The Sixth D appointed “Strategic Partner” for annual Africa Tech Summits held at London Stock Exchange & Nairobi Sarit Centre between 2023 and 2025 (having helped make the London, Nairobi and Kigali events happen since their inception);

In run up to the Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025:

• Created / hosted “Climate, Tech & Sustainability in Africa” podcast & video series (sponsored by Mercy Corps Ventures & PeerCarbon)

• Conducted research and authored report (sponsored by Mercy Corps Ventures) that explores how Africa can meaningfully adapt / contribute to the global transition to “net zero” while catalysing its own sustainable growth - download copy below

Across all these Summits helped secure keynote speakers and panelists as well as shape the programmes for these 2-day events by curating several of the panel discussions;

Speaker / moderator leading panel discussions and Summits’ “Investor Showcase” facilitating global capital access for pioneering startup founders pitching to international investors. Panels featured business leaders from: Google; ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator; Partech Africa; Novastar Ventures; LocalGlobe; Founders Factory Africa; Catalyst Fund; Enza Capital; First Circle Capital; Madica; Factor(e) Ventures; SuperAdvisors; Halcyon; Ingressive Capital; Atlantica Ventures; Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund; and TVC Labs - ran pre-event briefings that brought together all speakers and shaped subsequent interactive event day discussions ensuring sessions provided thought provoking debate for their audiences.

Africa Tech Summit London 2023, 2024 and 2025 sold out as did the Africa Tech Summit Nairobi 2025 - the larger scale Nairobi conference, hosted at the Sarit Expo Centre, connects 2,000+ delegates from 60+ countries while the more intimate gathering at the London Stock Exchange attracts 350+ delegates from 200+ companies and 30+ countries;

In each of the 3 years (2023, 2024 & 2025) 12-15+ early stage startups pitched to 8 high profile international investors - notably the entrepreneurs involved, pre-selected prior to the “Investor Showcase”, were seeking to raise $1mn to $15mn+ in funding;

Led participants to engage in social media outreach pre, during and post the Summits with this highlighting the startups featured in the “Investment Showcase” and key issues founders and investors need to consider when seeking to accelerate growth and scale pan-Africa;

Each Summit was packed with panels, meetings and networking sessions, with event organiser publicly stating 2023 edition was the “biggest and most energetic London event yet” while also celebrating the “smooth running of the Investment Showcase” in 2024;

In Nairobi in February 2025, for the first time ever, the “Africa Tech Summit Awards” ceremony was held to celebrate tech companies driving growth across 11 sector categories - delighted to be invited to present the "Young Tech Innovator" Award to Maxwell Opondo, co-Founder, Zerobionic Africa, who has developed a robotic arm, that responds to sign language, enabling real-time communication and interaction for students with hearing impairments!