Africa’s largest peer-to-peer networking, expo and exhibition will take place on March 2 – 3, 2019 in Maponya Mall, Soweto, Johannesburg. The blockchain is taking African market by storm and the continent’s community is embracing this new technology with love, hope, and belief that it can change industries and systems for better.
To help speed up blockchain education and adoption, Crypto Africa Expo is committing to hosts recurring events, expos, and seminars across the African continent. There is so much ground to be covered in order to see every household benefiting from this technology. Historically the continent has always been left behind when it comes to such revolutions for reasons such as lack of access to communication and the Internet.
According to Google Trends, several African countries had the highest number of online searches for “blockchain” and “bitcoin” last year, with Ghana and South Africa taking the lead. Africa is the world’s second fastest growing economic region behind Asia and is expected to continue growing in 2018 (AFDB). Smartphone penetration is also on the rise and estimated to hit 50 percent by 2020, up from only two percent in 2010 (WEF). Africa is an early adopter rather than a follower and poised to embrace the blockchain.
“We don’t do hotels, conference rooms but we take your brand to the people,” says Elson Mabhena, the Manager of Crypto Africa Expo.
Understanding the African Market
Location: Statistics show that 98 percent of events and expos are organised in upmarket areas and very expensive hotels and conference rooms. This only attracts very few people that are normally mentioned as elites. These people are the only ones with access to such events invitation and can afford the high ticket fees.
Attendance: If you study 10 of the last events you would agree that they only attract a handful of attendees ranging from 300 to 600. This deprives the sponsors and partners who would have paid large sums of money to participate in the event to have their expectations met. Sponsors want to see traffic, they want engagement with the right market. They are not exhibiting just to see few people and interact with other exhibitors. They want value for their marketing budget spent on being invited to such expos.
Exclusion: The people who need blockchain solutions are from the poor communities up to the wealthy ones. Mass adoption will happen from the most disadvantaged background population when they start to understand the real use cases of the blockchain technology. With the rate at which these events and seminars are hosted the real problems are not met and general masses excluded in the revolution.
Why This Why Will be the Biggest Blockchain Expo in Africa?
Crypto Africa Expo is taking blockchain technology to the right market. After careful research of the above problems, we are sure to make the information and services accessible to everyone. We target areas that have lots of traffic and convenient for everyone and we choose to hosts our events. The next event will be held at Maponya Mall. We have booked the whole Shopping Centre for our sponsors and partners. There are more than 40 000 to 50 000 people who visit Maponya Mall on a month-end weekend. The initiative is to take blockchain projects to people and our sponsors will have a busy time engaging with the curious market, ready for any potential solution to the ecosystem.
Invitation for Sponsored and Exhibitions
This event is expected to attract big names, startups and fintech companies in the blockchain space that provides projects and solutions that can benefit communities. Sponsors and exhibitors will come from local startups, and all over Africa and abroad. We have seen innovators like Binance Labs committing to accelerate blockchain adoption in Africa. We appreciate such level of engagement as it gives the local blockchain entrepreneurs a platform and much-needed skills and knowledge of utilising the blockchain technology opportunities.
We are still accepting sponsors, partners, and exhibitors who have real projects that provide real solutions. Book early as the spots are being taken fast. The dates are March 2 – 3, 2019. Send an email for partnership packages request to info@cryptoafricaexpo.com. Website: www.cryptoafricaexpo.com.
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