter @cticdakar
www.cticdakar.com - facebook.com/cticdakar - twitter @cticdakar
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Formons la nouvelle generation dentrepreneurs africain en ICT
Build the new generation of West African IT and mobile entrepreneurs
Le CTIC Dakar a lanc rcemment linitiative BUNTUTEKI ( la Porte de la Russite ), un tout nouveau
programme dacclration de trois mois dont le but est daccompagner en profondeur les meilleurs projets
dentreprises TIC et mobiles du pays.
BUNTUTEKI est une version adapte notre contexte Sngalais du modle dit dacclration , une variante
de lincubation traditionnelle qui se rpand depuis 2007 aux quatre coins du globe et qui vise amliorer et
tester rapidement des innovations TIC trs fort potentiel de croissance. Les seuls quivalents en sur notre
continent sont en Afrique du Sud (Google Umbono) et au Kenya (Nailab
Accelerator).
BUNTUTEKI, qui se transcrit en wolof par la porte de la russite et
qui sest droul davril juillet 2012, est destin aux jeunes porteurs
de projets hautement innovants dans le secteur des TIC et des technologies mobiles. Ce programme
ultra-slectif dune dure de trois mois sest lanc le dfi daccompagner en profondeur les meilleures
startups du Sngal grce un accompagnement intensif par lquipe du CTIC et ses partenaires qui
dbouchera la mise sur le march dinnovations fort potentiel de croissance. Plusieurs experts
dans diffrents domaines ont t mobiliss afin de rpondre spcifiquement aux besoins des jeunes
entrepreneurs.
ICTC Dakar recently launched initiative BUNTUTEKI (Gateway to Success), a new program three month
acceleration program which purpose is to support the best ICT companies in the Senegal.
BUNTUTEKI is an acceleration model adapted to the Senegalese context model, a variation of the
traditional incubation spread since 2007 around the globe and aims to improve and quickly test ICT
innovations of very high growth potential. The only equivalents in the African continent are in South
Africa (Google Umbono) and Kenya (Nailab Accelerator).
BUNTUTEKI, translated from Wolof for Gateway to Success, ran from April to July 2012, and is
aimed at young entrepreneurs with highly innovative projects
in ICT and mobile technologies. This selective program took
the challenge to accompany the best startups from Senegal through intensive support spearheaded by
CTIC and its partners. It will lead placing these innovative products and services on the market with high
growth potential. Several experts in various fields have been mobilized to meet the specific needs of young
entrepreneurs.
At the end of three months, the most successful projects,
determined by the technology and business plan, will have the
chance to join the platform of participatory financing, Tambalina.
com, partner of the initiative.
A la fin des trois mois intensifs du programme, les projets les plus aboutis sur les plans technologiques
et commerciaux auront la chance de rejoindre la plateforme de financement participatif Tambalina.
com, partenaire de linitiative et peut tre dintgrer le programme dincubation longue dure du CTIC.
During the GIST Startup Boot Camp July 10-11, 2012, the BuntuTEKI
boys have their place reserved to pitch to U.S. a panel of local
and international VCs, Angel Investors and Successful Entrepreneurs and compete to win a monetary prize
Lors du GIST StartupBootCamp des 10 et 11 juillets, les BuntuTEKI boys auront leur place rserve
pour pitcher devant des investisseurs amricains et locaux et peut tre gagner un prix montaire
pour le dveloppement de leur projet et un voyage daffaire aux tats-Unis. Bonne chance eux !
Les 7 projets encore en course (sur 9 au dpart !)

The 7 top projects

SeneMusik - Abdoulaye Ndiaye
for the development of their project and a business trip to the USA. Good luck to them!
Application et site web dcoute et de vente en ligne de musique sngalaise
Japalema - Cyrille Kwabong et Fatime Faye
SeneMusik - Abdoulaye Ndiaye
Japalema - Cyrille Kwabong et Fatime Faye
Plateforme en Wolof et Franais daccs aux financements et daccompagnement pour agriculteurs et groupement
de femmes
SamaYoon - Poncio Gomes
Sama Event - Stephane Adfmi Ndour
La carte de visite multimdia et le rseau professionnel pour les tudiants, cadres et entrepreneurss
Application mobile dinformation en temps rel sur les prix et quantits du march pour les agriculteurs
Video game and mobile application to educate people on recycling and respect of the environment
SignUp Card - Chrif Ndiaye
M-Louma - Aboubacar Sidy Sonko
Web and mobile application to reserve and pay tickets to sports and cultural events
ArClean - Dadja Matiasso Bassou
SignUp Card - Chrif Ndiaye
Jeu vido et application mobile ducative pour le tri des dchets et le respect de lenvironnement
Mobile application that provides bus schedules
Sama Event - Stephane Adfmi Ndour
Application web et mobile de rservation et de paiement de billets pour les vnements sportifs ou culturels
ArClean - Dadja Matiasso Bassou
Platform in Wolof and French for farmers and women to access funds and business support services
SamaYoon - Poncio Gomes
Application mobile qui fournit litinraire et la localisation des bus.
Application and website for Senegalese Music
Multimedia business card and professional network for students and businessmen
M-Louma - Aboubacar Sidy Sonko
Mobile application to inform farmers about the market price and quantity in real time
Pour plus dinformation sur le programme BuntuTEKI, nhsitez pas contacter les coordinateurs du projet M. Yves Afoutou (yves.afoutou@gmail.com)
For more information on BuntuTEKI, contact Mr. Yves A Afoutou (yves.afoutou@gmail.com) or M. Yann Le Beux (yann.lebeux@cticdakar.com)
ou M. Yann Le Beux (yann.lebeux@cticdakar.com)
Follow the adventures of the BuntuTEKI Boys at www.facebook.com/cticdakar
Et suivez les aventures des BuntuTEKI Boys sur www.facebook.com/cticdakar

