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JOURNEY TO SANKALP AFRICA

GHANA | NIGERIA | SOUTH AFRICA | KENYA


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All Geeks Gone Global Innovation Excursions are 14-16 day trips that go through a minimum of 5 countries.

The Journey to Sankalp will take place between Feb. 1, 2014 and Feb. 14, 2014. Starting from New York to

Accra, Ghana, Lagos Nigeria, Johannesburg, SA, Cape Town, SA and ending with our partner, Sankalp

Forum Africa in Nairobi, Kenya.

5 Countries in 14 Days

Journey To Sankalp

Africa


Founder and President of GeniusCo and its subsidy

GeniusCorps he has travelled and worked in over 90 countries

servicing both the public and private. Mr. Hunter has been

featured in Black Enterprise Magazine for creating a legacy of

wealth and stability for your family and selected as one of the top

50 most important African American's in technology. Mr. Hunter

has over 18 years experience in information Technology

management and implementation and over 10 years experience

in Global Business Development.

Geeks Gone Global Innovation Excursions are led by a global

entrepreneur and innovator with over 20 years experience

working and living in over 90 countries.

Chief Geek

Faruq Hunter

OUR FOUNDER

Mr. Born Global


Geeks Gone Global is the official transit system of the innovation ecosystem. As more and more people are trying to create solutions for a future with

many more people and far less borders, the concepts, programs and people that grow the innovation ecosystem are constantly growing.

Incubators, accelerators, events, hubs and a plethora of resources are constantly coming online all over the world in order to help more people innovate

and grow their ideas into viable and impacting products and services. Geeks Gone Global is dedicated to exposing the full breath of the innovative

ecosystem to as many people and as many places as possible. Our role in the ecosystem is awareness and connecting..

Founders of The Innovation Excursion

Connecting The World’s

Passionate People

WHAT WE DO


We want to make real connections between people who are committed to truly changing the world and impacting the lives of others.

GGG takes actionable people to actionable people who understand each other and make real things happen. Before and after the trip

we solidify relationships for our attendees and we share every detail of the planning and planners with you so that you are empowered

to take full advantage of your excursion. The daily agenda is filled with meeting and engaging with the most innovative members of

each community, discovering the innovative ecosystems of the countries visited.

HOW WE DO IT

REAL CONNECTIONS! REAL IMPACT

A Blur of Business and Fun


EVENTS

On the Ground

Events

In each

country, companies

from the innovative

community and the

delegation take turns

sharing 5 minute

pitches about their

companies followed by

networking

GGG partners with the

innovative ecosystems

premiere events, such

as Startup

Weekend, Tedx, Sank

alp Forum and SoCap

GGG takes its

attendees to the offices

and sites of the most

successful innovative

companies in each

country visited

With over 7,000 virtual

members of

GeniusCorps and

Living Bridges

Planet, GGG hosts 3

Google Hangouts per

trip followed by several

very active social

media campaigns

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DISTRIBUTION

GGG Branded e-mails, collateral and links are distributed to hundreds of thousands of innovators around the world through these top tier

partners. The assistance of the mailing lists and memberships of these organizations greatly increases the number of people who are

exposed to the brands of GGG, GG Partners and sponsors.

GGG Content Distribution Network For The Journey to Sankalp Africa


Over 100 News Articles and

Over 100 interviews

On GGG’s first innovation excursion to Africa over 50 stories were written about the trip and GGG

Partners and attendees. In addition, the same excursions was either mentioned or referenced in another

50 stories.

GGG’s first Africa trip PR


Multiple Themes = Greater Exposure

15 Women to AfricaDesign Capital Cape Town Journey to

Sankalp Africa Atlanta

Startup Weekend Mentors Women

Empowerment

Euro Hacktrip Recruitment

Official Exploratory Trip For Mayor Kasim Reed

The representation of multiple initiative on one trip dramatically increases the trips press and exposure. On the first GGG trip top Africa over 50 news

articles were written about the trip and placed in news sources around the world.

