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In sub-Saharan Africa, women constitute about 30 per cent of the tech professionals. While most females see courses in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), as difficult dreadful, cultural background of African countries has deprived females from competing with their male counterparts in school, a development that has drastically reduced the number of female students taking courses in STEM education, which is the basis for Financial Technology (FinTech) skills. In spite of the setback, few females are making waves in the FinTech industry in Nigeria and in West African countries. In the past five years, West Africa’s tech scene has witnessed a boom, with a dramatic increase in innovators and tech entrepreneurs aka ‘tech-preneurs’ using technology to provide simple and accessible solutions to everyday problems. From payment services to apps helping people grow their savings and making it easier for Africans to partake in the global scramble fo
In that light, The Africa Revenue Summit (formerly Sales Leadership Conference - SLC) hosted by SalesRuby intends to gather over 500 c-level participants from across Africa including Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa to discuss modern strategies, processes and techniques for driving the growth of companies and organizations in a post covid era. This year’s event; up from just focusing on sales; would be taking a deep-dive review of themes across the entire revenue value chain which would include sales, marketing, culture, people leadership etc. The event which holds on Friday & Saturday, June 4th & 5th 12th, 2021 at The Campbell Centre, Marina, Lagos will feature 25+ Speakers, 25+ Sessions across several distinct tracks. The theme of the summit is
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