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Thank you for joining us for the past 3 years as we accelerate this movement to 2030. 

Every year, Haiti Tech gets bigger and bigger. Over the past few years we’ve welcomed thousands people for Haiti Tech Summit and Haiti Tech Week. Now we expand to make it a full week experience for 2020. We are pleased to introduce the 2020 line up with 100 speakers and 5000 participants for 2020!

Haiti Tech Week was founded in 2018 to provide free training workshops for entrepreneurs and corporate executives.

• Register for Haiti Tech Week here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-haiti-tech-week-tickets-64418683015

Haiti Tech Summit 

• Register for Haiti Tech Summit here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-haiti-tech-summit-tickets-64144195014

Haiti Tech Festival 

• Register for Haiti Tech Festival here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-haiti-tech-festival-tickets-64418471382

To partner, speak or exhibit at any of these events, please email the team at info@haititechsummit.com. 

Haiti Tech Summit, founded in 2017 by Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur, Mother and Wife, Christine Souffrant Ntim, is a 13- year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) which brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives together to Haiti to accelerate tech, innovation and economic development within the country.

HAITI TECH TOWNHALL

• Connect with the founder – Christine S. Ntim

• Ask questions about haiti tech summit 2019- what it took to host it and why

• Ask questions about plans for 2020-2030

• Learn how to manage events and programs during political unrest

• Learn insights on branding and communications

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-haiti-tech-townhall-meeting-tickets-64262805782

June 24, 2019 [Port au Prince, Haiti] Haiti Tech Summit concludes with another successful global event hosted at Royal Decameron Beach Resort. Haiti Tech Summit, founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur, Mother and Wife, Christine Souffrant Ntim, is a 13- year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) which brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives together to Haiti to accelerate tech, innovation and economic development within the country. The aim is to turn Haiti into the world’s next major tech innovation hub by 2030.

The Press conference took place at Banj at 10am and was live on national TB.

About Haiti Tech Summit:  Haiti Tech Summit brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, celebrities and creatives under one roof together to address humanity’s greatest challenges via tech and entrepreneurship. It is a part of a 13-year initiative to turn Haiti into an international tech hub by 2030. Deemed the “Davos of the Caribbean”, Haiti Tech Summit has welcomed keynote speakers such as Jack Dorsey-founder of Twitter, President of Haiti- Jovenel Moise, Ben Horowitz- Investor in Facebook, etc.

June 24, 2019 [Port au Prince, Haiti] Haiti Tech Summit concludes with another successful global event hosted at Royal Decameron Beach Resort. Haiti Tech Summit, founded by Forbes 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur, Mother and Wife, Christine Souffrant Ntim, is a 13- year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) which brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives together to Haiti to accelerate tech, innovation and economic development within the country. The aim is to turn Haiti into the world’s next major tech innovation hub by 2030.

In 2017, Haiti hosted 100 global speakers from around the world with headline speaker Ben Horowitz, the President of Haiti, Artists J Perry & Micheal Brun, Celebrity Vicky Jeudy from Orange is the New Black, and senior VPs from Airbnb, Facebook, Paypal, Mastercard, and more.  The summit generated over 83 million social media impressions, 87 global press mentions and welcomed over 500 guests for 2 historic days turning it into the region’s largest tech gathering and Haiti’s first major international global summit.The summit returned in 2018 with 100 global speakers and 750 guests with the addition of Haiti Tech Week featuring headline keynote – Jack Dorsey-founder of Twitter and Square. The President- His Excellency Jovenel Moise- provided keynotes at each summit.

The summit returned for the 3rd annual edition on June 20-22nd during an politically unstable time in Haiti’s recent history. Headline speaker was Tom Davis- Chief Marketing Officer of Forbes Magazine. Other top speakers included Cody Simms Partner at Techstars,  Carlos Sanvee- Global Secretary General at the YMCA, Daraiha Greene- Global Head of Strategic Partnerships, Google, Ty Heathe- Global Lead for Agency and Partner Education at LinkedIn and the President of LinkedIn’s Black Inclusion Group (BIG), Jana Landon HBCU Outreach Specialist at Google, Inc, Minister Bocchit Edmond from Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Ambassador Michele Sission, Jon Piechowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in the Department of State’s  Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and many more.

Thanks to the following sponsors- (Platinum Sponsor) Global Startup Ecosystem, US Embassy of Port au Prince, (Gold Sponsors) Royal Decameron Beach Resort, Hope for Haiti, (Silver Sponsors) United Nations Foundation , Catholic Relief Services, 360 Insights, (Bronze Sponsors) Mastercard, Linkedin, Forbes8, Github, Access Haiti, Facebook developer circles, and Hertz.