A Vehicle for Lead Initiatives

Crowdfunding Signup for Imagination for People


Since the primary goal of the Geeks Gone Global Innovative Excursions is to expose innovators to opportunities to grow their

initiatives, there are multiple opportunities to present branding and marketing to the many participants and attendees. All sponsorship

opportunities are customized to the sponsor or supporter.

SPONSORSHIP

MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPOSE YOUR BRAND

Branding & Marketing

At Events

• Banners

• Digital Presentations on Flash Drives

• Speaking

• Panels

• Pitch Presentation

• Table or Booth

• Distribution of Materials

Give Aways and Media

• 1,000,000 MB of Film

• 6,000 Professional Photos

• Entrepreneurial Interviews

• Over 100 News Pieces

• Sponsorship Press Release

• Branded Commemorative T-Shirt

• Branded Solar Genome Backpack

• Branded Scottevest Jacket

Web Based

• Custom Landing Page

• Logos on landing pages and e-mails

• Lead Capture and Generation

• Custom branding of trip logo

• Links on

• Geeksgoneglobal.com

• Geeksgoneglobal.com/fundyourtrip

• Geekheaven.co

• GeniusCorps.co

At Lead Generation and Qualification

• All attendees, participants and connectors are listed in the GGG, Citrix Sponsored, Extranet in Podio. All contact information and

participant information gathered is available at all times for GGG sponsors and partners


Website and Responsive

Mobile Branding

Geeks Gone Global

maintains a professional

and graphically pleasing

web presence. Our

Supporters are given

custom landing page on

our site.

Landing Page

Trip Page

Supporters are also

listed on our main

landing page for the

trip, which receives

premium traffic during

the excursion

26K+ UNIQUE VISITORS


3 GeniusCorps & Live Living Bridges

Planet Google Hangouts Per Trip

GGG has partnered with Living Bridges planet and SoCap, one of the world’s largest

gathering of social entrepreneurs and investors to execute 3 live Google Hangouts from

Ghana, South Africa and Sankalp Africa in Nairobi. Viewed by thousands of entrepreneurs

around the world Living Bridges helps to insure that GG partners and supporters get

maximum exposure.

Over 7,000 Online

Members


Reach

2,000Face to Face

Innovators

7,000Geeks Gone Global always reaches

and retains reach to innovators and

entrepreneurs through every excursion.

Through GeniusCorps free

memberships GGG has a reach of

7,000 members and will establish over

2,000 face to face interactions while on

the continent. With 160 more trips

planned in the next 2 years this number

will grow to every country in the world.

Qualified Leads

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Existing Online

Members

+250,000Unique Online Views from

GGG Sites, Partner Sites

and Media

2MILLION + Members and Participants of

Organizations Reached +


GGG Targets innovative

entrepreneurs and the organizations

that facilitate that community.

Target audience

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Focus on Women

Male Attendees

10%

Extraordinary effort has been put

into focusing on female innovators

during the GGG Journey to

Sankalp Africa. Three of the GGG

Pitch Parties are themed around

women entrepreneurs as well as

an initiative that drew 15 dynamic

female entrepreneurs, investors

and political and business leaders.

The GGG Journey to Sankalp

Africa will be the largest privately

ran excursion of female leaders

from the US to Africa that

has focused on female

led innovation.

Female Attendees

90%

Male

Female

Not to be counted out, 10% of the

delegation to Africa is male and

over 50% of the participants on the

ground will be male as well.


CONTACT US

Our website

Social

Contact

SKYPEPHONEMAIL

www.geeksgoneglobal.com

Facebook.com/geeksgoneglobal

faruqh

[email protected]

+ 1 404 990 0613

Twitter.com/geeksgoneglobal

For sponsorship or press

opportunities, please contact

us. GeniusCorps

Ambassadors are also fully

empowered to develop

sponsorship and press

opportunities.

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