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SPEAKERS
, MENTORS
&BIOS
JUDGES BIOS
SPEAKERS, MENTORS
& JUDGES
SPEAKERS
, MENTORS
&BIOS
JUDGES BIOS
SPEAKERS, MENTORS
& JUDGES
Serigne Barro - General Manager, People Input
Scott Hartley -Venture Capitalist, Mohr Davidow Ventures
Serigne BARRO is the Founder & General Manager of People Input and is one of African French speaking countries web
Scott Hartley is an early stage technology investor at Mohr Davidow Ventures, a Sand Hill Road venture capital firm in
& mobile services pioneers. From 2000 to 2002, Mr BARRO served as a Web marketing / Web strategy Consultant &
Menlo Park, California. MDV was founded in 1983, and has $2 billion invested across companies in the web/mobile, clean-
Project manager at SQLI, one of the leading web agencies in France (www.sqli.com). In 2002, he returned in Senegal his
tech, and healthcare sectors. Prior to venture capital Hartley worked for Google, Facebook, and Harvard Universitys
homeland and founded the first web agency in Senegal, People Input, at the age of 24. In 2005, he made a strategic shift
Berkman Center for Internet and Society. At Google he spent a year in India launching two operations teams, and
to mobile services as a response to the new market trend showing that mobile phones are the most popular electronic
lectured on entrepreneurship for Google.org in Africa. Hartley has experience at the U.S. State Department, where he
tool in Africa. From then, M. BARRO developed People Inputs business across African French speaking countries such as Mali, Cameroon, Ivory
worked for the Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, at the U.N. Development Program, and at the White House,
Coast, Guinea. Today, People Input has delivered assistance to over 100 companies, telecommunication service providers, institutions, and media
where he worked with the National Economic Council on issues of U.S. economic policy. Hartley holds his B.A. from Stanford University, his M.A. in
outlets to implement their Web & Mobile projects.Mr BARRO graduated from the Institut Suprieur du Commerce (ISC Paris France) in 2000.
International Affairs and his M.B.A. in Economics and Finance from Columbia University.
www.peopleinput.com/en
Vrone Mankou
Founder and CEO of VMK, a Congolese startup who chose to build its strategy on mobile technology. In 2011 he presented
Mbayang Ndiaye Cisse, DG Call Me (Groupe Chaka)
his first product: an pc tablet, the Way-C, it is the first touch pad designed by an African. On sale since January 2012 in the
Graduate from a top business school, she is also licensed in Business Administration and has a Masters in Management
and corporate strategy. She joined the multinational SENTEL GSM and became TIGO from 1999 to 2004 where she
held several positions within the Directorate of Customer Service. In 2004 she joined the group CHAKA, leader of the
computer voice in West Africa, particularly the call center subsidiary of the group Call Me where she participated in
the creation and implementation of other operations the sub region and in central Africa. In 2006 she was appointed
as Executive Director of Call Me Senegal since 2007 and she served as Director General of structure Dakar Call Me, the
mother subsidiaries in the subregion.
Diplme dune grande cole de commerce, je suis galement titulaire dune licence en Administration des affaires
et dun master 2 en management et stratgie dentreprise. Jai intgr la multinationale SENTEL GSM devenu TIGO de 1999 2004 o jai occup
plusieurs fonctions au tsein de la Direction du Customer service. En 2004 je rejoins le groupe CHAKA, leader de linformatique vocale en Afrique de
louest, et plus particulirement la filiale centre dappels du groupe Call Me o je participe la cration et la mise en place des autres oprations
au niveau de la sous rgion et en Afrique central. En 2006 je suis nomme Directrice excutive de Call me Sngal et depuis 2007 joccupe le poste
de Directrice Gnrale de Call me Dakar structure mre des filiales call me dans la sous rgion.
Congo and France and soon in the rest of Africa, the tablet has opened a new era to VMK who is preparing to launch on the
market, before the end of the year, an Smartphone.In order to allow more people to have access to technology, VMK board
now on a home computer at least $ 100 and a digital textbook : a tablet dedicated to education.
Passionn des TIC, il est le Fondateur et CEO de VMK, une startup congolaise qui a choisi de btir sa stratgie sur la
technologie du mobile. En 2011 il prsente sa premire ralisation : une tablette tactile, le Way-C, il sagit de la premire
tablette tactile conue par un africain. Commercialise depuis janvier 2012 au Congo et en France et bientt dans le reste
de lAfrique, le produit a ouvert un nouvel air VMK qui se prpare lancer, avant la fin de lanne, sur le march, un Smartphone. Dans le souci de
permettre un plus grand nombre davoir accs la technologie, VMK planche maintenant sur un ordinateur domestique moins de 100$ et un
manuel scolaire numrique : une tablette tactile ddie lducation.
Abdoulaye Mbaye, Administrateur Gnral et Fondateur de Neurotech (Founder and CEO of Neurotech)
Abdoulaye Mbaye records a rich experience of 17 years in the IT professions with a variety of skills ranging from
operational expertise in IT governance through year resources management and intellectual services. After 3 years
with Telecom Plus (Orange Group), he joined ATI, pioneer in Senegal for the post of Head of Network & Telecom.
M. Ibrahima Djibo, Directeur General, Sinergi SA
Abdoulaye then joined the post of Director of Services and Networks he held for three years before launching his career
Graduated as Mining Engineer from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines of industrial techniques at Als. In 1990
he pursued a graduate diploma (DESS) in business administration at the Faculty of Pau (France) and a 1995 graduated
in Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects (Paris). Back in Niger in 1991, he was hired as a controller for the World Bank.
He worked there until 1997 when he left to work for the multinational Shell in Niger as retail manager. In 2006, after a
brief time as Business Manager of a dairy company in Niger, he was hired as General Director of a Private Equity firm
where he is currently working on financing and support of Small and Medium Enterprises.
Diplm dingnieur des Mines de lEcole Nationale Suprieure des techniques industrielles des Mines dAls. Il poursuis
en 1990 un troisime cycle (DESS) en gestion des entreprises la Facult de Pau (France), puis 1995 un troisime cycle
en suivi valuation de Projet (Paris). De retour au Niger en 1991, il est embauch comme contrleur de gestion dun projet de la Banque Mondiale.
Il y travaille jusquen 1997 date laquelle, il quitte pour travailler pour la multinationale Shell au Niger comme retail Manager . En 2006, aprs un
bref passage comme Directeur commercial dune laiterie au Niger, il est embauch comme directeur Gnral dune socit de Capital Investissement
o il soccupe actuellement du financement et de laccompagnement des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises.
as an entrepreneur and create Neurotech in 2003. He managed a number of projects for the study, implementation,
security and optimization of enterprise networks for large local and international companies. Abdoulaye and its
team are now developing their consulting activities all over West Africa. Neurotech is now one of major success
story in the West African ICT sector. Abdoulaye graduated in Engineering & Telecommunications from Ecole Superieure des Telecommunications de
Tunis in 1994.
Abdoulaye MBAYE comptabilise une exprience riche de 17 ans dans les mtiers de linformatique avec des comptences varies allant de lexpertise
oprationnelle la gouvernance IT an passant par le management des ressources et les prestations intellectuelles. Apres 3 annes au sein de
Telecom Plus (groupe Orange), il a rejoint ATI, SSII pionnire au Sngal au poste de Chef du Dpartement Rseaux & Tlcoms. Abdoulaye a ensuite
rejoint le poste de Directeur des Services et Rseaux quil a occup 3 annes durant avant de lancer sa carrire dentrepreneur et crer Neurotech
en 2003. Il a pilot depuis un bon nombre de projets pour ltude, la ralisation, la scurisation et loptimisation de rseaux dentreprise pour le
compte de grandes entreprises locales et internationales. Abdoulaye et lquipe de Neurotech dveloppent aujourdhui leurs activits de conseils,
notamment dans toute lAfrique de lOuest. Neurotech est aujourdhui lune des rfrences sous-rgionales du secteur des TIC. Abdoulaye est
ingnieur de Conception des tlcommunications, diplm de lEcole Suprieure des Tlcommunications de Tunis en 1994.
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Gibs Song - Principal, Main-Aquila Consulting

