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Conversations on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Smart Cities, kick off in Port Au Prince with Launch of first annual Haiti Tech Week

June 15, 2018- [Silicon Valley, USA] In association with global tech week initiatives around the world, the Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) has announced plans to launch annual tech week programs in emerging market cities from 2018 – 2030. Annual tech week initiatives have quickly become a reputable process for centralizing stakeholders in an ecosystem and showcasing top programs, initiatives, and influencers that are driving tech development within a region. Following the success of major tech week initiatives such as London Tech Week or  Nairobi Tech Week- Haiti now joins the global trend.

“At GSE, we work with over 140 global partners to accelerate tech ecosystems via digital accelerators and summits and have the platform to encourage more events that bring the ecosystem together more frequently” said Christine Souffrant Ntim, founder of Haiti Tech Summit.  

On the week of the 18th – 25th June 2018, Haiti  like other tech hubs, will launch its official tech week series. Silicon Valley based companies being featured at Haiti Tech Summit will be hosting events across Port Au Prince and we anticipate great programming from local incubator hubs such as Alpha Haiti and Banj, and other tech ecosystem drivers such as Startup Grind Port Au Prince, Startup Week Port au Prince, Haiti Tech Awards, Impact Hub Port au Prince and many more in 2019.

The 2018 lineup features:

• Women’s Pioneers Summit: A summit to identify key female leaders and influencers who are driving business, tech and policy within  their respective industries or communities. The summit will be an evening workshop event showcasing top women tech groups around the world that local Haitian women can initiate in Haiti as well as a crash personal branding course to teach audience members how to build and scale their personal brands as pioneers. The workshop is one of the most popular sessions in Africa and will be featured for the first time in Haiti for tech week. RSVP Here.
• Smart City Summit: a comprehensive workshop series to prepare stakeholders for a Smart City Haiti. The evening workshop will go over smart city initiatives that occurred across the Middle East, Asia and Africa and provide exclusive materials on how to build a Smart City hub in Haiti within 3 years or less. This talk was featured at the New York Smart City Summit with policy leaders from over 40 countries and an audience of 3000 people. The workshop training is first come, first served. Limited seating available. RSVP here.
• Exponential Tech Summit:  This historic evening event will be Haiti’s first deep dive workshop on all of the exponential technologies in one place. This intense event will go over the following below. The workshop training is first come, first served. Limited seating available. RSVP here.
  • An overview of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Drones, Nano technology, Virtual Reality Space, Internet of Things and Robotics. Why do these technologies exist and how can you train yourself to become an expert in 3- months for free.
  • An overview on how to build an exponential tech business within 6 months or less.
  • An overview on how to apply exponential technology to problems in Haiti and become a global case study for economic tech development.
• Haiti Tech Summit Ecosystem Tour in Partnership with Banj in port au Prince where selected speakers and partners of Haiti Tech Summit will go to different part of the nation’s capital to engage with local stakeholders.
• Haiti Tech Summit 2nd annual event featuring 100 global speakers and Headliners including Jack Dorsey (founder of Twitter) @ Royal Decameron. All hotel passes are sold out. Day passes available here: www.Haititechsummit.com.

Location to be announced to RSVPs for each event only. To submit your event to the tech week series, email the team directly at inf@globalstartupecosystem.com. It will go live within 3 hours.

About Haiti Tech Week An annual ecosystem gathering of multiple events and programs to highlight topics that can accelerate the country’s ecosystem as well as highlight the region’s top tech initiatives.

About Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE): is a central hub designed to educate, inspire and prepare tech  communities for the digital age. GSE summits are annual conferences held around the world to connect, inform, and inspire stakeholders within an ecosystem to leverage technology that ensures impact. Summits are a major focal point for bringing together government officials, business leaders, startup innovators, celebrities and key influencers in one place.

About Haiti Tech Summit: Haiti Tech Summit brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, digital marketers and creatives under one roof together to address humanity’s greatest challenges via entrepreneurship. It is a part of a 13-year initiative of GSE, which aims to bring centralize top local and global influencers in Haiti on an annual basis to accelerate industry development and ecosystem scaling in Haiti.Tickets to attend the summit, which takes place June 21-23 at the Royal Decameron, are available at www.Haititechsummit.com.

About Startup Haiti: Haiti’s central hub for all initiatives within the tech sector. The platform launches in fall 2018 featuring the country’s first national accelerator.

Media Contacts:

For Global Startup Ecosystem:

Einstein Ntim

Einstein@globalstartupecosystem.com

GSE Global Media Team

info@globalstartupecosystem.com

June 14, 2018

No. 2018/17

U.S. Supports Haitian Entrepreneur Participation

in the Haiti Tech Summit

(Port-au-Prince, Haiti) June 14, 2018 As a platinum sponsor and lead partner of the 2018 Haiti Tech Summit, the United States Embassy in Haiti is pleased to announce the selection of 25 local entrepreneurs who will be featured at the summit.  As part of the Embassy’s on-going efforts to promote entrepreneurship and bi-lateral economic growth, the Embassy works throughout the year to share capacity building skills and widen the professional networks of Haitian entrepreneurs.

