ELISA CONFAB EVENT

Our speaker, Mercy Njoroge Mwongela is an accomplished leader with a proven track record in entrepreneurship, finance, and customer experience. Starting at age 9, she won a National Award for supporting AIDS orphans. She later founded a spare parts business at 20, renegotiated a company’s debt during the 2008 crisis, and helped secure a $65M education investment in Africa. Mercy holds a law degree, CPA(K), CPS(K), and certifications from Oxford and Harvard. She is also a wife, mother of four, and class president of her MBA program at Strathmore Business School.

When you attend ELISA CONFABS you receive:

• 1 hour of virtual learning on the most important topics in entrepreneurialism
• the opportunity to ask questions directly to the CONFAB speaker
• networking opportunities with attendees from all over the world
• business development and visibility

Confabs are free events open to the entire ELISA portal community, which includes high potential entrepreneurs and founders with bold ideas for solving the greatest challenges we face in Africa. Attendees also include industry executives, investors, venture capitalists, philanthropists, researchers, educators, government regulators, policy makers, founders and entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey.

During the confab, an inspirational speaker or thought leader provides remarks for 10-minutes focusing on their professional journey, particularly as it relates to entrepreneurism in Africa. This is followed by randomly assigned small group virtual breakout sessions where attendees connect with others, discuss bootstrap briefs and gain recognition for their business, project or idea.

The mission of ELISA is to create jobs and support entrepreneurship in Africa. ELISA members and sponsors discover new opportunities for innovation, connect with others who share the mission, and grow professionally.

Date: September 26, 2024

Schedule: 4-5pm Central Africa time (CAT)

Location: https://icpdprograms-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rfu2rqjwpH9VXd3oe-EY3oAjTNu0aMGDr