Dekaizen – full service and experiential consumer engagement and Sports Marketing agency and #StartupSouth – Nigeria’s leading Startup & Innovation Ecosystem development and advocacy organization have announced a collaboration to jointly develop the SportsTech Innovation Ecosystem in Africa starting from Nigeria.
The organizations announced their collaboration to host the first-ever Sports Meet Tech Session. It will be a part of the flagship #StartupSouth8.
The session will offer a valuable opportunity for the Nigerian sports industry to assess its readiness for the acceptance of sports tech.
Also, the event will take place on October 5-8, 2023 and it will be Hybrid.
SportsTech: A Groundbreaking Partnership
Speaking on the groundbreaking partnership in the sports industry, Chief Task Assigner of Dekaizen, Femi Abioye says the idea will open the doors for technological development and innovation in Nigerian sports.
“The opportunity will birth the growth of indigenous Innovation and technology development in the entire Sports Ecosystem in Nigeria and we are glad to be laying the foundation with this MOU and first step.”
Now in its 8th edition, #StartupSouth Conference is the flagship community event and an annual convening of top founders, stakeholders, and investors within the National & Continental Startup (Digital & Creative Economy) ecosystem, which is held in Port Harcourt with Pre-events held in several cities across the South-South/South-East.
Also speaking about the collaboration, the Convener of #StartupSouth, Uche Aniche, said. “My team is excited to be working with Femi and the Dekaizen Team on this collaboration. The promise and possibilities of the Innovation Ecosystem will be on the front burner across all sectors of our economy.
There’s no better time to do this in sports – especially now that our country is pushing to recognize sports properly as an economic sector, not just leisure.
The ultimate goal of the collaboration is the Sports-Tech Nigeria Hub which will support and empower Innovative Sports startups. Also, it will foster innovation and technological solutions that serve the local Sporting community and global sports industry needs”.
The Future Of Innovation
According to the statement, the SportsTech Session will be co-developed and co-managed by both organizations. Furthermore, the meet will feature veterans from the Sports and Technology industry and provides an opportunity for organizations to showcase their solutions.
#StartupSouth believes in the power of entrepreneurship for development and is inspiring a generation of founders to build innovative and scalable solutions in Africa’s emerging cities.
Dekaizen is a full-service experiential consumer engagement cum sports marketing agency that designs and executes Lifestyle Experiences that drive deep Brand interaction through highly relevant activities and Brand immersions.
