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Business Networking Week in Italy – BNWI

• Milan, September 10-14, 2018

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About the E4Impact Foundation

• E4Impact is a spin off of Università Cattolica del Sacro

Cuore (UCSC) of Milan, the largest private University in EU.

• It offers the MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship in 7 African

countries: Kenya (2010), Ghana (2013), Sierra Leone (2014), Uganda and Ivory Coast (2015), Senegal (2016), Ethiopia (2017).

• It intends to reach 15 African countries by 2020.

Impact to date

• 684 entrepreneurs involved
• 542: entrepreneurs trained
• 142: entrepreneurs under training (academic year 2017-18)
• 33%: women entrepreneurs
• 73%: trained entrepreneurs with a business currently in place
• ca. 3500: job places created in the value chain
• 40: African professors trained
• 20: African university managers trained

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Business Networking Week in Italy

The Business Networking Week in Italy (BNWI) is a networking programme that the E4Impact Foundation offers to the best entrepreneurs of the Global MBA in Impact Entrepreneurship it delivers in Africa, to African UCSC/ALTIS Alumni and to others African entrepreneurs. The BNWI intends to establish a collaboration platform between African Entrepreneurs and Italian Investors, Businesses and Startups. Participants to the BNWI will be able to:

• be part of an international business network between Italy and Africa
• acquire knowledge about entrepreneurial ecosystems and networks
• develop personal relations with peers overseas
• explore new markets and business opportunities

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BNWI Programme

The BNWI Programme will consist of the following activities:

• Italy-Africa Business Forum: a high level public event to introduce

business opportunities between Italy and Africa

• Italy-Africa Venture Lab: deal-rooms and networking between African

Entrepreneurs and investors, entrepreneurs, and start-uppers

• Exporting to EU Markets: rules, tools and strategies to export to Italy

and the EU; moreover, a list of Italian importing companies

• Importing EU Innovation: introduction to Italian innovative

technologies and analysis of financial tools to export to Africa

• Business cases: meetings with Italian companies/SMEs who manage

business activities between Italy and Africa

• Visiting Italian Excellences: visits to Italian companies producing and

exporting the best of the “Made in Italy” in the World

• Best African Entrepreneurs in Italy: guest-speech from some of the

bests African entrepreneurs in Italy

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Calendar

Exporting to EU Markets

• Rina: shipping,

contracts & tools

• Guest Speeches:
• Ferrero
• Segafredo
• Gucci

Visiting Italian Excellences

• Barilla S.p.A.:

Meeting with management and visit of the production plant in Parma Importing EU Innovation

• ETC: Financial

tools

• Assolombarda:

Exporting Services

• Vue Tel: Telecom

services Best African Entrepreneurs in Italy

• Naji, CS Stampi
• Medi Sakande -

Manager of New Cold System

09:00-13:00 13:00-14:00 15:00-17:30 Fri 14 Thu 13 Wed 12 Tue 11 Mon 10

Welcome Session

• Introduction to the

BNWI

• Visit of Catholic

University Campus Italy-Africa Venture Lab E4Impact Entrepreneurs’ meetings with:

• Investors
• Italian SMEs
• Incubators
• Italian Start-ups
• E4Impact

Business Network Lunch Break

September 2018

Italy-Africa Business Forum

• Opening Remarks
• Gian Marco

Moratti Award

• Doing Business

between Italy&Africa Business Cases Thematic visits

• Renewable

Energy: Building Energy

• Health:

Humanitas Deal Room:

• Entrepreneurs’

business meetings Visiting Italian Excellences

• ICA Packaging

Machine: Meeting with management and visit of the production plant in Bologna

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Italy - Africa Business Forum (Sep. 10)

11:00 - 11:30 Networking and Refreshment 13:00 Speakers Description Opening Rewards

• Bonomi - President of Assolombarda
• Anelli - Rector of UCSC
• Moratti - President of E4Impact Foundation
• Abayage – Ambassador of Ghana in Italy
• Italy-Africa Business Opportunities
• Institutional Greetings
• E4Impact’s initiatives in Africa
• The role of African Institutions in Italy
• Mapei’s activities in Africa
• Lisa’s eye on Africa
• AICS strategy for Italian firms in Africa
• The opportunities connected to