Gibs has over 25 years of experience from universities, startups and global companies in three different countries.
Antoine Ngom, Directeur Gnral de GSIE
He has been focusing on startup activities during the past 3 years, gaining insights into the failures and successes
After earning his baccalaureate, Series C, with honors, in 1983 at the Lyce Gaston Berger, he follows the course
executive management to venture investing, Gibs is a founder, investor and advisor for 8 startups. Gibs has
Higher Mathematics / Mathematics Special M (Lyce Henri IV - Paris), before moving in 1985 to Ecole Centrale de
held positions including Project Manager (Electric Vehicle Research Program) at the Electrochemical Science and
of a variety of companies. With diverse experience ranging from technology development, strategic planning and
Paris to graduate as an engineer in 1988. From 1989 to 1998 he worked successively as a design engineer, product
Technology Center at the University of Ottawa, Director of US Operations for Samsung Advanced Institute of
line manager and technical director of the department at Software Consulting, Finance Marben Consulting and Atos
Technology, and remains Senior Consultant to Cheil Industries (Samsung company) since 2009 and Executive Advisor to Palo Alto Research Center
Origin in France. In 1999, he founded the company GSIE Technology where he is the current CEO. GSIE Technology is
(Xerox company) since 2010. Gibs is an avid golfer, and enjoys motorcycling and travelling.
a services company that performs IT & Telecommunications projects design, solution integration and aggregator of mobile value added services in
West Africa and Central Africa. Antoine Ngom is a founding member of the Organization of ICT Professionals of Senegal (OPTIC), the union bosses
Robert Yamate - Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Dakar
of ICTs, affiliated with the National Council of Employers (CNP), which he currently chairs. It is also since 2011 the Foundation President of Senegal
ICT Incubators (FICTIS) who created ICTC.
Aprs avoir obtenu son Baccalaurat, Srie C, avec mention Bien, en 1983 au Lyce Gaston Berger, il suit le cursus Mathmatiques Suprieures
/ Mathmatiques Spciales M (Lyce Henri IV Paris), avant dintgrer en 1985 lEcole Centrale de Paris pour en sortir ingnieur en 1988. De
1989 1998, il travaille successivement comme ingnieur de conception, responsable ligne de produits et Directeur Technique de dpartement au
sein des socits Consulting Software, Marben Consulting Finance et Atos Origin en France. En 1999, il cre la socit GSIE Technology dont il est
lactuel Directeur Gnral. GSIE Technology est une socit de services en Informatique & Tlcommunications qui ralise des projets de Conception,
dintgration de solution et dagrgateur de services valeur ajoute mobiles en Afrique de lOuest et Centrale. Antoine NGOM est membre fondateur
de lOrganisation des Professionnels des TICs du Sngal (OPTIC), le syndicat patronal des TICs, affili au Conseil National du Patronat (CNP), dont il
assure actuellement la prsidence. Il est galement depuis 2011 le prsident de la Fondation des Incubateurs TIC du Sngal (FICTIS) qui a cr CTIC.
Valentin Livada - Senior Lecturer in the Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
He is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister Counselor, with extensive experience in multiagency collaboration and management affairs. Prior to Dakar, Mr. Yamate was assigned to the State Departments
Bureau of Intelligence and Research where he worked on integration and coordination within the Intelligence
Community. Mr. Yamate has previously served as the permanent Charge dAffaires in Apia, Western Samoa, and as
Consular Officer in Tokyo, Japan. His other overseas assignments include Management positions in Budapest, Hungary;
Antananarivo, Madagascar; Montreal, Canada; AIT Taipei, Taiwan; Harare, Zimbabwe; Abidjan, Cote dIvoire; and
Geneva, Switzerland. His domestic assignments include tours as Deputy Executive Director in the Bureau of Human
Resources and Watch Officer for the State Department Operations Center. Mr. Yamates foreign languages are French,
Japanese, and Hungarian. His State Department service has been recognized by a Senior Foreign Service Performance
Award, three Superior Honor Awards, and five Meritorious Honor Awards. He is a native of Monterey Park, California and received his Bachelor of
Science degree in Mathematics from the California Polytechnic University. He also has a Masters of Arts degree in Education from the University
of LaVerne, California, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mr. Yamate is married to Michiko
Yamate. They enjoy tennis, travel, and working with animal rescue organizations abroad.
Val Livada founded Weybridge Partners in 1996 as a network of formal and informal associations of practitioners
and organizations focused on the creation of innovation ecosystems. The network includes business and technology
consultants, venture capitalists and angel investors, academics, entrepreneurs, and lawyers in the United States
and abroad. Livada brings 30 years of consulting experience to his clients. He was director at Braxton Associates, an
international strategy planning consulting firm, and vice president at Pugh-Roberts Associates (PRA), a technology
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management firm established by Prof. Ed Roberts from MIT. Prior to establishing Weybridge Partners, he was the
Natalia Pipia - Senior Program Manager, Innovation Programs The Global Innovation through Science
and Technology (GIST) Initiative
leading practitioner in the area of innovation management for the PA Consulting Group. Livada is a judge for the
Innovation Competition organized by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, which coordinates the activities of all universities, teaching
Natalia Pipia develops and oversees all Innovation Programs at CRDF Global. In her current position, Natalia is
responsible for developing outreach strategies to external partners and funders for Innovation Programs. She develops
new opportunities with various organizations and funders who share CRDF Globals objective of promoting innovation
in emerging economies and advancing the development of new opportunities for technology entrepreneurs. She
carries out programs that promote strategic partnerships between technology entrepreneurs and businesses, build
innovation ecosystems in countries where programs are being implemented, and facilitate U.S. market access.
hospitals, and research centers in Massachusetts. He is a catalyst at MITs Deshpande Center, working with different innovation teams. Livada
is also active in efforts to stimulate activities among U.S., European, and Asian organizations. In Europe, he has worked with many firms in the
United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, and Scandinavia. He has been instrumental in establishing U.S. operations for several European companies,
including Nokia Research, Pro2Kem, and ETeCH. Recently, he has been one of the founders of I-Cube, a nonprofit group organizing innovation
competitions in Eastern Europe. In 2006, Livada helped found Nanonexis, an organization dedicated to the convergence of nanotechnology and the
built environment, and Boston Instruments, a group consolidating emerging companies in the molecular spectroscopy sector. Livada holds an SB
Natalia has 10 years of experience working in economic development and executed various initiatives in coordination
with numerous associations, companies, technology transfer groups, governmental, and non-governmental
organizations in Eurasia, Middle East, Africa, Central and Southeast Asia.
from MIT and an MA and a PhD from Tufts University.
Natalia holds a M.A. in International Relations from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University.
She resides with her family in Washington, DC metropolitan area.
Email: npipia@crdfglobal.org
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Ovidiu (Ovi) Bujorean - GIST Program Manager, The Global Innovation through Science and Technology
(GIST) Initiative
Omar Ciss Executive Director, CTIC Dakar
Ovidiu (Ovi) Bujorean is Program Manager for the GIST Initiative. Ovidiu is member of the Board of Directors and
Regional Chair for Washington DC and Virginia for MIT Enterprise Forum. He also serves as an Advisor to the MIT
Portugal Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative. Previously, he was the Senior Associate at Rudyard Partners,
a private equity firm focused on investing in consumer technology opportunities for the global marketplace. Ovidiu
managed a $600k UNDP e-government Project for the Romanian Presidency. The project was recognized by UNDP as
regional best practice in capacity building and public administration reform. He also worked with Gemini Consulting,
Deutsche Post Consulting, and BCG.
companies in West Africa created in 2001. He was the general manager of 2SI from January 2005 to August 2010.
Ovidiu also founded and led LEADERS, an organization who impacted the lives of approximately 10000 young leaders
and entrepreneurs in Romania and Southern-Eastern Europe. The partnership he built between Leaders and Vodafone was recognized by the Prince
of Wales Business Leaders Forum as a worldwide best practice in developing young leaders. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Capital
Network, City of Cambridge, AIESEC at Harvard and as a judge in the competition Startup Chile.
He was invited to speak on the topic of Professional Networking by the MIT Portugal Entrepreneurship program, the Swiss government, Columbia
University and The State Department TechCamp initiative. He was the winner of Mayor Menino Boston World Partnership Battle of the Network
Stars competition that included 125 top Boston connectors. He is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management MBA program and the
inaugural Sloan Entrepreneurship and Innovation program in Technology. Ovidiu also holds an MPA degree from the Harvard Kennedy School, an
MA in Organizational and Business Psychology and an MA in Governance and Institutional Development. He holds a BA in trade from Academy of
Economic Studies in Bucharest. He served two terms as the National President of AIESEC in Romania. Email: obujorean@crdfglobal.org
M. Omar Ciss is an IT engineer. He is one of the founders of 2SI, one of the leading software engineering solutions
Since September 2010, he is the general manager of the first ICT incubator in West Africa (CTIC Dakar). He carried
on all activities that enabled the establishment of the incubator. Omar Cisse also graduated in management in 2007
and participated in important programs related to entrepreneurship. Omar cisse is one of the founders of the ICT
Association.
M. Omar Ciss est un ingnieur de conception en informatique et un des promoteurs dune des plus grandes
structures dingnierie logicielle et de solutions mobiles en Afrique de lOuest. Il a dirig cette entreprise de 2005 2010 avant de rejoindre CTIC
Dakar pour partager son exprience avec les entreprises du secteur. Il a aussi eu faire un MBA International en 2007 et a bnfici dimportants
stages de formation en management dentreprises.
Regina Mbodj, Business Development Manager

