The AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP) is a 2 million euro, 36-month intensive capacity building programme for hubs. This project is being carried out thanks to AFD's support through the Digital Africa seed fund.
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Many promising African individuals and groups establish hubs to help build more sustainable and successful startups that are relevant in today’s global economy. However, hub founders on the continent and their staff lack access to Africa-tailored content, models and best practices for hub management and startup support considering the unique and challenging African business environment. This makes it more difficult to deliver to their target demographic.
Over the years, AfriLabs has carried out research on African hub needs, capacity gaps and best practices. Based on these research, AfriLabs designs and runs a series of initiatives targeting hubs. These initiatives have now been updated and expanded into the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP) with support from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD).
We are confident that strengthening hubs will have a multiplier effect and contribute to growing the African innovation ecosystem while increasing the percentage of successful and investment-ready startups on the continent.
AfriLabs is a pan-African network of 225 technology innovation hubs across 47 African countries. AfriLabs was founded in 2011 to build a community around rapidly emerging tech hubs, with a mission to support the growth of these technology hubs and their communities to raise high potential entrepreneurs that will stimulate economic growth and social development in Africa.
For partnerships and further inquiries, please contact Anna Ekeledo (anna@afrilabs.com) and Temitope Isedowo (temitope@afrilabs.com).
For more information about AfriLabs, please visit: www.afrilabs.com or call +2348149612015. You can also send us an email to: secreteriat@afrilabs.com.
Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group is a public financial institution that finances, supports and accelerates transitions towards a more just and sustainable world. As a French overseas aid platform for sustainable development and investment, we and our partners create shared solutions, with and for the people of the global South.
Our teams are active in more than 4,000 projects in the field - in the French overseas departments and some 115 countries. They strive to promote health, education and gender equality, and are working to protect our common resources — peace, biodiversity and a stable climate.
It’s our way of contributing to the commitment France and the French people have made to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Towards a world in common.
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