INNOVATE | INVEST | AFRICAN
Accelerating African innovation and investment.
African founders represent a significant untapped opportunity for innovation and investment
“Less that 2% of global VC funding has gone to founders of color in the last five years. More access to funding for these startup founders can unlock massive innovation and investment opportunities. An opportunity valued at 1.6 trillion USD.
– McKinsey & Company, June 2023
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Completed Accelerator Programs
03
Countries with Program Presence
52+
Startups Accelerated and Supported
650+
Entrepreneurs in Our Global Network
Our vision is to accelerate 5000 African-founded startups
by the year 2030.
Entrepreneurial Resources
We are committed to supporting entrepreneurs of African descent by providing access to educational resources, mentorship, and access to partner and investor networks that are crucial for startup growth.
Ecosystem Development
We are collaborators dedicated to nurturing a robust startup ecosystem that fosters impact, innovation and entrepreneurship; ensuring that African founded startups are well-positioned to address local and global market needs.
Funding Opportunities
We invest through our innovation fund and create access to funding opportunities, through our partners and investor networks, enabling founders to secure the financial support needed to scale and thrive in the competitive global market.
Innovest Ignite Accelerator
Innovest Ignite is Innovest Afrika’s Accelerator Program for Early Stage Startups.
The program offers participating startups the following:
Sustainable Development: A Core Focus
Innovest Afrika is in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
Our accelerator programs are industry and business model agnostic, we are inclusive.
We however require that participating startups in Innovest Ignite programs are working towards solving one of the United Nation’s 17 SDGs.
