Impact Hub Bamako
Impact Hub Bamako first implementation in French-speaking Africa, considered as the largest network of incubators and innovation centers (social and technological) in the world. They are an innovation hub that is focused on job creation, youth engagement and innovation. <p></p> <mark>Bamako Impact Hub has a collaborative workspace. Impact Hub Bamako is affiliated with Net Impact Global Hub, the first global network of business incubators, laboratories for innovation and social entrepreneurs communities (100+hubs, more than 16 000 members in 50 countries).</mark> <p></p> Bamako Impact Hub also provides training, incubation and acceleration programs open to all businesses but specialized on young entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurs in agriculture and agribusiness.
Information Technology of the Gambia
The Information Technology of the Gambia (ITAG) was incorporated under the Gambia Companies Act 1955 on the 3rd of August 2004. The organization is operated through its Executive Committee, and Advisory committee in consultation with its membership base.</p> <p>The Organization was solely formed by professionals within the ICT ecosystem of the Gambia and in diaspora whose sole aim was to collaborate, explore and develop the ICT community in the Gambia. The organizations membership cuts across a wide spectrum of professionals covering all aspects of ICT.</p> <p>Since Inception the organization has not only been committed to promoting the ICT industry in the Gambia but has continuously been pro active in the developments of ICT in the country. The Ministry of Information Communication and Infrastructure has recognized ITAG as the sole ICT professional organization in the Gambia. The ministry continuously collaborates with ITAG towards various ICT initiatives of the Gambia Government of which ITAG members play a critical role.</p> Benefits <ul> <li> Facilitate the attendance of local and International Seminars / conferences</li> <li>Forge partnerships and facilitate business opportunities among stakeholders</li> <li><mark>Provide avenues for career development and counseling through workshops / seminars in schools and higher institutions</mark></li> <li>Create avenue for staff acquisition through our student membership base for corporate members</li> <li>Create sensitization and awareness on ICT policy / standards through workshops and seminars</li> <li> Provide opportunities for students to take part in ICT International competitions / events to show case their talents</li> <li>Facilitate tailor-made training for individuals and institutions.</li> <li>ITAG membership dues are paid annually and covers from January to December of each calendar year.</li> </ul>
Management Development Institute
In all sectors of the Gambian economy, there is a high demand for skilled IT professionals with a vast knowledge of the field. Students who complete MDI’s IT courses are desirable employees for any company. <mark>Students gain hands-on critical experience in solving problems that computer specialists face daily in the profession.</mark> <p></p> MDI is the first CISCO networking academy and has continued to attract more students from the private sector. The Department is continuing to develop its IT programmes into how best IT training can benefit middle and senior level public servants who also need the skills to perform in an integrated global knowledge based society. <p></p> Students are assured of relevant, current, and practical training in ICT at MDI.
Disruptive Lab
Our purpose is to elevate all forms of businesses, especially technology focused startups and established IT companies by providing them with the right work environment, be able to connect these businesses with others with shared interests and to create better products and services. The Disruptive Lab and its initiatives were created to increase and accelerate economic inclusion. With highly trained technology professionals in Cloud Services, Cyber Security, and coding; The Gambia is poised to be a Hub for Tech talent. <p></p> Our space offers shared workspaces such as desks, private office and conference rooms to tech start-ups, tech companies and a diverse group of professional services companies that serve The Gambia's tech community. These range from Angel investors, Solo practitioner Attorneys, Finance and Accounting Professionals, and more. A requirement for all professional services companies that lease space at <mark>The Disruptive Lab will be to provide mentorship to the start-ups and other co-tenants. These will be delivered via one-on-one sessions, Workshops, Lunch & Learns, and other customized coaching and mentorship programs.</mark>
DOT Kenya
DOT Kenya is committed to creating a world shaped by young social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. <mark>We support youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have positive impact in their communities. </mark> We work with youth, the private sector, governments, and community-based organizations towards a collaborative vision of communities shaped by daring social innovators.
