Inspire 2024 Cyprus | Entrepreneurial Festival

Entrepreneurial Festival

THE A-Z OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IN THE HEART OF NICOSIA

Multiple locations on
& around Makarios Avenue

3-4 October 2024

PLUS

Live Music

Networking

Cocktails

Street Food

Podcasts

Street entertainment

Stand up

Sponsor

Nicosia Entrepreneurial Festival

A homage to entrepreneurship in all its different facets, magnitudes and forms, Inspire 2024 does just what it says on the tin: it inspires people of all ages and backgrounds to persevere in their pursuit of entrepreneurial success. With tens of parallel events for audiences from 15 to 95, the festival will awaken the centre of Nicosia, bringing entrepreneurs’ stories, masterclasses, parties, music and street food to people from all over Cyprus in a unique ambience of celebration and inspiration.

With multiple different stages running in parallel, all within walking distance, the festival will hold a multitude of interactive events from interviews, panels and fireside chats to live podcasts and relaxed chats over cocktails and will welcome more than 3000 people to enjoy its festive atmosphere.

Are you ready to be amazed?

Speakers & Performers

TASOS TRYFONOS

JOURNALIST, PRESENTER, DIRECTOR OF LOVE FM 100.7

GIORGOS HATZIPAVLOU

STAND UP COMEDIAN, GREECE

Giorgos Hatzipavlou has been professionally involved in stand-up comedy since 2007. His first contact with the genre was in 2001 at Comedy Nights, and a few years later, he resigned from the advertising company where he worked as a head copywriter to dedicate himself exclusively to stand-up comedy. He was the first to permanently house stand-up comedy shows in a theater in Greece. In 2014, he created Stand up for U, a comedy institution that supports charitable actions. Besides his solo performances, he has collaborated on shows and tours in Greece with English comedians and comedians from the Comedy Store. Since 2016, he has created the Comedy Club for Kids, the only Greek stand-up comedy show for children aged 6 to 12 years. In 2015, he became the first Greek stand-up comedian to have a solo show broadcast on Greek television (“Things Are Tough” – Alpha TV). In November 2017, October 2019, and February 2024, he conducted the largest tours of Greek-language stand-up comedy outside Greece, with sold-out shows in London, Manchester, Dubai, Ed[1]inburgh, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Brussels, Oslo, Vienna, Zurich, Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Malta, The Hague, Nicosia, Larnaca, Limassol, Paphos, Cologne, Geneva, Bristol, Birmingham, and Glasgow. He has written and presented satirical shows on television, radio, and the internet. From 2014 to 2023, his artistic base in Athens was the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation. In 2024, he presented the show “The Elephant in the Room” at the Athens Concert Hall.

Karolina Pelendritou

Athlete, Gold Paralympic Medalist

Karolina Pelendritou was born in Limassol in 1986. She has been involved in swimming since childhood. At the age of 15, she was a member of the National Team and competed in the Games of the Small States of Europe in 2001 and the Commonwealth Games in 2002. That same year, she swam for the first time as a para-athlete after already experiencing vision problems. She participated in five Paralympic Games from 'Athens 2004' to 'Tokyo 2020,' winning a total of six medals, three of which were gold! She has won 13 medals in World Championships and 7 in European Championships. She is a member of the Athletes' Council of the European Paralympic Committee (EPC). She has been actively involved in promoting equality in sports and society and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities.