EMERGENT AFRICA FORUM AT THE TWIN CITIES STARTUP WEEK’21 (TCSW) (Operational and Commercial Recap) Chair, Vitalis Tita; VP Communications Number of Sub-committees:9 “2021 will undoubtedly go down in history as a year of African reawakening. Our goal of Illuminating Africa and the diaspora; and accelerating tech Investments into Africa and the diaspora nations was exemplified at the Twin Cities Startup Week 2021 making the EAF an annual gathering for tech experts, founders, startups, investors, partners and the public sector in a bid to accelerate investments into Africa as a continent and the diaspora nations. Not only was the attendance encouraging and diverse — with over 1,200 virtual attendees, the EAF featured the highest number of speakers at the TCSW’21 with a total of 48 guest and keynote speakers.