DOT Ethiopia
DOT Ethiopia is committed to creating a world shaped by young social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. <mark>We support youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have positive impact in their communities. </mark> We work with youth, the private sector, governments, and community-based organizations towards a collaborative vision of communities shaped by daring social innovators.
blueMoon
Two-thirds of Ethiopians are below the age of 25. Twenty million Ethiopians are aged 15 to 24. They hold the future of Ethiopia in their hands. They have ideas, ambitions, frustrations, and dreams. We believe their dreams matter and can transform Ethiopia, and may even change the world. <mark>blueMoon is an exciting initiative to discover, nurture, and fund exceptional agribusiness ideas among youth that are innovative, scalable, and have huge transformational potential.</mark> We want to discover and grow Ethiopian youth agribusiness startups that can change the world. <p></p> How it works <br> We believe that exceptional ideas and exceptional founders should be matched with exceptional support. We try our best to discover amazing, out-of-the-box, disruptive, highly innovative, scalable, and potentially transformational ideas from youth interested in Ethiopian agribusiness. Twice a year, we run a national competition and accept a small number of startups (5 to 10) into our on-site 4-month program based in Addis Ababa. Our batches run February to May (Belg Batch) and August to November (Kiremt batch). <p></p> We require founder teams of 2 to 3 entrepreneurs because we believe that startups have a better chance of success with more than one founder. We also think that it takes more than training and money to create a great company. So, we take a holistic approach to the support we give to our startups. Over four super-intense months in our on-site incubator program in Addis Abab, we do several things: <p></p> - we provide our startup teams with a place to work alongside other talented and motivated entrepreneurs <br> - we provide training on business skills (“hard” skills) and “soft” skills like leadership, emotional intelligence, ethics, teambuilding, among others we coach our startups to get from an idea to a narrative to a value proposition to a feasibility study to a business model to an operational business plan to a branding and marketing strategy to investment needs and projections to pitch readiness <br> - we support our startups as they register their companies, develop websites, build prototypes, recruit talent, and go through setup activities <br> - we link our startups to top executives and heads of industry (the Lions) <br> - we facilitate access to business support service providers, and <br> - we match our startups founders to one-on-one mentoring with business professionals for 12 months. <p></p> In addition to the above, we invest seed funds into each startup we incubate. So we only accept startups with ideas we believe have high potential and are investable and have a founder team that we consider to be emotionally intelligent, incredibly hungry for success, and humble enough to take advice and criticism. Most importantly, we look for founders who have the grit, determination, integrity, and passion to execute and to stay through the rocky road of entrepreneurship. We believe that entrepreneurs are born, not made. Our job is to provide the fertile ground where truly innovative, exceptional entrepreneurs can thrive and grow great companies.
