• Events
    Summary
    At A
    Glance
  • Friday (24 - July)
    18:00 - 21:00
    Showcase
    - Projects/Ventures
  • Saturday (25 - July)
    10:00 - 19:00
    Street Market
    - African Market Day
  • Sunday (26 - July)
    14:00 - 17:00
    Dinner
    - 805 Restaurant
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

 

Sun Microsystems Ltd

Regis House 45 King William Street London EC4R 9AN

SCALon Free Light refreshment provided
Saturday 25 July
10:00 - 17:00

Africa Market Day

-African Street Market

AMD

The Cut

&

Lower Mash

Southbank

SE1

 

AMD Networks Free Admission
Sunday 26 July

14:00 - 17:00

 

Dinner at African Restaurant

- 805 Restaurant

805 Restaurant

 

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: Sun
Facilitated By:

Eyisegun Emmanuell

(Master of Ceremonies)

Hospitality By:

Learmond Associates Ltd

(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:

funkro Funkro Ltd

(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:

Great LakesGreat Lakes Region CIC

(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:

BenevolentIGNITE Benevolence Fund

(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:

koutureKouture-afrika

 

(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: AMD
AMD
Scheduled Time Sunday, 26-July (14:00 - 17:00)
Theme:

African Cuisine

Dinner at an African Restaurant

Venue:

805 Restaurants

805 Old Kent Road, London, SE15 1NX

Hosts: 805 Restaurants
Cost: <<to be confirmed>>
Synopsis: <<<Coming Soon>>