E4Impact

• Awarding 2018 E4Impact 3 best Alumni
• Winners’ speech

11:30-12:00 Gian Marco Moratti Award Ceremony

• Moratti - President of E4Impact Foundation
• E4Impact entrepreneur Awardee
• E4Impact entrepreneur Awardee
• E4Impact entrepreneur Awardee

Doing Business Between Italy and Africa

• Squinzi - CEO of Mapei
• Saibene - Founder of Lisa
• TBD – Director of AICS
• Italian SME exploring Africa with E4Impact - TBD
• Molteni - CEO of E4Impact

12:00-13:00

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Italy-Africa Venture Lab (Sep. 11)

• Tuesday September 11th , from 14:00 to 18:00
• Altis Headquarters, Via S. Vittore n.18, Milan;

Desks and spaces available for one to one meetings

• Successful African Entrepreneurs: E4Impact MBAs meet:
• Investors
• Incubators/accelerators
• Start-up
• Italian companies and SMEs
• E4Impact Business Network
• B2B individual meetings:
• Meetings schedule will be arranged matching the availability of the

invited guests with the BNWI African Entrepreneurs

• Desks and spaces available for meetings according to each schedule

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Why participating to BNWI?

Delegates will:

• Get to know the African socio-economic and entrepreneurial context

and its relations with Italy

• Meet the best African impact entrepreneurs trained by E4Impact

with the higher academic and business standards

• Find new investment and internationalization opportunities in Africa
• Link with African SMEs/companies interested in business
• pportunities between Africa and Italy/EU Countries
• Connect with international business networks and communities of the

African Diaspora in Italy

Ecosystems delegates are invited to:

• Italy-Africa Business Forum (Monday, Sept. 10, 11:00-13:00)
• Italy-Africa Venture Lab (Tuesday Sept. 11, 14.00-18:00)

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Current BNWI Participants

33 African Entrepreneurs Year of Business Establishment Business’s Industries Countries

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MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS  The tiles are 600 millimeters by 500 millimeters can each generate up to 35 watts of power at 100% efficiency  Produces and sells at 25% cheaper than what the market is offering traditionally  Signed a deal of more than 667 houses in 2016 and is on track to deliver 11,500 houses in 2017  Won the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (category: global innovation through science and technology) in 2015  His company was visited by Mark Zuckerberg in 2015 MBA Nairobi, Kenya, Class 2015-2016 CEO and Co-Founder of Strauss Energy Strauss Energy A Kenyan company that proposes a solution to the energy problem by providing renewable and cost-effective energy through building integrated photo-voltaic (BIPV) technology, a revolutionary solar- powered roofing tile designed and made in Kenya.

Our Champions at BNWI – Tony Nyagah

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PURE PRODUCTS A market-based social venture to provide access to safe clean drinking water to the underserved and unserved urban and peri- urban Ugandans at an affordable price, while creating employment to the youths through water franchise kiosks and water ATMs model. MBA Kampala, Uganda, Class 2016-2017 Founder and Director MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS  Is employing over 50 youths and has a permanent staff of 15 people  1000 loyal customers in 2015  More than 1,000,000 liters sold in 2016  Installed 10 water ATMs in peri-urban Kampala and has 5 existing water kiosks in Kampala  Developed partnerships with Connect and Growth Africa  Received a UNBS certification in 2011

Our Champions at BNWI – Denis Kimbugwe

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BNWI at a glance

What: A training and networking programme Where: Milan, Italy, @ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore When: 10th - 14th, September 2018 Why: To learn how to do business between Italy and Africa To network with international business communities To know the best African start-uppers & entrepreneurs To meet EU companies and business services providers Who: Best Entrepreneurs from E4Impact’s MBAs in Africa Invited guests from the best Italian business networks

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For further information and any inquiry please contact: Luca Colombo E4Impact BNWI Project Manager luca.colombo@unicatt.it +39 027234 8374

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