Startup Factory Ethiopia
Startup Factory Ethiopia was born to solve one challenge: How do you build a successful, scalable and sustainable business in a country with a challenging business environment and nascent entrepreneurial ecosystem? <p></p> As the first venture builder in Ethiopia, our approach focuses on identifying the best entrepreneurial talent in Ethiopia and providing them with the necessary infrastructure, relationships, mentorship, coaching, operational support and effectively simulating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem for our ventures & entrepreneurs. <p></p> Our Vision <br> Our vision is to build the next generation of market leading companies in Ethiopia from the ground up.<p></p> Our Mission <br> Our Mission is to build innovative, scalable and investable ventures that with exceptional teams.<p></p> Our Purpose <br> Our Purpose is to bring the necessary experience, expertise, network and grit to get the job done.<p></p> Our Aim <br> <mark>is to identifying & developing talent & matching theme with business challenges worth solving</mark>
Orbit Innovation Hub
Orbit Innovation Hub (OIH), digital startup incubator/accelerator whose main aim is to reduce the hurdles that one may face during the startup or their own ventures. OIH is a digital innovation ecosystem where local talent can innovate and collaborate to address global issues in a sector- agnostic manner. <mark>The Hub will be a platform where incubatees will get to develop and accelerate their business ideas from ideation to product-launch stages. In doing so, the hub will provide young entrepreneurs with the network and resources they need to upscale in their respective ventures.</mark> <p></p> Incubation <br> After a rigorous screening and selection process, the Hub will offer innovative technology-based ideas comprehensive support in business development and strategy. Incubatees will have access to comprehensive training on key aspects of business development, co-working space with full accessories, mentoring & coaching, legal advice, publicity, and startup traction assistance and seed money to fund their ventures. <p></p>Acceleration <br> Orbit Innovation Hub will provide selected tech-startups with an MVP (minimum viable product) and proof of concept with the necessary tools and knowledge they need to accelerate their business and achieve scaled impact. These startups will have access to a conducive co-working space should they need it, mentorship and guidance, extensive training, expert advice across their field and market integration as well as linkage to industries. <p></p>Capacity Building <br> Orbit Innovation Hub will offer various training programs for entrepreneurs to develop their soft and vocational skills as well as broaden their networking base. Orbit Innovation Hub will offer its incubatees <p></p>Seed Funding <br> As part of its incubation and acceleration programs, Orbit Innovation Hub will offer a kick-off grant to selected startup or acceleration programs in order to help finance the business idea across the various stages of development. The hub will additionally coach incubates on grant and equity investment readiness. <p></p>Co-working Space <br> The Hub will offer its incubatees co-working space that will provide them with all the office space needs including meeting rooms, brainstorming session areas, high speed reliable internet connection, break rooms, and conference space . <p></p>Mentorship and Coaching <br> Selected Incubatees will have access to mentors carefully chosen to match their respective industries. The hub will also offer tailored one on one coaching to incubatees to ensure success. <p></p>Business Development Training <br> Orbit Innovation Hub will offer intensive training in a wide range of areas including vocational training as well as soft skills to ensure all our incubates develop vital skills in every aspect of entrepreneurship. <p></p>Linkage with professionals and stakeholders All selected incubatees will be provided links to their industry professionals and will have the unique chance to widen their perspective as they work along other professionals with eclectic backgrounds in the hub. <p></p>Legal Advice <br> Orbit Innovation Hub will provide legal advice and administrative facilitation support as selected incubatees navigate due diligence.
IT Kola
IT KOLA is a platform for the collective development of projects focused on innovation and sustainable technologies and for accelerating the development of startups centered on social entrepreneurship. <mark>We also offer modern, connected and equipped offices, meeting/training/seminar rooms, for occasional or permanent use with the possibility of business domiciliation, assistance and advice.</mark> <p></P> Incubation / Startup accelerator <br> - Training (creativity, Business model, Lean / Zen Canvas, Pitch planner, development of entrepreneurial skills and business creation, etc.); <br> - Personalized support in setting up projects and business creation procedures; <br> - Project writing workshops ; <br> - Collaborative access to tools and resources; <br> - Mentoring and coaching by professionals; <br> - Pitch to private investors > crowdfunding , sponsorship , etc .; <br> - Animation : BootCamp, PitchCamp, etc. <p></P> Business hosting (NUTspace) <br> - Domiciliation of companies, <br> - Shared workspace, Openspace, high speed internet in the heart of Yaoundé; <br> - Meeting room, friendly space, cafe; <br> - Collaborative uses of tools and resources; <br> - Events / Animation / Netwoking, B2B;
Technipole Sup-Valor
Created in 2010, the Technipole Sup Valor is the business incubator of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Polytechnique de Yaoundé in Cameroon. A tool for development, aid for innovation and the creation of viable and sustainable businesses set up by the ENSP, the establishment is a reception, accommodation and support structure for business creators. economics and project leaders. The Technipole Sup-Valor <mark>offers support for the start-up of the activity, the birth and the development of the company. Thus, it welcomes initiators of innovative projects, start-ups in the start-up phase and young companies less than two years old that are still fragile.</mark>
O'Botama
It is a space specially designed for young innovative entrepreneurs who are making Africa today and preparing for tomorrow. <p></p> <mark>Our vision is to release the energies of young african projects owners. To achieve this, we have set ourselves the mission of being a talent catalyst that strengthen the entrepreneurial culture among these young africans and supports them in the creation of innovative solutions for Africa and for the world.</mark> <p></p> The name O’Botama is an association of the letter “O”, which recalls its attachment to O.S.E.R L’Afrique and the word “Botama” which means “Birth” in Lingala (a Congolese language). O’Botama is therefore the place that gives birth to young entrepreneurs who subscribe to the approach that has always been ours: to dare Africa today and prepare for tomorrow.
