𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭!
Last Friday, La Plage Factory proudly hosted the second edition of its Growth and Innovation event series at Beau Plan Creative Park, in collaboration with Novaterra and Punch.mu by MCB Group.
Our theme, AI for Good, brought together 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 dedicated to growth, innovation, sustainability, and smart, inclusive development.
We were inspired by 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭 Najen Naidoo 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. His #TechForGood presentation highlighted innovative solutions that drive sustainable growth and improve urban living. Najen demonstrated how AI can be harnessed to benefit communities in tangible ways – and more.
We also had the pleasure of hosting Kelly Ng-Lun, Community Manager at Punch by MCB Group, Loic Mamet, Smart City Admin Manager at Novaterra, Sareeta Issur-Suntah, Chief Technical Officer at the Ministry of Housing and Land Use Planning, and Najen Naidoo in a panel discussion focused on sustainable territorial development. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥.
For those who couldn’t join us this time, stay tuned for more opportunities to engage with La Plage Factory. 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 “𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝” 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲. Visit our website at laplage.io and contact us at hello@laplage.io.
Let’s build a brighter future together for Mauritius, Africa, and the world! 🌍