Participants will meet over one hundred speakers from Facebook, Google, Amazon, and many others.  The Haiti Tech Summit is part of a thirteen-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem. The goal of the Summit is to help entrepreneurs in Haiti catalyze innovation in their communities and in their country.

Ambassador Sison noted, “We are proud to work alongside the Haitian-America diaspora, some of America’s leading innovation companies, and the Government of Haiti to support Haiti’s youth.” The embassy sponsored Start Up Lab entrepreneurs are 50% women, and represent broad geographic diversity throughout Haiti.

In addition to operating the flagship regional exchange program, the Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative focused exclusively on entrepreneurship in the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. Embassy hosted #TechCampOkay, bringing together over 30 entrepreneurs from the Grand d’Anse and Southern Departments.

This is the first time that an entity has sponsored such a large amount of participants. Inc Magazine picked up on the momentum around the growing population of tech entrepreneurs in Haiti last year and we hope that more media networks capture the new stories of entrepreneurial innovation evolving out of Haiti.

Pleases find below the list of participating businesses:

1. STEM Access for Girls
2. Endevanord
3. OmanuDigital
4. Cafe Lux
5. CITHADD
6. Galata Fanmi
7. Délices by Marie Flore Morett
8. KIZI S.A.
9. Tchalam
10. Mon’Edy Tourisme Agency
11. CAPPA
12. Miel d’Or
13. FDStrategy
14. Bambou Facile
15. Polyclinique 384
16. BM-Solutions
17. tech tech show
18. Exhaustic
19. LES ENTREPRISES PL ET CO
20. Bwat imaj
21. Juicy Fruits
22. RADIKAL
23. Grace Park Community-Moringa & Gardens
24. SAADH
25. EDAS Collection

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    Le 14 juin 2018

    No. 2018/17

Les États-Unis soutiennent la participation d’entrepreneurs haïtiens

à Haiti Tech Summit

Port-au-Prince, Haïti, le 14 juin 2018 — En tant que sponsor Platinum et partenaire principal de Haiti Tech Summit 2018, l’Ambassade des Etats-Unis en Haïti est heureuse de financer la participation de 25 entrepreneurs locaux qui seront présentés au cours du sommet. Dans le cadre des efforts continus de l’ambassade pour promouvoir l’entrepreneuriat et la croissance économique bilatérale, l’ambassade travaille tout au long de l’année pour partager les compétences de renforcement des capacités et étendre les réseaux professionnels des entrepreneurs haïtiens.   Les participants du Start-Up Lab rencontreront plus d’une centaine de conférenciers de Facebook, Google, Amazon et bien d’autres plateformes. Le Haïti Tech Summit fait partie d’une initiative de «Global Startup Ecosystem» (d’écosystème globale de Startup) de 13 années. L’objectif du Sommet est d’aider les entrepreneurs en Haïti à jouer un rôle de catalyseur d’innovation dans leurs communautés et dans leur pays.

L’Ambassadeur des Etats-Unis en Haïti, Madame Michele Sison a déclaré « Nous sommes fiers de travailler aux côtés de la diaspora haïtiano-américaine, de certaines des plus grandes entreprises américaines d’innovation et du gouvernement haïtien pour supporter les jeunes d’Haïti ».  Les entrepreneurs au Start-Up Lab financés par l’ambassade représentent 50% de femmes, et viennent de diverses régions géographiques du pays.

En plus de diriger le programme d’échanges régionaux phare, l’Initiative des Jeunes Leaders des Amériques qui s’est concentrée exclusivement sur l’entrepreneuriat dans l’hémisphère occidental, l’Ambassade des États-Unis a organisé #TechCampOkay, qui a réuni plus de 30 entrepreneurs des départements de la Grand d’Anse et du Sud.  

La revue Inc Magazine a repris l’élan autour de la population croissante des entrepreneurs technologiques en Haïti l’année dernière et nous espérons que plus de réseaux médiatiques informeront le public sur les nouvelles activités sur l’innovation entrepreneuriale qui se développent hors d’Haïti.   

