Charbagh + Female Escorts Service in Lucknow | Starting ₹,5K To @25k with A/C...
Finance indaba 2018
1. Sw7
Africa’s Technology Hot and
Cold spots
…and how to find them
This is the intellectual property of Sw7. All intellectual property belonging to Sw7 is confidential and may not be distributed or used without their consent.
2. • Sw7 – Who we are
• Our Markets and Environment
• Making Informed Decisions without Data
Agenda
3. THE Sw7 TEAM
This is the intellectual property of Sw7. All intellectual property belonging to Sw7 is confidential and may not be distributed or used without their consent.
4. Odette Jones - Irish in Jo’burg via Brussels & London.
Background Human Capital & Performance Management in Europe &
Emerging Markets for NYSE, NASDAQ & LSE Listed Corporates. Launched
Sw7 in 2014.
Focus on teams, structures, processes and behavioural traits that drive
entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial success.
Sw7 Cofounder, runs @Sw7 Workspace - our Tech Incubation Space,
Homeschooling our three kids.
Odette Jones
5. Thirteen years in and around Europe “inside the beast” - IT for financial
institutions
Bought a boat, took three years to sail back to SA “the wrong way” around
South America
Started a tech business in 1997 - Business Intelligence/Performance
Management. Listed in London 2009, did two fund raises, six acquisitions,
got out 2011
Rode my motorbike from Cape to Cairo - it was the right thing to do.
Started IT Board advisory & innovation/acceleration 2012.
Tech acceleration 2013 and launched Sw7 2014.
Keith Jones
6. THE Sw7 JOURNEY
This is the intellectual property of Sw7. All intellectual property belonging to Sw7 is confidential and may not be distributed or used without their consent.
7. “Scaling
business and
innovating is
hard”
Largest
technology
innovation
social media
community
(LinkedIn) in
Africa
“If you think
scaling a
business is
hard, try
doing it with
your partner”
Sw7 is a
performance
management
based
accelerator
with a
measurement
and outcomes
based
approach
The largest
Tech
Accelerator in
Africa!
Nine cohorts,
150 graduate
businesses
Mentored
300+ tech
businesses
Amazon
Google
Microsoft
Partners
First
Fintech
Accelerator
in
Africa
Start with Seven (Sw7)
One Hundred
Technology
CEOs,
Founders &
VCs
mentoring
8. Africa is Quite Big
54 Countries (this week)
60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land
Top five fastest growing economies in the
world
Weak infrastructure, social complexity, big
problems to solve
We are data poor but we need to make
informed decisions about our future
9. In 2018
• Urbanisation (massive cities)
• Accessiblility (getting connected & getting around)
• Business Maturity (doing business effectively)
• Digital Exclusion (Financial Inclusion)
• The Youth ‘bomb’ (Job Creation)
• 4th Industrial Revolution begins to shift
commercial realities
African Market Drivers
By 2025
Africa will have 50 cities over 1M people
50% of our population will be urbanised
Our youth population is 200M, the largest in the
world
We have the most disconnected, offline population
in the world
10. Making Informed Decisions with
no Data
What’s Hot and What’s Not
Accessible and Addressable Markets
How big is the African Opportunity
18. Sw7 are on a mission to accelerate
Seven Thousand Businesses in Africa
Let’s Connect!
Twitter - @Sw7co
LinkedIn - Tech Startups Founders & Developers Africa
This is the intellectual property of Sw7. All intellectual property belonging to Sw7 is confidential and may not be distributed or used without their consent.
Thank you!