Ongola Fablab
Digital Manufacturing Laboratory to support young people in initiating innovative projects by quickly <mark>moving from the idea to the functional prototype.</mark>
ECOLIA Labs
We are ECOLIA Labs, a space for technological innovation and an incubator to help young people in Cameroon and Central Africa develop new leadership and use digital to create financially viable businesses with a strong social impact. <p></p> <mark>Build the future generation of Tech Social Entrepreneurs that Cameroon and Central Africa need to meet their Sustainable Development challenges</mark>
Jaba Space
Jaba Space, which means "sharing space" in language Douala, is the meeting place between entrepreneurs, start-uppers, project and idea holders companies looking for a creative work environment and ready-to-use, <mark>start-up support (incubation) or a boost for the development of their activities.</mark>
WETECH
WETECH - Women in Entrepreneurship and Technology is an organization and an Innovation Hub in Cameroon dedicated to supporting African women in the fields of entrepreneurship and Technology. <p></p> A COWORKING SPACE AND A DYNAMIC NETWORK Active members, ready to mark economic and social change in Africa. <p></p> FORMATION & MENTORING<br> Support and training programs for better education of women and young girls. <p></p> <mark>INCUBATOR & ACCELERATOR<br> Various programs and resources for the development and monitoring of projects.</mark> <p></p> SERVICES & EXPERTISE<br> Promotion of women's know-how and our expertise in fields integrating Information and Communication Technologies. <p></p> OUR SUPPORT PROGRAMS<br> From idea to expansion<br> WETECH Women in Code (WIC)<br> Training in Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurship. <p></p> WETECH CIRCLES<br> Dedicated to project ideas from women entrepreneurs, women's groups, and girls. <p></p> WETECH Incubation Program<br> Program dedicated to projects that have already validated their contract or prototype. <p></p> WETECH WILE<br> Scaling Readiness Program for Startups and Women-Owned Businesses.
