The AI Preneur 2025 is a flagship program of Remostart which brought together Africa’s brightest minds in artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, and digital innovation for a landmark event that combined startup pitches, in-depth panel discussions, and thought-provoking keynote sessions.
The event was conveyed by Dr. Ayo, and Ese Williams, giving the opening speech who framed the conference as a turning point for Africa’s innovation economy. “Africa is not just catching up; Africa can lead,” she declared.
During the Panel session on Human Touch Meets AI Power featuring David Lanre Messan, Usman Imana, and Odemakinde Elisha.
The Panelists emphasized that while AI tools are powerful, they must be used to create real value and should always enhance, not replace, human creativity and effort.
This incredible panel session was followed by Keynotes from Nils Kakoseos and Rama Zomaletho That Stretched the Mind of the attendees delving into Consciousness in the Age of AI and AI Labs: The Panacea to Africa’s Intelligence challenge stating that We need to start exploring AI as an instrument of human intent and the best place to start is with an AI Labs. And this has shined a spotlight on the Remostart AI Labs, which was launched with an The AI Labs Hackathon that featured over 81 applications, 10 teams and 5 finalists building real world applications that solves real world problems.
Remostart AI-Labs is a hands-on hub where African startups can build, test, and scale AI-powered solutions faster. Through access to all resources, spaces and talents you need to, fail fast, and grow stronger. Our 5 finalists include Wakamate, Meab, ImpactAI (GTM), AliveHomes, DevAssist. Who are building solutions for Business Owners, Developers, Proptech and food counterfeit detectors.
Another incredible aspect was the Spotlight Speaker Session by Daniel Effiom COO Remostart titled: Fail Fast. Learn faster.
Daniel encouraged entrepreneurs to embrace failure not as an endpoint but as a critical stage of learning and growth explained how Remostart supports startups to fail fast, learn fast, and grow fast.
And also emphasised on the supports Remostart’s extensive portfolio of products and services offers which includes;
1. Software, AI Tools Development & Services
2. Access to top tier Talent globally suitable to your start needs.
3. Startup incubation, Business strategy development, Market validation & Funding support.
4. Offline AI Labs R&D Hud for Idea testing, workshops, work space.
5. Startup & Company off the selves Hiring and operations Tools
The second panel brought together Ngozi Nwabueze (PocketLawyers), Samuel Efosa
Austin (ECO Africa), Damilare Fakorede (aiNova Africa), and Sharon Juwah (Benson AI) under the theme: Measuring What Actually Matters.
Introducing the VOID framework:
Value, Opportunity, Impact, Development. “If your idea doesn’t meet these four, close it.”
And to our incredible sponsors,
1. ReviAI – Hackathon Headline Sponsor: ReviAI is transforming real estate through data-driven insights on deals, pricing, and property options bycouting agent wahala and showing you exactly what you need at every stage you are at. reviai.ai.
2. ProteusAI + Onbuddy – Proud Sponsor of the AI Prenuer 2025 Event. Proteus AI is a no-code infrastructure that enables entrepreneurs to build conversational AI agents across platforms like WhatsApp, Slack, and Telegram. Committed to supporting African startups, it offers tools that streamline HR processes, onboarding, and team integration to boost productivity and belonging. https://www.useproteus.ai/
3. Cloudplexo: One of our proud infrastructure partners was CloudPlexo. Cloudplexo is ensuring that African founders don’t just dream big but build big. https://cloudplexo.com/
4. Yamify: Yamify was a key infrastructure partner for the AI Labs Hackathon and AI-Preneur 2025 event. Their platform empowers freelancers and agencies to deploy pre-configured AI tools, like n8n and AI-powered WordPress, on GPU-powered vClusters hosted in African data centers, all within 60 seconds. https://www.yamify.co/
Before the close, Ubio Obu, CEO of Remostart, delivered one of the most powerful sessions of the day, titled The Age of Intelligence.
His words were clear and quotable:
● “The ability to connect the dots in this age of intelligence is more important than the dots themselves.”
● “If your AI tools give wrong answers, it’s because they learned from you.”
● “In every new age, you either take advantage—or you become the advantage.”
● “So many people now know what you know. Knowledge is no longer scarce; execution is the true moat.”
The session was a rallying cry for Africa’s innovators to stop waiting and start leading.
AI Preneur 2025 concluded with lunch, networking, and well-deserved celebrations for the hackathon winners. But more than that, it left participants with fresh insights, new relationships, and a renewed commitment to building Africa’s innovation economy.
