| SCALon Weekend - 24 to 26 July '09 | |||||
| Time | Activity | Venue | Host | Approx Cost | Notes |
| Friday 24 July | |||||
| 18:00 - 21:00 | Projects/Ventures Showcase and Enterprise Networking
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Regis House 45 King William Street London EC4R 9AN |
SCALon | Free | Light refreshment provided |
| Saturday 25 July | |||||
| 10:00 - 17:00 |
-African Street Market |
The Cut & Lower Mash Southbank SE1
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AMD Networks | Free Admission | |
| Sunday 26 July | |||||
14:00 - 17:00
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Dinner at African Restaurant - 805 Restaurant |
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805 Restaurant | To be confirmed | |
Scheduled Time: |
Friday, 24th July (18:00 - 21:00) |
| Theme: | Afro-centric Projects/Ventures Showcase and Enterprise Networking |
| Venue: | Sun Startup Essentials Sun Microsystems Ltd, Regis House, 45 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AN |
| Sponsored By: | |
| Facilitated By: |
(Master of Ceremonies) |
| Hospitality By: |
(Corporate Event Management) |
| Synopsis: | A showcase of Afro-centric Organisations/Projects/Enterprises at varying stages of their development, showcase their ventures, talk about their successes and challenges to a diverse audience of professionals and entrepreneurs |
| Schedule: | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Arrivals and networking |
| 18:30 - 18:35 | Welcome / Introductions |
| 18:50 - 19:00 | Enterprise Showcase: (Qualified Architet Adewale talks about his experience in launching his brand of SportsFashion Designed clothing,merchandises business and architectural design) |
| 18:40 - 18:50 | Organisation Showcase: (Henri gives a run down of running a Comunity Interest Company with a mission to help, save the future of families and children who presently live in deprive, poor areas of United Kingdom) |
| 19:00 - 19:10 | Organisation Showcase: (Vivien gives a brief insight on her organisation's project in promoting the take up of fostering within the Afro-Carribbean community in the UK) |
| 19:10 - 19:30 | Key Speaker: Anna Njie (Women, Friends & Associates' CEO, Anna Njie talks about her passion in advocating the Africa cultural experience through the events WFA organizes in London which have earned her the recognition as the Official Promoter in the UK of the Bi-annual Roots Home Coming Festival to The Gambia and showing a documentary Video of this) |
| 19:30 - 19:45 |
Intermission |
| 19:45 - 19:55 | Enterprise Showcase: House of Loulee
(Lucy presents her venture of African inspired children clothing made using mainly African wax print fabric and an enterprise of interior designs themed around clients' culture and heritage) |
| 19:55 - 20:05 |
Organisation Showcase: Harrow Association of Somali Voluntary Organizations - HASVO
(Nasir, Youth Project Co-ordinator, talks about his organization's endeavors to present the positive asspectsof the Somali Community especially its youth) |
| 20:05 - 20:15 | Cultural Entertainment Showcase:
(Nadia talks about the world of African cultural drumming and dancing in London which she is very much involved with for over a decade having travelled and studied African Drumming, Voice and Steel Pan in Ghana, Mali & Senegal) |
| 20:15 - 20:25 | Enterprise Showcase:
(Lekia gives a run down of her new up and coming Kouture-afrika publication) |
| 20:25 - 20:35 | Organisation Showcase and Special Appeal: Youth Learning Network
(Kwame talks about his organisation's Heritage Project actively involved in the effort of empowering youths in the community, with a special urgent appeal for support for it imminent activity which offers opportunities for some of these youths to develop their sense of identity) |
| 20:35 - 20:55 | Networking |
| 20:55 - 21:00 | Close |
Scheduled Time |
Saturday, 25th July (10:00 - 18:00) |
| Theme: | African Market Day - African Street Market on the Southbank |
| Venue: | The Cut & Lower Mash (Southbank, SE1) |
| Cost: | Free Admission |
| Hosts: | ![]() |
| Scheduled Time | Sunday, 26-July (14:00 - 17:00) |
| Theme: | African Cuisine Dinner at an African Restaurant |
| Venue: |
805 Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1NX |
| Hosts: | 805 Restaurants |
| Cost: | <<to be confirmed>> |
| Synopsis: | <<<Coming
Soon>>
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