Zixtech Organization
The mission and vision of Zixtech Organisation is to improve the future. Making the people, community and country better than the way it is. We give hope by improving the future. Our Mission To improve the inhabitants, Community, organizations.<mark> Zixtech Organization is concerned with issues of entrepreneurship, ICT, Community development, empowering grassroot organizations, health and social work in Cameroon and Africa.</mark> <p></p> Aims and Objectives <br> 1. We aim to provide the needed life line to help people improve their lives in Cameroon especially in rural communities. We identify their problems and seek possible ways to address them. <br> 2. We aim to support people who are marginalized in the communities, be it due to physically handicapped, the elderly, people with mental illness, people with albinism and needy children. <br> 3. We aim to create awareness and educate the community on issues affecting the well-being of their communities which includes communal hygiene, HIV/AIDS pandemic, recycling and climate change <br><br> <mark>Our projects span across various fields including education, Web development, providing assistance to discriminated and disadvantaged community groups such as people with disabilities, street children and orphans in particular, Volunteerism, Community development, fundraising.</mark>
Jongo Hub
Jongo Hub as the cradle of innovation is all about the power of innovation through community and collaboration. <mark>Our greatest desire is to promote high-impact entrepreneurship and empower young entrepreneurs for transformation in Africa.</mark> <p></p> Since May of 2017 Jongo Hub has incubated over 30 startups through annual incubation programs that supported aspiring entrepreneurs to<mark> build, launch and scale their tech-enabled solutions that solved local problems in our society and promoted socio-economic development within the national territory and in line with the sustainable development goals.</mark> <p></p> Within this incubation period, the entrepreneur will benefit from a co-working space at the hub and other direct/indirect services to help them develop, market, and grow their businesses which includes but is not limited to Market research, User Research/Ethnography/Behavior Change, Prototype Development, Engineering Review,Product Development, Product/Competitor, Benchmarking, Product Strategy, Pilot/Field Testing Strategy, Manufacturing, Packaging Design, Distribution and Sales Strategy, Supply Chain Sourcing/ Management, Quality Control, and Vendor Management, Client and Inventory Management, Monitoring/ Evaluation of Impact, Access to a technology Lab, a maker space and a creative art workshop
EBNI
EBNI or EiTESAL Business Nurturing Initiative runs an incubation program that provides end-to-end support to business ventures to start their startups from scratch and take the same to the scale-up level. <mark>This incubator program specializes in helping hardware and IoT businesses in the niche of telecom, learning, healthcare, transportation, smart homes, and food, water & energy.</mark> They provide them with services such as; financial & legal services, technical & business services, business training, consultation, mentoring, incubation services, coworking space, makerspace, and membership & networking opportunities to the participants.
INJAZ Egypt
INJAZ Egypt's non-profit business program empowers youth and student entrepreneurs by providing them knowledge about entrepreneurship, financial literacy & work readiness.<mark> They empower entrepreneurs to work towards their business ideas, brush up on their business skills, and enable them to earn and secure a better life for themselves.</mark> This program partners with different universities and colleges across the country to inspire young entrepreneurs and build potential to make successful business companies by connecting them to experienced business mentors and customized training sessions.
Startups of Alex
Startups of Alex runs a business incubator program that provides startups with customized training, networking opportunity, guidance, business & financial skills, knowledge about business topics such as marketing & market analysis, financial literacy, business modeling, strategy formation, human resources, and management, technical assistance, and coworking space. <mark>This program also offers prototyping & digital manufacturing labs, investment opportunities, pitching skills, connection-building opportunities with investors & mentors, and recruitment support to the entrepreneurs and help them succeed in the industry.</mark>
Innoventures
Innoventures runs a 6-month Startup Reactor business program that accelerates and supports high-potential startups in Egypt. <mark>The participating startups receive mentorship, training, investment, office space, various perks, business support services, networking & pitching opportunities in front of potential investors.</mark> This program follows a five-step process Spark, Ignition, Plasma, Fusion, and Nova. These steps of the process support startups and help them build successful business ventures in the industrial ecosystem of Egypt.
Mint Incubator
Mint Incubator operates a business program to support startups by providing them investment to take their startup businesses to the next level. <mark>Their 3-month business program offers mentorship, customized business support, training, workshops, business knowledge on topics like growth, marketing, sales, finance, legal, accounting, governance, branding, and many more, networking opportunities, coworking space, and various growth-enabled business perks & tools to the participating startups.</mark> Some of its portfolio companies are Promental, Hire Bits, Reshrimp, Startup Manager, Mayday, Cyber Talent, and many more.
FinTech Egypt
FinTech Egypt is a unified platform to foster and connect all FinTech ecosystem stakeholders, including <mark>FinTech startups, financial institutions, regulators, service providers, mentors and investors.</mark> We want to become a globally recognized FinTech hub in the Arab world & Africa, home to next generation financial services, talent and innovative development.