Yves is a Telecom Engineer passionate about ICT and technological innovation. Focused on entrepreneurship and
innovation of mobile services and technology in Africa, he holds two masters degrees in international trade and
business management with USTL1 at University of Lille 1 in France. With his experience in management with large
groups such as Orange, the PCCI, he joins CTIC Dakar in March 2012 where he is responsible for BuntuTEKI, and also
the management of relay Telecom ICT system within CTIC Dakar.
Mme Rgina Mbodj est Diplme de luniversit WITS de Johannesburg en Anglais et en informatique complt par un BBA de luniversit de
Amanda Gant - Associate Program Manager, Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST)
Initiative
Amanda Gant joined CRDF Global in March 2012 where she is excited to be a part of supporting the international
New York (NYU).Regina totalise 15 annes dexprience professionnelle dont 10 dans le business dveloppement. Regina a travaill en Afrique
du Sud, aux USA, en France, est bilingue anglais et parle assez bien le portugais. Elle accompagne les incubs au sein de CTIC DAKAR dans leur
dveloppement commercial et stratgique.
entrepreneurial community. She holds a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and will receive her MPP
in International Policy and Development from Georgetown University this May. Her thesis examines the effects of
mobile banking on microfinance institutional performance outcomes. Amanda stays active in her local community
by organizing Glover Park Day, the community day that brings her neighborhood together to showcase local area
businesses and non-profits. She shares experiences through travel and cultural exchange by creating and as leading
service and ecotourism trips to Nicaragua since 2008. Amanda is fluent in Spanish. Email: agant@crdfglobal.org
Yann Le Beux, Catalyst

Yann Le Beux is currently working as a Catalyst for CTIC Dakar, the first IT and Mobile Technology Incubator of
Senegal. He is in charge for advising high-growth entrepreneurs on their strategy and business model and he is also
responsible for developing the incubator long term strategy and building key partnerships with local and international
stakeholders. Yann was previously in charge of the mentoring program for MoovJee, the leading organization in France
dedicated to young entrepreneurs. He has also served for few years within the Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Yuritzi Acosta Program Assistant, Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) Initiative
Yuritzi has significant international experience working in the fields of education and advocacy. Her interest in working
with entrepreneurs and leaders across the globe brought her to CRDF Global in April 2011. As a member of the GIST
Initiative she has worked on projects that empower entrepreneurs to commercialize their innovative ideas through the
coordination of events and facilitation of access to relevant information.
Over the course of her work, she has coordinated a variety of educational and advocacy programs funded by agencies,
such as NeighborWorks USA, USAID and the Florida Department of Education and now the Department of State.
Having lived in countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Yuritzi brings a global view and adaptability to
the team. Her interest in the interconnectedness of cultures and people has led her to complete an MA in International Studies with a focus on
development from Florida International University. Yuritzi is also fluent in English, French and Spanish. Email: yacosta@crdfglobal.org
Department of the French Embassy in the US. Based in Boston, he was in charge of creating, implementing and
managing a new initiative to help the most innovative French start-ups accelerate their development in the US. He
co-funded several projects in the US including one startup that has now stopped. He also worked and lived in the
UK and Belgium. He holds a Master in Engineering and Innovation Management and followed an Entrepreneurship training at Harvard University.
Yann a rejoint lquipe de CTIC Dakar en dcembre 2011 en tant que Catalyst. A ce titre il coordonne lquipe dexperts et travaille avec les entreprises
incubes pour le dveloppement rapide de leurs activits. Il aide galement la croissance globale du CTIC par ltablissement de partenariats
internationaux, lorganisation dvnements pour la communaut des entrepreneurs et la mise en place doutils de financements innovants ddis
aux jeunes entreprises des TIC. Yann a prcdemment t responsable dun programme de mentorat pour jeunes entrepreneurs en France et a
travaill au sein de la division dentrepreneuriat technologique de lambassade de France aux Etats-Unis. Il a co-fond diffrents projets aux EtatsUnis dont une startup web qui sest depuis arrte. Il a un diplme dingnieur-matre en gnie des matriaux et un Master en Management de
lInnovation. Il a galement suivi une formation en entrepreneuriat Harvard University.
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Yves Afoutou, Project Manager

Yves is a Telecom Engineer passionate about ICT and technological innovation. Focused on entrepreneurship and
innovation of mobile services and technology in Africa, he holds two masters degrees in international trade and
Dr. Jeffrey Margolis

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
business management with USTL1 at University of Lille 1 in France. With his experience in management with large
Dr. Jeffrey Margolis is Foreign Affairs Officer at the United States Department of State. Working in the Office of
groups such as Orange, the PCCI, he joins CTIC Dakar in March 2012 where he is responsible for BuntuTEKI, and also
Science and Technology Cooperation within the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
the management of relay Telecom ICT system within CTIC Dakar.
Affairs, he forwards U.S. science and technology global engagement programs and facilitates U.S. cooperation across
Yves est Ingnieur Tlcom de base passionn des technologies de linformation de la communication et de
linnovation technologique. Ax sur lauto-entreprenariat et linnovation des services mobiles et technologique en Afrique, il est titulaire de deux
masters en commerce internationale et en management daffaires avec lUSTL1 luniversit de lille1 en France. Daprs son exprience dans le
management et la gestion avec des grand groupe comme Orange, le PCCI, il a finalement rejoint lquipe de CTIC Dakar en Mars 2012 ou il est depuis
charg du programme BuntuTEKI , et aussi de la gestion des relais du systme tlcom TIC au sein de CTIC Dakar.
the Middle East, North Africa, and Central, South, and Southeast Asia. In this capacity, he serves as one of the
State Department leads on a number of programs including the Global Innovation through Science and Technology
initiative that builds regional partnerships and programs that promote economic development through technology
commercialization. Dr. Margolis is the recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Science
& Technology Policy Fellowship which aims to bring scientific expertise to U.S. domestic and foreign policy decisions. He is an infectious disease
specialist by training, earning his doctorate from Stanford University. While at Stanford, he received the prestigious National Science Foundation
Graduate Research Fellowship. Prior to joining the State Department, Dr. Margolis worked at Baxter Healthcare, Pfizer, and Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory on translational medicine applications of bacterial genetics. Dr. Margolis also has extensive education NGO experience, most
recently serving as Vice President of Development for SEE College Prep, a California-based nonprofit organization that offers college preparation
Mamadou Laho Diallo, Responsable Financier
programs to low income students throughout the state.