Ci-dessous, la liste des entreprises participantes:

1. STEM Access for Girls
2. Endevanord
3. OmanuDigital
4. Cafe Lux
5. CITHADD
6. Galata Fanmi
7. Délices by Marie Flore Morett
8. KIZI S.A.
9. Tchalam
10. Mon’Edy Tourisme Agency
11. CAPPA
12. Miel d’Or
13. FDStrategy
14. Bambou Facile
15. Polyclinique 384
16. BM-Solutions
17. tech tech show
18. Exhaustic
19. LES ENTREPRISES PL ET CO
20. Bwat imaj
21. Juicy Fruits
22. RADIKAL
23. Grace Park Community-Moringa & Gardens
24. SAADH
25. EDAS Collection

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Haiti Tech Summit- Launches The Tourism Ecosystem Collective- Summit attendees can now book hotels within 30 minutes of event venue

[June 8, 2018 Port Au Prince, Haiti] – Haiti Tech Summit- a 13 year initiative to accelerate economic development via tech is back for its second year. In its first year, the summit welcomed 100 global speakers and 500 participants. For its second year the program will welcome 750 participants. Due to demand, the summit’s hotel package offerings at Royal Decameron sold out as of June 1st. Instead of focusing on just local sales for the remaining summit seats, the organization is now tapping into the local hotels to further encourage more international tourism flow into the country- further solidifying its role in accelerating economic development within the tourism sector.

To do this, summit attendees can now book hotels within 30 minutes of event venue once spots fill up at Royal Decameron. Similar to the large economic impact of international events like SXSW in Austin Texas, USA or Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal- events that drive thousands of internationals into a city- Haiti Tech Summit aims to repeat the same success over the next few years. Expansion to hotels in Port au Prince and other main cities will be made each year.

While partnership agreements are not completely final, the organization is soft launching its recommendation of the top 3 hotels that are available for booking. Tickets to access the event on June 21-23, 2018 are here.

• Distance from event Venue: 18 Minute Drive from Royal Decameron
• Website: https://wahoobaybeach.com/
• HOTEL ADDRESS: Route Nationale 1, Km 62, Carriès, Haiti
• OFFICE ADDRESS:  Bas de Delmas #3, P.O. Box 603, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Phone: +(509) 28 12 24 99 +(509) 37 35 25 36 +(509) 37 35 28 31
• Email: wahoo@wahoobaybeach.com

• Distance from event Venue: 22 Minutes Drive from Royal Decameron (9.4 miles from Royal Decameron Indigo Beach Resort & Spa)
• Website: http://www.kalikobeachclub.com/
• HOTEL ADDRESS: Kaliko Resort & Hotel KM 61, Rte Nationale 1 Cote des Arcadins Arcahaie, Haiti
• For Reservation: +509 2940 4609 / 2941 4609 / 2943 4609
• Email: info@kalikobeachclub.com
• OFFICE ADDRESS: Petionville Office Platinum Plaza, 4th floor 2 rue Ogé, Petionville

[Port- au – Prince, Haiti- June 5, 2018] 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. With hotel packages sold out- the summit still has a few day passes left that can be booked via www.HaitiTechSummit.com.

In 2017, Haiti  hosted 100 global speakers from around the world. The summit generated over 83 million social media impressions, 87 global press mentions and welcomed over 500 guests for 2 historic days tuning it into the region’s largest tech gathering and Haiti’s first major international global summit.

Hosting an event of this magnitude  in Haiti not only aims to revitalize economic activity in the country but to also provide a new narrative for Haiti and emerging markets. “Haiti is not open for business. Haiti is open for disruption” Christine Ntim (Founder).

Companies represented last year included Silicon Valley giants such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, Facebook, Paypal, Mastercard, Linkedin, Github, Dropbox, Sendgrid, Youtube, and Adobe. Headline speakers included the President of Haiti, His Excellency Jovenel Moise, Venture Capitalist investor of Airbnb and Facebook Ben Horowitz, Former Editor in Chief of Ebony Magazine Kyra Kyles, Founder of Draper Associates and Draper University- Tim Draper,  and celebrity influencers such as Vicky Jeudy from Netflix series Orange is the New Black and music artists Michael Brun and J Perry. Ecosystem enabler networks included Steve Blank’s Launchpad, Galvanize, Puerto Rico’s Parallel 18, Pivotal Labs, Angel Hack Accelerator, WIN Lab, Startup Grind, Forbes 30 Under 30 listmakers, Brazil’s Laiob-Latin America Institute of Business, and Alter Ventures. The summit also welcomed leading local networks such as Royal Decameron, Ministry of Tourism, Centre for Facilitation of Investments (CFI), National Council of Telecommunications-Conatel, The Central Bank, French Chamber of Commerce, Access Haiti, and Fotokonbit. Media represented included Forbes, Inc Magazine, Fast Company, Techcrunch, Black Enterprise, Ebony Magazine, NY Times, Atlantic Black Star, Haitian Times, Chokarella, Trace Media, Loop Haiti, Le Nouvelliste, Ayibo Post, Metropol, and Radio Caribe.

