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Eid Mubarak from ODBA. Wishing our founders, investors, partners and broader community a peaceful and meaningful Eid al-Adha. May this season bring reflection, gratitude and renewed generosity to communities and families around the world.

African Tech is heading into its busiest month in Europe 🌍 Over the next 30 days, dozens of Africa-focused founder, venture, policy and ecosystem events are taking place across 🇬🇧 London, 🇩🇪 Berlin, 🇫🇷 Paris, 🇳🇱 Amsterdam and beyond. It can be difficult to keep track of everything happening across the ecosystem. So I pulled together the 3rd Edition of the: 📅 🌍 ✈️ 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐞 A live calendar of Africa-focused tech, startup, investment and ecosystem events happening across Europe this summer. Here’s a snapshot of some of what’s coming up 👇 🇬🇧 28-29th May: African Business Chamber (AfBC) Conference & Awards 🇬🇧 29th May: Africa Tech Summit  🇬🇧 3rd June: Invest Africa Ltd, The Africa Debate 🇩🇪 8th - 12th June: SuperReturn International  🇬🇧 8th - 12th June: London Tech Week 🇬🇧 10th June: Ventures 54, UK Africa Ecosystem Day  🇬🇧 11th June: Tech in Ghana  🇳🇱 15 - 17th June: SuperReturn Emerging Markets  🇫🇷 17-20th June: VivaTech, Paris 🔗 You can access all these events and more in the digest here:  http://bit.ly/4dIDgiK 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨? Drop your schedule in the comments so others know where to find you and be sure to let me know if I have missed any. ♻️ Repost to help your network find their next African Tech Event. Follow Anthony William Catt for more African Insights & Resources.

Entertainment businesses are increasingly evolving beyond content alone. The strongest companies emerging across gaming and consumer technology are building ecosystems around attention, participation, community, and digital identity. That shift was a major theme during a panel discussion joined by ODBA’s General Partner, Gbite Oduneye at the London Venture Capital Network Summit at Guildhall last week. For venture investors, this requires a different lens from the traditional software playbook. The next generation of consumer platforms may not simply be defined by utility. They may be defined by culture, engagement, and ownership of audience relationships at scale. Particularly in younger, mobile-first markets where digital behaviour and cultural distribution increasingly move ahead of traditional infrastructure. Credit to the LVCN team for convening one of London’s strongest venture gatherings this year across founders, investors, operators, and institutions. #Improbablestories #ConsumerTech #DigitalEconomy #Technology

Today is the day. London VC Summit kicks off at Guildhall in a few hours. 1,700+ founders, investors, and ecosystem builders. £25T+ AUM in the room. The biggest UK VC gathering of the year. If you're coming, see you there. If not, get on the list for next year.

SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT We are delighted to welcome Gbite Oduneye, Managing Partner at ODBA, as a featured speaker at London VC Summit. He will be joining the session, “The Entertainment Shift: Gaming and Consumertech”. Gbite Oduneye is Managing Partner at ODBA, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies across Africa, the UK, and the US. He is also Chair of the AT50 Index at Indexa Exchange Group, a benchmark tracking Africa’s most investable and listing-ready private technology companies. With more than two decades of experience across venture capital, entrepreneurship, finance, and market development, Gbite focuses on backing ambitious founders while helping build the infrastructure, governance, and institutional pathways that connect private innovation with global capital. Join us at London VC Summit as we explore the evolving global VC landscape. Friday, 15 May 2026 Guildhall, City of London Secure your tickets at londonvcsummit.com