Mamadou Diallo Laho holds a Master of Science and Technology Accounting and Finance (MSTCF). He worked for
seven years at the Centre de Gestion Agr de Dakar, structure specialized in accounting and tax assistance for SMEs
/ SMIs, as Head of Accounting and Tax Service and Management Consulting before joining ICTC DAKAR. Mr. Diallo is
responsible for management accounting, tax and social CTIC Dakar as well as that of Incubated.
Kathryn Pharr - Foreign Affairs Officer

Ms. Kathryn Pharr works at the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and
M. Mamadou Laho DIALLO est titulaire dune Matrise en Sciences et Techniques Comptables et Financires (MSTCF).
Scientific Affairs. In the Office of Science and Technology Cooperation, she supports programs that enhance the impact
Il a travaill pendant 7 ans au Centre de Gestion Agr de Dakar, structure spcialise dans lassistance comptable et
of science and technology on determining solutions to global and local challenges. Ms. Pharrs portfolio encompasses
fiscale des PME/PMI, comme Responsable du Service Comptable et Fiscal et du Conseil en Gestion avant de rejoindre CTIC DAKAR. M. DIALLO est
several U.S. science and technology global engagement programs, including the Global Innovation through Science and
charg de la gestion comptable, fiscale et sociale de CTIC Dakar ainsi que de celle des Incubs.
Technology (GIST) initiative that identifies, supports, and networks high-potential technology startups in Africa, the
Middle East, and Asia.
An analytical chemist by training, Ms. Pharr has published in several academic journals. In graduate school, she took
aCommercializing Innovation course, which sparked her interest in technology commercialization. Later, Ms. Pharr used
Anta Ndiaye, Responsable Administrative
her chemistry background to help a start-up sustainable natural care company receive a worldwide exclusive patent from the U.S. Department of
Anta Ndiaye holds a Masters in Finance and Accounting and a certificate of specialization in business law. She
Agriculture. Her previous IT trainer experience took her to Egypt, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Indonesia.
worked at the Accelerated Growth Strategy as the Assistant Coordinator of the ICT cluster and Teleservices before
joining CTIC Dakar as an administrative assistant to assist the CEO, ensure the administrative and manage all the
logistics necessary for the proper functioning of DAKAR ICTC.
Anta Ndiaye est titulaire dun master 1 finance comptabilit et un certificat de spcialisation en droit des affaires.
Elle a travaill la Stratgie de Croissance Acclre comme assistante du coordonnateur de la grappe TIC et
Tlservices avant de rejoindre CTIC Dakar en tant quAssistante Administrative pour assister le Directeur Gnral, assurer la gestion administrative
et grer toute la logistique ncessaire au bon fonctionnement de CTIC DAKAR.
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Rashid M. Al Ballaa - Founder and CEO, National Net Ventures
Jeff Hoffman - Founder, Priceline
Rashid Al Ballaa is the founder and CEO of National Net Ventures (N2V), an internet holding company that is
Mr. Jeff Hoffman is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovator in the fields of Internet, e-commerce, and
Disrupting Digital Arabia and stimulating the growth of a multi-billion $ internet industry in Arabia. N2V enables
entertainment. Having launched his first software company while still a student at Yale University, Mr. Hoffman has
web ventures in Arabia by investing capital and offering essential infrastructure services, mentorship, and
founded and grown a series of successful startup companies in his career, guiding his companies to both acquisitions
support to help accelerate their growth. Rashid is also a board member of National Technology Group (NTG),
and public offerings. For his efforts, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award in Entrepreneurship from the National
MENAs largest ICT conglomerate and key provider of Financial Technology and Services. NTG annual revenue
CEO Council in 2010, and was also inducted into the Hall of Fame for Entrepreneurs by the International Association
grew to over 700 million through 20+ subsidiaries and JVs in the MENA region. Before N2V, Rashid founded and
of College Entrepreneurs in 2010.
managed Mubasher Financial Services (MFS), MENAs first STP e-brokerage company and the only provider of
DMA to MENA equity markets. Rashid now serves on the board of MFS. Rashid holds a B.Sc. in Computer science with honors degree from King
He is currently a founder and partner in ColorJar, a venture accelerator firm that helps entrepreneurs and small
Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
business owners launch and grow new business ventures. In this capacity, he works as a virtual CEO with startup
companies all over the world to help turn great ideas into profitable businesses. Mr. Hoffman is perhaps best known as a founder and CEO in the
H.R.H. Prince Saud Bin Khalid Al-Faisal - Deputy Governor for Investment Affairs - Saudi Arabian
General Investment Authority
HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal heads the Investment Affairs department, which is responsible for managing the
Priceline.com family of companies, where he led the development and launch of Pricelines consumer company (Priceline YardSale). Hoffman also
served as an executive in Walker Digital, the parent company of Priceline and one of the countrys most innovative creators of intellectual property
and new business models. He is also a featured motivational speaker at conferences across the globe.
investment environment and competitiveness agenda of Saudi Arabia. The Investment Affairs department has
focused on establishing a more liberal investment environment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As part of these
Mr. Ali smail Sabanc - Chairman and Director, Pegasus Airlines
efforts, HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal also chairs the Saudi negotiation team for bilateral investment treaties. In 2010,
Saudi Arabia was ranked among the most competitive economies in the world according to the World Bank Ease of
Mr. Ali smail Sabanc is the Chairman and Director of Pegasus Airlines, and has been serving in this capacity
Doing Business Report and the UNCTAD World Investment Report.
since 2004. He has been a Director of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG and Air Berlin Plc since May 2009.
HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal is the Vice Chairman of the: Swiss Saudi Joint Economic Commission; Saudi Russian Joint
He serves as a Member of the Board of Esas Holding AS. He also serves as a Board Member of various holding
Economic Commission; Saudi Uzbek Joint Economic Commission; Saudi Kazak Joint Economic Commission; Saudi Greek Joint Economic Commission;
companies. He serves as a Director of AFM Uluslararasi Film Produksiyon A.S.
Saudi Azerbaijan Joint Economic Commission; and Saudi Senegal Joint Economic Commission. HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal is the President of the
Mr. Sabanc was born in 1969 in Adana, Turkey. After finishing his studies in Politics and Economy (1987-1991)
National Competitiveness Center since 2010. The National Competitiveness Center (NCC) was established by SAGIA in 2006 to act as an independent
at Tufts University in the USA, he worked as a financial expert at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated until 1993.
body to monitor, assess and support the enhancement of competiveness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The NCC fulfils this role by serving as a
Between 1993 and 1995 he completed his MBA in International Finance at Columbia Business School.
think tank, facilitator and communicator of change. HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal is a Member of the Board at Saudi Industrial Property Authority
(MODON), Chief Operations and Chief Financial Officer for Investment Affairs at SAGIA and NCC. As Financial Analyst, HRH Prince Saud K Al-Faisal
On his return to Turkey he worked as a specialist at the Akbank T.A.S. Bahekapi Branch until 1996 then became
worked with Saudi Aramco during 2001 to 2008.
Assistant Manager at the Akbank T.A.S. Beyoglu Branch until 1997. That same year he became Head of the
Project Department at H.. Sabanci Holding Corporation and in 2001 he was promoted to be Head of the Strategic and Business Development Group.
Patricia M. Dinneen - Managing Director, Siguler Guff & Company