EFG EV Fintech
EFG EV Fintech runs a business program that empowers and supports entrepreneurs and innovators of the fintech industry. <mark>This 4-month program focuses on driving the fintech ecosystem forward in the industry through strategic investments, pitching opportunities in front of top industry investors & stakeholders, seed funding up to EGV 1M-5M, and business advice on issues such as legal, finance & taxation.</mark> This program focuses on business verticals such as; regtech, insurtech, payments, proptech, money transfer, investments & savings, wealth management & Robo advisory, infrastructure technology, blockchain platforms, and borrowing & capital raising.
GESR
Governorate Economic and Social Revival (GESR) operates a 6-9 months incubator program that helps startups and businesses to reach from the prototype stage to the final product stage. <mark>This program focuses on technology business firms in the niche of health, education, food & agriculture, energy, and environment and provides them with funding, mentorship, technical assistance, accounting support, and training to develop prototypes into successful businesses.</mark> Some of its portfolio companies are Sun City, Mogassam, Crina, Bermuda, Green Light, and many more.
Falak Startups
Falak startups supports Egyptian entrepreneurs by investing in and mentoring startups throughout their journey to address their business needs and foster their growth. <p></p> <mark>We arm entrepreneurs with the necessary tools, resources, and networks to develop their strategies and scale-up their businesses. Our offering entails equity investment, growth hacking, networking, mentorship, training, and a wide variety of perks and benefits. After meeting the needed KPIs, our founders are able to showcase their startups on our Virtual Stage platform, a tool for connecting with potential investors, policymakers, stakeholders, and partners. </mark> <p></p> Although Falak Startups is industry agnostic and focuses on tech-enabled and scalable startups, we have an additional focused track that specializes in Financial Technology powered by EFGEV. We also foster sub-tracks that are sector-specific with the support of key industry partners. <p></p> Our startups operate from our fully-equipped state-of-the-art, 700m2 office, in the heart of Downtown Cairo, that meets all their office space needs.
icealex
icealex is a community driven technology innovation space with a strong social and environmental commitment. The main approach for ice activities in Alexandria is to provide an <mark>enabling ecosystem for action-oriented minds co-creating sustainable solutions for local challenges.</mark>
Andela
Andela is a network of technologists committed to your success. We connect companies and global talent to create high-performing technology teams. <p></p> Andela was created with one thing in mind; Brilliance is evenly distributed, but opportunity isn’t. Our platform bridges that gap. <p></p> <mark>We specialize in helping our highly-skilled, global technology talent community in emerging markets, connect with hundreds of leading companies like InVision, Cloudflare, and ViacomCBS who leverage Andela to scale their technology teams quickly and cost-effectively. </mark>
Elerinmosa Resource Hub
Elerinmosa Resource Hub Limited, we provide numerous services targeted at improving the Digital literacy of the Youths, Adults and development of human resources. <p></p> As a resource hub, the organisation has lived up to its expectations by <mark>bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and technical capacity in Nigeria through collaborations with renowned ICT brands worldwide.</mark> In addition, it has partnered with the National Youth Service Corps as a SAED trainer to deliver technical skills and professional training to Nigerian youths in Osun State and beyond. Through its different outreach programmes and corporate social responsibilities, the organisation sensitises youths and adults on digital literacy.
Hebron Startup
Hebron Startup Lab a Startup Lab founded in Covenant University to harness knowledge and ideas to take them from concept to products to market. <p></p> Incubation process & work concept<br> Ideation<br> Ideation is the creative process of generating, developing, and communicating new ideas. <br><br> Validation<br> It's the process of testing and validating your idea prior to launching your business name, tagline, product, service or website. <br><br> Incubation<br> <mark>is a process for bringing ideas into reality and is initiated with a concept that is the product of a gap and a marketable solution.</mark> <br><br> Acceleration<br> develops innovation and acceleration programs to help organizations build innovation capability, design new business models, products, and services.