A meticulously organized event, the Omniverse Summit, took place at the Landmark event facility from February 27 to March 1, 2024, and brought together the best minds in African technology, innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
The Summit aspires to unite tech, innovation, creative, and business groups, not replace them. It allows people and organisations to share information, resources, and solutions to our continents and communities’ complicated technology problems.
The ISN helped the Omniverse environment—a national network of 180 Digital Transformation Centre Nigeria-supported innovation hubs, incubators, accelerators, and coworking spaces. GIZ GmbH implements BMZ and EU-sponsored DTC Nigeria.
Four (4) days of substantive discussion centred on feasible results will be included in the Omniverse Summit. These days, it was planned to produce workable action plans organised around creating stories, stimulating creativity, encouraging teamwork, and enabling revenue. All days of The Omniverse Summit will focus on one theme, allowing for a multidimensional exploration.
The Narrative Day (Day One) will examine how narratives about Africa and Africans determine our self-perception, global image, economics, society, and geopolitics and how to rebuild, reframe, and reclaim these myths for our shared future.
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The Innovation Day (Day two) explores layers of innovation beyond technology while highlighting innovative pioneers revolutionising their fields to help participants understand the strategies for nurturing and inspiring innovation at all levels despite the challenges.
Collaboration Day (Day three) analyses productive partnerships and purposeful alliances and develops effective collaborations to assist in setting up partnership transactions and conversations.
Monetization Day (Grand Finale) explores the science of producing money and how to establish durable, lucrative jobs and businesses.
Four stages/rooms host conversations:
Development Room (for development partners to advise prospective implementation partners seeking project finance);
Potential collaborators meet, negotiate, and close deals in the Deal Room. In-room lawyers, business analysts, and other resources will advise and assist);
Sage’s Lounge (for private icon talks). A rotating lineup of tech, corporate, political, development, and creative visionaries, mavens, and originators will share their wisdom and insights from their long, storied careers);
The Career Centre offers expert advice on career growth, industry shifts, and job prospects.
CAA Promotes Climate Innovation at Omniverse Summit 2024
At Omniverse Summit 2024, Climate Action Africa (CAA), a prominent social enterprise focused on environmental sustainability, reiterated its commitment to an inclusive climate action ecosystem.
The Omniverse, co-founded by Innovation Support Network (ISN Hubs) and GIZ/Digital Transformation Centre Nigeria (GIZ/DTC Nigeria), brings together development partners, public entities, regulatory agencies, academia, startups, finance professionals, media, and the creative industries.
Climate Action Africa, a significant participant in the four-day event, stressed its commitment to climate innovation for a sustainable future. To combat climate change, the organisation stressed integrating environmental sustainability approaches, technology, and community-driven innovation.
According to Alice Eze, Chief Operating Officer of Climate Action Africa, “Our participation at The Omniverse Summit 2024 reflects our conviction that fostering innovation is crucial in discovering and amplifying solutions to address the imminent climate crisis, not only in Africa but also globally.”
Climate Action Africa participates in thought-provoking debates on climate-resilient solutions, engaging exhibitions, active deal room conversations, and strategic collaborations for the Climate Action Africa Forum 2024.
CAA continues to engage key stakeholders and advocate for a multi-stakeholder climate change solution. The organisation’s attendance at The Omniverse Summit 2024 shows its dedication to this collaborative approach, which is necessary for knowledge exchange and integrated solutions to Africa’s complex climate issues.