Patricia M. Dinneen has focused on Emerging Markets for most of her 36-year career. She is currently a Managing
Director at Siguler Guff & Company, a global multi-strategy private equity investment firm with over $10.0 billion
in assets under management. Dr. Dinneen joined the Firm in 2004 to build the BRIC private equity investment
Mr.Sabanc joined Esas Holding Corporation in March 2004 as a member of the Board of Directors and continued his business life as Chairman of
Board of Directors at Pegasus when it was bought by Esas.He is a member of the Board of Directors of Esass partner companies Izair Corporation
and Air Berlin as well as being a member of TYD, TSIAD, ISO and TAIK. Mr. Sabanci speaks fluent English and German and is a married father of
two children.
business, focusing on Brazil, Russia, India, China and select Frontier Markets. She has primary responsibility for
overseeing the due diligence, selection and monitoring of funds and co-investments for the Firms $2 billion BRIC
strategy. Prior to joining Siguler Guff in 2004, Dr. Dinneen was at Cambridge Associates where she led research,
client advisory work and due diligence in Emerging Markets private equity, including performance benchmarking.
Prior to Cambridge, she spent ten years at British Telecommunications (BT), where she was involved in establishing
over ten joint ventures in the Emerging Markets of Asia and Europe. Before BT, Dr. Dinneen worked at Hughes Communications, leading business
projects to extend digital data and TV satellite communications in developed and Emerging Markets. She has also held positions at The RAND
Corporation and the White House. Dr. Dinneen holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and
a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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ADVISORY
GROUP BIOS
GIST INITIATIVE
ADVISORY
GROUP BIOS
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HIGHLIGHT
GISTMENTOR
MENTOR HIGHLIGHT
Scott Hartley will be traveling with GIST to boot camps in Senegal and Algeria
Dr. Roger Wyse - Managing Director and General Partner, Burrill & Company
Name: Scott Hartley
Dr. Roger Wyse is a Managing Director and General Partner at Burrill & Company a leading Life Sciences company
Company Name: Mohr Davidow Ventures
with $1 billion in venture capital under management, with businesses in merchant banking, private equity
Short description: Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) is an early stage technology venture capital firm based on Sand
and media. Dr. Wyse joined Burrill in 1998 and has led the development of Burrill & Companys agriculture,
Hill Road. Founded in 1983, MDV is investing out of its ninth fund, a $700 million USD fund. We are focused on
nutraceuticals, health & wellness, and industrial biotechnology related activities in venture capital investing. In
partnering with brilliant entrepreneurs pursuing disruptive innovation in web, mobile, and digital health.
this endeavor he pioneered the Virtual Corporate Venture model and has attracted over 40 corporate investors
Hometown: Palo Alto, California
into the various Burrill funds. This model has now been extended to several countries including Malaysia, Brazil,
Website: www.forbes.com/sites/scotthartley
Russia, and Chile.
Favorite hobbies/past-times: Running, triathlons, soccer, reading, traveling

Languages you speak: Spanish, and a bit of Italian, French, and Hindi
Dr. Wyse chairs or serves on the boards of 11 private companies. He is Co-Chairman of the $162M Malaysian
Life Capital Fund and is a member of the International Advisory Panel for Biotechnology (BioIAP) for the Prime
Minister of Malaysia. He was founder and Chairman of the Alliance for Animal Genome Research. He serves
What inspired you to become an Investor?
on the Board of Industrial Section of BIO. Dr. Wyse is a sought after speaker on biotechnology applications
As someone who grew up surrounded by startup companies and innovation, I wanted to be in a position where I could work closely with entrepreneurs
and policy in food, agricultural and bio-cleantech and the use of venture capital as a component of an open
solving the biggest problems. I saw venture capital and investing as a way to partner with some of the best entrepreneurs and problem solvers in the world,
innovation strategy for emerging economies.
and help them create.
He has over 30 years of experience as an internationally recognized scientist and as a Dean at two major research universities; Rutgers and the
How did you get involved with mentorship?
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Immediately prior to joining Burrill & Company, Dr. Wyse served for 5 years as Dean of the College of Agricultural
I have always mentored startups, from friends, classmates, portfolio companies, and for GIST. After working with 70 entrepreneurs in Africa for Google.
and Life Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1986 - 1992 he served as Dean of Research at, Rutgers University.
org, and subsequently with entrepreneurs in Latin America as a graduate student, I became involved in mentorship with GIST, working in Africa and the
Middle East.
In research, Dr. Wyse earned international recognition for his basic studies in plant biochemistry. He published over 150 scientific papers. In
What is the best part about being a mentor?
recognition of his research accomplishments he received the prestigious Arthur Flemming Award in 1982 as the Outstanding Young Scientist in the
The best part about mentoring is seeing ideas from a high level, and working hands on with an entrepreneur. As someone in venture capital, you get to
US Federal Service. He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Crop Science Society of America and
see hundreds of ideas and learn what some of the best practices are for the highest probability of success, whether in business model, roll-out, or other
The American Society of Agronomy. He also served as a consultant to numerous Fortune 500 companies.
strategies. Being able to add this value by working with entrepreneurs is personally rewarding, and hopefully helpful to the founder.
How are the entrepreneurs that you have met at the GIST events different from the entrepreneurs in the US?
One of my theses, and the topic about which I write for Forbes is that they are not different. Entrepreneurship and problem solving are global, not local
phenomena. There are local inputs and relevancies that matter and add nuance, but at the core entrepreneurship is not an American phenomenon, it is a
globally available method of problem solving that flourishes under certain circumstances, rules, freedoms, and incentives.
What lessons do you believe entrepreneurs can get from GIST Startup Boot Camps?
You can be an entrepreneur. People are willing to listen to your ideas, and give you feedback. If you listen to feedback and attempt to iteratively build a
product that solves a large problem, you can create value.
When youre not working on your business, what do you do to enjoy your life?
I love to meet new people, travel, and counter stereotypes. I like to do athletics, and love playing beach soccer.
Do you have any advice for young entrepreneurs?
Dont be afraid to try. Trying something is better than waiting for perfection. But be open to input, feedback, advice, and to pivoting in new directions to
solve the problems that people have. If people tell you something isnt a problem, dont invent a problem to fit your solution. Adapt to solve a problem
that exists.
What is the best part of being an entrepreneur?
You get to be creative and solve big problems that help people and are accretive to society. Thats a net positive for the world, and likely has windfalls in
the form of greater connectivity, empathy, and ultimately peace.
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INTHETHE
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GIST IN
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GIST
INTHETHE
NEWS
GIST IN
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Its Not a Small World
Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Ideas for Indonesia and

Beyond
Next door in Turkey, Istanbul hosted MITs Global Startup Workshop, a multi-day event that brought together
participants from over 40 countries. Students from MIT and Stanfords BASES organization brought perspective,
and the U.S. State Departments Global Innovation in Science and Technology (GIST) program coordinated by CRDF Global sponsored international
Startup Boot Camp Indonesia is a program run by the GIST (Global Innovation through Science and Technology) Initiative. GIST was established
mentors to work with 30 of the top Turkish technology entrepreneurs. A consequence of President Obamas Cairo speech, GIST helps organize
in 2010, with funding from the U.S. Department of State, to spur economic advancement through science- and technology-based innovation in
startup boot camps around the world to empower economic development through innovation and entrepreneurship. In Istanbul, the program
countries across the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. The idea behind GIST is that economically empowered people (aka entrepreneurs) provide
was bookended by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jonathan Margolis and Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, Bill Aulet.
the basis for political stability and economic growth.
While success requires intellectual and technical talent, hunger, mentorship, and capital, the locations where this is becoming possible are ever
Read more at tiny.cc/GISTinX
expanding. By shining a light on local deficiencies, whether capital or human capital, energy or mentorship, we can level the playing field.
Read more at tiny.cc/FORBESonGIST
Heart Attack Monitor Wins US Startup Contest for Middle East

