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| Photo: 2018 Conference Co-Chairs: Afua Ahwoi & Aminata Ly |
Nigeria’s
digital publisher, Publiseer, has been announced as one of the 14
finalists of the 2018 Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition,
taking place in Boston, MA, United States, on March 2, 2018.
The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School will be hosting the
competition to showcase the diversity of entrepreneurs making a
difference on the continent today. The competition will be held along
with the 20th Africa Business Conference under the theme “Values And
Value-Chains: Africa In A New Global Era”.
From
the pool of applications, 14 finalists have been invited to pitch their
business in front of approximately 700 attendees and receive feedback
from a panel of experienced judges. The judges include Samuel Alemayehu
of Cambridge Industries, Steven Koltai of Koltai & Company, and Josh
Sandler of Lori Systems. The winner and the runner-up of the
competition will be awarded cash prices of $10,000 and $5,000
respectively.
Publiseer
and other finalists will have the opportunity to participate in the
Startup Lab, a workshop for early-stage entrepreneurs to solicit advice
from conference participants. Conference participants and Harvard
Business School faculty and students with experience in strategy,
operations, finance, and other relevant business fields will be
recruited to engage with the entrepreneurs and help them ideate and
solve their problems.
Publiseer is a digital publishing platform for independent Nigerian authors and artistes.
The platform distributes and monetizes the creative works of Nigerian
writers and musicians worldwide. With over 130 writers and musicians
under Publiseer, Publiseer is one of the largest independent digital
publishers in Africa.