Present your venture to a global audience of investors and business leaders. The Top 20 businesses pitch live to the SYDP Global Jury Panel — angel investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurship experts from across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.
Follow the timeline below to qualify for the SYDP Global Investor Pitch Session.
Email your submission to:
SYDPCommsUnit@gmail.comPlease confirm your attendance by emailing SYDPCommsUnit@gmail.com
Upload your 1-minute business pitch on TikTok or Instagram and tag the official SYDP accounts:
Part of your visibility and investor readiness journey. Make it clear, engaging and professional.
The Top 20 businesses will present their ventures to a panel of global angel investors, business leaders and entrepreneurship experts.
Create a compelling story, support it with data, and clearly demonstrate why your business is investment-ready.
A distinguished international panel of investors, founders, strategists and governance experts evaluating Africa's next generation of ventures.
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Founder & CEO, BlackBelt Global Consulting Limited & BlackBeltCEO Venture Studio
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International investment advocate and business leader in real estate development, project financing and global investment facilitation, overseeing a network of certified professionals across 75 countries.
Investing in people today builds the prosperous, sustainable Africa of tomorrow.
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Technology entrepreneur, AI strategist and digital transformation expert advancing Africa's socio-economic development through innovation, digital inclusion and strategic partnerships.
Africa's greatest asset is its people.
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Has helped startups across the UK, Europe, Africa and Asia raise more than £70 million in funding, and was part of a $100 million exit during his time in commercial leadership.
The job is simple: help serious founders become impossible to ignore.
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Three decades of executive experience across North America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. Has served on 29 Boards of Directors with 25+ years of governance and strategic leadership experience.
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. There are no failures in life — only lessons.
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Innovation manager and serial entrepreneur with 15+ years turning ideas into viable ventures. Evaluates founders using the 7D Framework and builds a two-way innovation bridge between Europe and Africa.
Transparency · Innovation · Excellence · Humanity
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Advises governments, development partners and private sector stakeholders on trade policy, legal reforms and investment promotion strategies, with deep experience in WTO Law and AfCFTA.
Innovation in trade. Integrity in investment. Impact for generations.
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15+ years across radio, TV, print and digital media. Through SAICA she has trained hundreds of creators across Africa, and built the AI Filmmakers Network of 600+ members.
Creative intelligence leads and AI follows.
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A decade leading corporate reputation, brand transformation and stakeholder engagement across Nigeria's banking and enterprise sectors, including the Lagos International Financial Centre initiative.
Strong brands communicate. Great brands connect. Lasting brands create value.
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15+ years as an entrepreneur and startup founder who scaled an invention-based startup 30X in 18 months. Certified UN Advisor in International Competitive Strategy (with Honours) and E-commerce, supporting founders with pitch deck development and international expansion.
Submit your pitch deck and 1-minute video to enter the SYDP 2026 Business Pitch Challenge.