Most Middle East entrepreneurs can only dream of a startup oasis such as Californias Silicon Valley that is filled with
angel investors and venture capitalists. But a few entrepreneurs have begun receiving funding from a more unlikely
Young entrepreneurs from NUST have made the nation proud.
Pakistans Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani extended his congratulations to entrepreneurs from Pakistans National University of Science
and Technology. He commended the Sahara and Saltech teams for making it to the victory stand at an international business plan competition,
source - the U.S. government. One of those entrepreneurs, Ziad Sankari, was just 17 when he lost his father to a heart attack. Today, the Lebanese
titled Global Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) -- Battle of Ideas World Cup 2011.
engineer is building a startup based on a medical device that can monitor cardiac patients outside the hospital around the clock. His startup idea
Read more at tiny.cc/NUST
won a first place prize of $20,000 in the final rounds of the U.S.-sponsored GIST Tech-I Competition held in Istanbul last December. That funding
from the U.S. State Department may help Sankari and his colleague, Najwa Sahmarani, develop a business plan for their Cardio Diagnostics
startup. The competition also provided business mentoring by flying in experts from MIT and Silicon Valley. GISTech was our shortcut towards
better connections and visibility and provided us, indeed, with some cash and unmatchable opportunities to visit Silicon Valley and possibly find a
Meet the Coolest Next-Generation Science Entrepreneurs in MENA
collaborator there, Sankari said.

At the second Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Istanbul recently, we at Wamda were tremendously inspired by the contestants in the Global
Read more at tiny.cc/msnGIST
Innovation through Science & Technology (GIST) Competition, who came from all over the Middle East and North Africa to showcase their
carefully-honed scientific ideas that could transform our societies.
Indonesian Minister: We need four million entrepreneurs
Read more at tiny.cc/WAMDA
They hosted a recent conference and business plan competition to inspire, educate and cajole young people into
taking the plunge. Theres a real craving for this kind of knowledge here, according to Ovidiu Bujorean, program manager for Global Innovation
through Science and Technology, the US-based agency that ran the event. Energy, drive, optimism the people Ive seen here are the ones who
panel discussion at this event, implemented by CRDF Global and funded by the US State Department.]
Steven Koltai founder of the Global

Entrepreneurship Program attends GIST Tech-I
Read more at tiny.cc/GISTinFORBES
GIST Tech-I is a multinational competition hosted by CRDF Global and the
can take the Indonesian economy into the new global economy of knowledge, ideas and prosperity. [Disclosure: I spoke, judged and put together a
Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST), which invited

entrepreneurs in 43 Muslim countries to submit proposals outlining their
Road Trip! Founders Of YouTube, LinkedIn and Others

Tackle Brain Drain in Malaysia
ideas for technology innovation. Of the 25 semi-finalists, Najwa Shmarani

and Ziad Sankari of Lebanon won the Grand Prize $20,000 for their start-up
Malaysia has a very young population, 65% of which is under 35, as well as the need to create jobs quickly. Hwang says entrepreneurship can
concept, Cardio Diagnostics, a device which provides continuous monitoring
create alternatives to other activities. In many cases the government is responding to demand by the people, she says, like in Indonesia, where a
for patients with heart problems.
grassroots movement began. The government recognized entrepreneurship to be a good cause to engage young talent and create alternatives to
other activities.She observes that the U.S. government has been promoting entrepreneurship in Muslim-dominated countries with this goal. The
Read more at tiny.cc/GISTech-I
GIST initiative is a partner of StartupMalaysia.org

Read more at tiny.cc/BRAINDRAIN
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BUILDING ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEMS

BUILDING
ENTREPRENEURIAL
ECOSYSTEMS
Innovation
and Entrepreneurship
Programs
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs
Core Program Beliefs
Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurs transform innovation
into enterprises that generate value and create jobs. Our

programs are designed with the individual in mind, as the
nucleus and sole purpose of our mission.
Strategic partnerships. We partner with like-minded local

and regional organizations and corporations to leverage our
resources and capabilities to build capacity for greater impact
and avoid redundancy.
Innovation Ecosystem Development
Startup Support
CRDF Global believes in the bottom-up approach in building

the local ecosystems and supports local entrepreneurship
initiatives by identifying leaders, existing programs and the
gaps in the system.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of all

economies and the source of growth and dynamism. CRDF
Global offers a comprehensive suite of programs designed to
nurture these early-stage companies.
Assisting with the formation of new technology

commercialization offices and incubators
Identifying promising business opportunities, funders,

partners and resources
Strategic planning
Designing and executing acceleration programs
Management training and educational outreach
Comprehensive skill development training
Comprehensive programs designed to enhance

entrepreneurship culture
Access to sources of funding
Assisting with investment capital infrastructure

development
CRDF Globals Impact
Increasing Opportunities for Early-Stage

Entrepreneurs
CRDF Global is a private, nongovernmental organization

committed to promoting peace and prosperity through
science and technology. Its innovation and entrepreneurshipfocused programs develop technology commercialization
capabilities and sustaining networks abroad. Domestically,
CRDF Global helps to create more viable investment,
partnership and collaborative opportunities for American
businesses and scientists who gain access to top international
research and expertise.
Innovation. We believe strongly in the power of technology

and innovation as drivers for sustainable growth.
CRDF
GLOBALS
CRDF GLOBALS
IMPACTIMPACT
In the search for entrepreneurs with innovative technology

ideas that can address a problem affecting their country
or region, the Global Innovation through Science and
GIST Tech-I
Technology (GIST) Initiative has implemented the GISTech-I
Competition, attracting close to 200 teams from the Middle
East, Africa, and Central and South East Asia. Among them
was CardioDiagnostics, a Lebanese startup founded by Ziad
Sankari. Ziad lost his father at the age of 17 to a heart attack,
which inspired him to create a medical device that monitors
cardiac patients outside the hospital around the clock. This
idea earned him a top prize of the competition awarded at
the Second Global Entrepreneurship Summit on December
3-5, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. CardioDiagnostics has been
given a strong start for a global success with $20,000 in seed
funding, hands-on training with serial entrepreneurs and
business mentors, global media exposure by MSNBC and
Wired Magazine, an upcoming trip to Silicon Valley and
participation in the MIT Global Startup Workshop.
Identifying intellectual property with commercial

potential in universities and corporations
Hands-on training in technology transfer and intellectual
property rights
Online technology commercialization courses
Technology valuation and market assessment
1530 Wilson Blvd, 3rd Fl | Arlington, VA 22209 | www.crdfglobal.org
CRDF Global has trained more than 300 technology transfer

managers and assisted eight leading research universities with
establishing technology transfer offices, which significantly
contributed to the establishment of the local innovation
ecosystem. The Programs include professional skills
development seminars, workshops, academia and industry
international conferences, and site visits to the United States
for technology transfer professionals. Similar activities have
strengthened the technology commercialization capabilities
of more than 20 research universities of the Russian
Federation.
Accessing U.S. Markets

Since 2005, CRDF Global has implemented more than 20
U.S. travel programs for close to 90 participants representing
dozens of universities, research institutes and technology
companies from Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and
collaborated with such prominent U.S. organizations as MIT,
Babson College, Garage Technology Ventures, Plug & Play
Incubator, CleanTech Open and others. Based on the scalable
and highly customizable format of the Innovation U.S. travel
programs and existing cache of experience, best practices
and partners, CRDF Global is able to design and implement
results-oriented and cost-effective programs that perfectly
fit the objectives and needs of a diverse range of partner
organizations in emerging markets.
Building Institutional Capacity
Technology Acceleration
CRDF Global promotes business growth by supporting
students, researchers and technology developers who believe
that their product or service is viable commercially. Programs
guide them through the process of commercialization by
honing their skills and helping them to grow and realize their
market potential.
Transforming Technology Transfer in Russia
Ziad Sankari, CardioDiagnostics
Providing Access to Capital

