AHIA Emory’s Managing Director, Dr. Dirk Schroeder, and Program Director, Ms. Bethany Larkin, joined Bio Africa’s delegation to Africa Health Excon 2023 in Cairo, Egypt in June 2023 to host the first convention’s first Startup Up Stadium. The delegation included UVU Bio (South Africa), Villgro Africa (East Africa), Lynx (Egypt), Kimi Williams, and Adrienne Leussa (BioExpert Network). The conference was attended by 43,503 attendees with over 75 companies represented.
AHIA Emory participated in the pre-convention academy, Startup Stadium, and Pitch Competition.
Training: In a pre-convention academy, Dr Dirk Schroeder hosted a seminar titled, “Conversations to Contracts”, for 30 startups.
Seminar participants and faculty celebrate the conclusion of the pre-convention academy
Dr. Schroeder shares best practices for continuing conversations after initial introductions
Startup Stadium: During the convention, startups shared their businesses with attendees in the Startup Stadium
Dr. Schroeder asks an Egyptian-based startup questions about their innovative product
Dr. Schroeder and Ms Bethany Larkin explore the convention floor at Africa Health Excon
Pitch Competition: 30 startups were selected to participate in the Startup Stadium Pitch Competition. Ms. Bethany Larkin joined 5 other leaders in entrepreneurship and bio-innovation to judge the competition. Congratulations to Laud Anthony Basing from Incas Diagnostics (Ghana) for winning the competition.
Ms. Larkin and the judging panel listen to startup pitches
Dr. Laud Anthony Bassing accepts his prize from judging chair, Robert Karanja (Villgro Africa)
