Executive summary: This retrospective details how EAGxNigeria 2025—Africa’s largest Effective Altruism conference to date—successfully convened nearly 300 attendees from 15+ countries to strengthen EA community growth and regional engagement, while highlighting logistical, technical, and volunteer coordination lessons for future events.
Key points:
Scale and impact: Held in Abuja from July 11–13, 2025, EAGxNigeria hosted 295 attendees from 15+ countries, supported by $61k in expenditures and $63k in travel grants. It achieved strong satisfaction, new Giving What We Can pledges, and an average of nearly 11 new connections per participant.
Strategic goals: The event aimed to deepen EA engagement across Africa by connecting local and international members, emphasizing regionally relevant cause areas, and fostering collaboration on global problems.
Content and participation: The program included 29 sessions, 8 meetups, 21 office hours, and a popular Opportunity Fair, with attendees rating 1-1 meetings and talks as most valuable. Cause areas spanned global health, animal welfare, AI safety, and biosecurity.
Community outcomes: Participants reported intentions to start EA-aligned projects and organizations, apply for grants, and make giving commitments; 18 took or planned to take the Giving What We Can pledge.
Operational challenges: The team faced issues with badge printing, navigation, volunteer training, and minor technical faults, leading to specific recommendations such as earlier preparation, stronger AV partnerships, and more realistic volunteer simulations.
Volunteer coordination: 45 volunteers supported logistics, speaker liaison, and first aid, with later improvements like daily stand-ups enhancing teamwork; 44 respondents rated the experience highly despite initial confusion.
Lessons learned: Early planning, clearer wayfinding, and improved tech readiness were identified as key improvements for future EAGx events, along with continued investment in local leadership and volunteer capacity across Africa.
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Executive summary: This retrospective details how EAGxNigeria 2025—Africa’s largest Effective Altruism conference to date—successfully convened nearly 300 attendees from 15+ countries to strengthen EA community growth and regional engagement, while highlighting logistical, technical, and volunteer coordination lessons for future events.
Key points:
Scale and impact: Held in Abuja from July 11–13, 2025, EAGxNigeria hosted 295 attendees from 15+ countries, supported by $61k in expenditures and $63k in travel grants. It achieved strong satisfaction, new Giving What We Can pledges, and an average of nearly 11 new connections per participant.
Strategic goals: The event aimed to deepen EA engagement across Africa by connecting local and international members, emphasizing regionally relevant cause areas, and fostering collaboration on global problems.
Content and participation: The program included 29 sessions, 8 meetups, 21 office hours, and a popular Opportunity Fair, with attendees rating 1-1 meetings and talks as most valuable. Cause areas spanned global health, animal welfare, AI safety, and biosecurity.
Community outcomes: Participants reported intentions to start EA-aligned projects and organizations, apply for grants, and make giving commitments; 18 took or planned to take the Giving What We Can pledge.
Operational challenges: The team faced issues with badge printing, navigation, volunteer training, and minor technical faults, leading to specific recommendations such as earlier preparation, stronger AV partnerships, and more realistic volunteer simulations.
Volunteer coordination: 45 volunteers supported logistics, speaker liaison, and first aid, with later improvements like daily stand-ups enhancing teamwork; 44 respondents rated the experience highly despite initial confusion.
Lessons learned: Early planning, clearer wayfinding, and improved tech readiness were identified as key improvements for future EAGx events, along with continued investment in local leadership and volunteer capacity across Africa.
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