The ecoFridge, a revolutionary refrigeration system used
to transport perishable products, was developed by a team
of Ukrainian scientists with a U.S. business partner who
participated in a CRDF Global research and development
grant competition. CRDF Global provided training and
mentorship to the team to prepare them to effectively pitch
the ecoFridge at a venture forum in Los Angeles, CA. As a
result, the team obtained $2.2 million of follow-on capital
investment to develop their business, and EcoFridge is
now being adopted by companies around the world who
appreciate its environmental benefits and cost efficiency.
Since 2005, CRDF Global has partnered with the Enterprise

Incubator Foundation (EIF), one of the most successful
IT-focused technology business incubators and consulting
companies in the Caucasus region, to implement its Science
and Technology Entrepreneurship Program (STEP). With
co-funding from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic
of Armenia, EIF implemented more than 15 STEP activities
including the Business Partnership Grant (BPG) program,
Innovation Forums, cluster seminars, business trainings for
scientific community, legal and accounting seminars and
matchmaking events. Through its partnership with CRDF
Global, EIF strengthened communication channels between
science and private sectors, gained broader access to the U.S.
business network and scaled up its outreach and programs to
non-IT sectorsbecoming one of the focal entrepreneurshipsupport organizations in Armenia and in the region.
1530 Wilson Blvd, 3rd Fl | Arlington, VA 22209 | www.crdfglobal.org
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PARTNERS
GIST PARTNERS
UPCOMING
EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
GIST Tech-I Competition Launch
DATE
LOCATION
July, 2012
www.gistinititive.org
Building local entrepreneurial

ecosystems together
REGIONAL
GIST Startup Boot Camp Algeria

Webinar: Technology Transfer and Incubation
Global Entrepreneurship Flag Competition
GIST Transformers Entrepreneurship Journey to the US
GIST Tech Connect, Pakistan
GIST Tech-I Finalists event
July 14-15, 2012
Algiers, Algeria
August, 2012
Online
September, 2012
www.facebook.com/
GISTinitiative
October, 2012
San Francisco, New York,

Boston & Washington
October 2, 2012
Online
December 11-13, 2012
UAE
JORDAN
TURKEY
INDONESIA
SENEGAL
MALAYSIA
BANGLADESH
PAKISTAN
EGYPT
TUNISIA
ALGERIA
The GIST Initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of State and implemented
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STARTUP
BOOT CAMP WEST AFRICA SPONSORS
STARTUP BOOT CAMP WEST AFRICA SPONSORS
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ENTREPRENEUR
RESOURCES
ENTREPRENEUR RESOURCES
Partners
GIST Initiative www.gistinitiative.org
CTIC Dakar www.cticdakar.com
LIONS@FRICA www.meetthelions.org
African Development Bank www.afdb.org
InfoDev www.infodev.org
ARTP - www.artpsenegal.net
Sonatel - www.sonatel.sn
Microsoft - www.microsoft.com/fr/wca
Viadeo - sn.viadeo.com
Competitions
GIST Tech-I Competition - http://gist.crdfglobal.org/gist-programs/gistech-i-competition
Startup Open, November 12-18, 2012 www.startupopen.com
Global Cleantech Ideas Open Competition, November 8-14, 2012 www.cleantechopen.com
Inaota Startup Challenge, June 25-august 24, 2012 - www.inaota.eventbrite.com
Powered By
Other Resources
Skill Development and Presentation

Biz Planit www.bizplanit.com
Business development services
Blogtrepreneur www.blogtrepreneur.com
Advice blog for entrepreneurship, social media, finance, business, personal development
BPlans www.bplans.com
Business development information, writing a business plan, marketing, financing a business, forming a business
eCorner www.ecorner.stanford.edu
Entrepreneurship resources from Stanford University
My Own Business www.myownbusiness.org/s7/
Cash Flow and Accounting
Plan Write www.planwrite.com/index.html
Business Plans
Score www.score.org/business_toolbox.html
Templates for business plans, cash flow spreadsheets, sale forecasts and general information for obtaining financial
assistance and useful information on marketing and PR
Working Knowledge www.hbswk.hbs.edu
Entrepreneurship resources from Harvard Business School
Business Model Canvas - www.businessmodelgeneration.com
Visual tools and exchange community around business model and innovation
Entrepreneur and Business News
Networking Groups
Entrepreneur www.entrepreneur.com
News and resources for business, finance, technology,
marketing, startups, etc.
Inc.com www.inc.com
News resource for business, finance, technology, leadership
& management, sales, start-ups, etc.
Red Herring www.redherring.com
Technology news resources
VentureBeat www.venturebeat.com
News resource for technology and finances
Afriqueitnews - www.afriqueitnews.com
The leading West African website for tech startup news
Wamda www.wamda.com
Entrepreneur network and news
Africa Leadership Forum www.africaleadership.org
Civil society organization promoting leadership development through
workshops, publications, conferences, seminars, and workshops
Viadeo Africa - sn.viadeo.com/fr/groups/?containerId=0021gdyiqj61km2
The online networking hub for African professionals and entrepreneurs

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GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL

TUESDAY - JULY 10, 2012

Robert Yamate, Charg dAffaires, US Embassy, introduced by Antoine Ngom

Welcoming by CRDF Global, GIST Initiative

Natalia Pipia, Senior Program Manager, CRDF Global

Welcoming Speech by Senegales Minister of ICT

Coffee Break & Press Conference

Omar Ciss, General Director CTIC Dakar

CTIC-DAKAR ONE PAGER

BUNTU TEKI ONE PAGER

SPEAKERS, MENTORS & JUDGES BIOS

GIST INITIATIVE ADVISORY GROUP BIOS

GIST MENTOR HIGHLIGHTS

GIST IN THE NEWS

CRDF GLOBAL INNOVATION PROGRAMS

GIST STARTUP BOOT CAMP WEST AFRICA SPONSORS

Implemented by CRDF Global

Funded by the U.S. Department of State

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Journey from a Young Entrepreneur

Executive summary & business pitch

Raising funds for your ideas and ventures

Business models and financial projections for startups

Strategies for taking your venture to market and gaining customers

Panel Discussion Innovate & Expand to the Regional Market

Implemented by CRDF Global

Funded by the U.S. Department of State

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GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL

WEDNESDAY - JULY 11, 2012

July 10-11, 2012 Dakar - SENEGAL

Sucess Story of an African Entrepreneur

Local and International mentor Workshop

Abdoulaye MBAYE, DG Neurotec

Natalia Pipia & Val Livada

One-on-One mentorship sessions

Open pitching practice:

Venture pitching sessions

Coffee Break in hall way / Angel Investors Welcoming of Investors in Room B

Room A: Venture Pitching Session - 6 Entreprenuers

Announcing winners of pitching competition and closing remarks

Networking and Investors Workshop

Private dinner with local and international investors

* GIST Transformers Entrepreneurship Journey to the US

Implemented by CRDF Global

Funded by the U.S. Department of State

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Financez la cration et le dveloppement de

08.30-09.00 Accueil et Enregistrement

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all of us must recognize that education

GIST Startup Boot Camp - West Africa

Success story dun entrepreneur africain (Salle A)