Holocene + ClimateHack Cape Town : Africa's Blue Economy Future
Join us for a deep dive into Africa’s ocean future!
Africa's oceans represent a $3 trillion opportunity that's barely tapped—with less than 1% of global blue economy investment reaching the continent despite its 30,000 kilometers of coastline. African entrepreneurs are just beginning to unlock transformative solutions that can simultaneously address climate challenges, create jobs, and build resilient coastal communities.
Join us in our next small group session during which we'll explore how venture capital can bridge this massive financing gap and support the next generation of African founders turning ocean-based innovation into climate impact and economic growth.
Don’t miss our next small group session, where we’ll explore the challenges and opportunities in building a sustainable blue economy across Africa.
📍 AfricaWorks, Cape Town CBD
🗓 Tuesday 21 October
🕠 17:30 - 20:00
We’ll be joined by a fantastic panel who are all driving the blue economy forward in Africa.
Panelists include:
Serge Raemaekers –Co-Founder & Executive Director, ABOLOBI
Lucretia Chopera – Deal Flow Manager, Katapult Ocean
Alexis Grosskopf –Founder & CEO, OceanHub Africa
Josefien Ploem–Visiting Associate, E4E Africa
About the Organizers:
Holocene is Southern Africa's leading early stage climate tech VC. Holocene invests financial and human capital into pre-Seed to Seed stage climate tech companies across Africa, while also building a climate community of entrepreneurs, investors and climate enthusiasts through events and conferences.
ClimateHack is a community-driven platform that inspires, highlights and connects climatetech entrepreneurs and innovators. With meetups across the globe, a weekly climatetech industry newsletter, weekly reports on climatetech, and an annual summit.
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