The summit also generated tangible immediate impact driven items for both the public and private sector. As highlighted in the 2017 Haiti Tech Summit Impact Report, Airbnb was able to close a 5 year agreement with the Ministry of Tourism, Facebook launched the country’s first internationally recognized developer community, and Google Launchpad launched an accelerator program to source and support the country’s leading startups. Furthermore, the president of Haiti announced the country’s first national incubator for entrepreneurs to be located in the nation’s capital- Port Au Prince. The incubator- Alpha Haiti- launched in the first week of June.

The summit will return on  June 21-23, 2018 at Royal Decameron with all major networks featured in 2017 and has already announced leading partners and sponsors such as the US Embassy of Haiti and Intuit. More lead sponsors and partners to be announced.

To kick off the event, headline speaker Jack Dorsey was announced at the 2018 Annual Haiti Tech Summit Ecosystem Meeting with the country’s top government officials, private sector executives, media influencers and summit sponsors. Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter, Inc. in 2006 and returned as Chief Executive Officer in September 2015. Jack also co-founded Square, where he serves as CEO and Chairman. Jack also serves on the Board of The Walt Disney Company. Jack Dorsey will be speaking at the summit to discuss his experiences launching and scaling two globally recognized tech startups that both aim to “simplify complexity’- Twitter via communication and Square via financial inclusion. The summit will welcome hundreds of local and international entrepreneurs who will be hearing Jack Dorsey’s insights on leadership, entrepreneurship and business.

Tickets are now live via www.HaitiTechSummit.com. For sponsors interested in being invited to the event or  included in the next press announcement, please email interest to info@haititechsummit.com.

As featured here. 

May 15, 2018

(Port-au-Prince) The United States Embassy in Haiti announces its sponsorship of the 2018 Haiti Tech Summit, June 21 – 23, 2018.  Haitian entrepreneurs interested in learning how to incorporate technology into their business model and marketing strategies are encouraged to apply now through May 30, 2018 at goo.gl/35YuL9 As part of the Embassy’s on-going efforts to promote entrepreneurship and bi-lateral economic growth, the Embassy is seeking representation from creators and innovators across Haiti’s ten departments to participate.

Participants will be able to meet over one hundred speakers from Google, Airbnb, LinkedIn, Uber, and many others.  The Haiti Tech Summit is part of a thirteen-year initiative of the Global Startup Ecosystem. The goal of the Summit is to help entrepreneurs in Haiti catalyze innovation in their communities and in their country.

In April 2018, the U.S. Embassy hosted #TechCampOkay, bringing together over 30 entrepreneurs from the Grand d’Anse and Southern Departments with local leaders and experts from the diaspora, IDEO, and U.S. Embassy exchange program alumni.  The Embassy regularly engages the regional Chambers of Commerce as well as the American Chamber of Commerce in pursuit of this key priority.

By U.S. Mission Haiti | 15 May, 2018 | Topics: Press Releases | Tags: Press Release 2018

• Thank major local 2017 partners such as the Office of the Presidency and Ministry of Tourism; 2017 sponsors such as Royal Decameron, Centre for Facilitation of Investments (CFI), Conatel, Central Bank, French Chamber of Commerce, Fotokonbit, and 2017 local media partners Chokarella, Trace Media, Loop Haiti, Le Nouvelliste, Ayibo Post, Metropol, Radio Caribe, etc and 2017 vendors such as Haiti Print and Sign (HPS) and Konfetti decor.
• Announce the first set of 2018 headline sponsors such as the US State Department and the role of the Office of the Presidency who will be launching the country’s first national incubator for entrepreneurs this year.
• Provide the insights from the 2017 Haiti Tech Summit Impact report which covers the local and global impact made by the inaugural launch of the summit for Haiti’s business-tech ecosystem.
• Twitter). Announce the first set of 2018 headline speakers, celebrities and government officials such as Jack Dorsey (Founder of Twitter)

A Propos D’Haiti Tech Summit: Le Haiti Tech Summit rassemble de nombreux entrepreneurs, investisseurs, distributeurs digitals et créateurs sous un toit afin d’adresser les plus importants défis de l’humanité à travers l’entrepreneuriat. Cela fait partie d’une initiative de 13 ans de GSE, qui a pour but d’unir les locaux et internationaux influenceurs en Haïti chaque année de sorte à accélérer l’industrie de développement en Haïti.

A Propos Du Global Startup Ecosystem: Global Startup Ecosystem (GSE) est un centre conçu afin d’éduquer, inspirer et préparer les communautés technologiques à l’âge digital. Les sommets organisés par GSE sont des conférences annuelles tenues dans le monde entier de sorte à connecter, informer et inspirer les différents partis dans un écosystème afin  d’utiliser la technologie pour provoquer un impact. Les sommets sont des initiatives clés afin de rassembler des membres officiels du gouvernement, des chefs d’entreprise, des innovateurs et des célébrités au même endroit.