For 2019, the summit executed several major opportunities for entrepreneurs:

• US Embassy sponsorship of 30 entrepreneurs from across the Caribbean:  U.S. Embassy is supported the participation of 15 Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Caribbean entrepreneurs and 15 local entrepreneurs in the Summit, and 10 innovators from throughout the Caribbean (Barbados, Trinidad, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, St.Kitts, and Haiti). 
• Forbes 8 Pitch Competition in partnership  The Forbes8 mission is to help entrepreneurs worldwide be more successful. We know that the number one challenge facing entrepreneurs today is access to Capital, and the Forbes8 team are committed to giving back to entrepreneurs and helping in practical, and creative ways. Just for Haiti Tech Summit attendees, Forbes8 will be gifting over $5K in the next 12 months and will also choose a Perfect Pitcher at the summit – who will receive an on-the-spot $1.5K cash prize. The winner of the 2019 Haiti Tech Summit Forbes 8 Prize was Mackendy Smith- Owner of Mak pa nou (Handmade sandals production).
• Mastercard powers Haiti Tech Week:  On the week of the 17th June 2019, Haiti  like other tech hubs, had its official tech week series. Launched last year to train and develop the tech ecosystem of Haiti – this year the program has expanded in scope. Haiti Tech Week returned for 2019 in partnership with Mastercard to host 3 free programs which included the 2nd Annual Women’s Pioneers Summit, the 1st Annual Human Resources & Future of Work Summit:, and the 3rd Annual Smart City Future Tech Summit. Banj hosted several events including the Digital Marketing skills and Productivity tools from Google workshop and a Founders Lab in partnership with Google Launchpad; Rebrand Haiti with Rebrand Cities which brought 30  non-tech SME’s; Startup Grind Port au Prince featuring Johnson Napoleon. The YMCA hosted a Recruitment and Researching session with speaker Christine Ntim.
• Hope for Haiti offers $15k sponsorship to all 15 local companies sponsored to attend Haiti Tech Summit. This cash sponsorship is a $1k grant for each company to support the startups.

The critical factor that made Haiti Tech Summit 2019 a major historic edition was its ability to introduce security protocol measures in Haiti for international events. On June 10th- immediately after the surge of increased protests and political unrest, the Haiti Tech Summit launched a series of security protocols that ensured the safe transport and management of event participants. The summit re-affirmed its 13 year commitment to Haiti. The message was meant to be made as a point of transparency not a point of concern to all of the stakeholders who love, respect and believe in the Haiti Tech Summit  mission.

The security protocols titled “Access Haiti Tech Summit by Land, by Air, by sea” was a strong logistical framework to transport participants by land via police escorted shuttle line ups, by air via hourly scheduled helicopter rides and by sea via port to port transfer of participants by boat. The announcement created a huge surge of credibility but also a huge surge of cancellations as the summit organizers chose transparency and credibility. Furthermore, the summit location at Royal Decameron Beach Resort positioned it to be a safe and credible environment for a summit of this size. Haiti Tech Summit chose Royal Decameron for the first 3 years of the 13 year initiative due to its reliable staff, reputation and committed contributions to providing a better representation of Haiti.

It was the first time that a scheduled event of this size was not postponed or cancelled despite political unrest. The Haiti Tech Summit team believes the country requires the courage, commitment and consistency of all stakeholders and is proud to have achieve these 3 pillars in 2019 in partnership with Royal Decameron Beach Resort.

About Haiti Tech Summit:  Haiti Tech Summit brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, celebrities and creatives under one roof together to address humanity’s greatest challenges via tech and entrepreneurship. It is a part of a 13-year initiative to turn Haiti into an international tech hub by 2030. Deemed the “Davos of the Caribbean”, Haiti Tech Summit has welcomed keynote speakers such as Jack Dorsey-founder of Twitter, President of Haiti- Jovenel Moise, Ben Horowitz- Investor in Facebook, etc.

Haiti Tech Summit has a reputation of commitment and consistency and as such we are committed to #changingthenarrative around Haiti.

We are pleased to announce the official Haiti Brand Campaign. 

Launched by CFI Director Tessa Jacques at the 3rd annual Haiti Tech Summit:

Click on photos below for more information.

[Port Au Prince, Haiti- June 13, 2019] The U.S. Embassy is a proud sponsor of the Haiti Tech Summit and is pleased to announce that Jon Piechowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in the Department of State’s  Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, will speak at this year’s Haiti Tech Summit. 

As sponsors, the U.S. Embassy is supporting the participation of 15 Young Leaders of the Americas (YLAI) Caribbean entrepreneurs and 15 local entrepreneurs in the Summit, and they will join creators and innovators from throughout the Caribbean. Increased economic prosperity in the United States and the Caribbean depends on innovation and entrepreneurship and we hope this Tech Summit will foster ideas and build relationships. The United States values the Caribbean as a strategic priority and long-standing partners. As the Caribbean’s largest trading partner, millions of citizens visit and study in the Caribbean and in the U.S. annually. We recognize the importance of the Caribbean to the success of this hemisphere and believe that a region united in our shared values and shared interests will result in a more prosperous neighborhood.

Participants will meet more than one hundred speakers from Google, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Uber, and other innovative businesses.  Haiti Tech Summit, a 13-year initiative of Global Startup Ecosystem that brings hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives to Haiti to accelerate tech, innovation, and economic development within the country, has just opened applications for the event’s second annual Startup Lab – a 1:1 mentorship opportunity with global experts.