Telecel Group in partnership with Startupbootcamp AfriTech announces the African Startup Initiative Program.
The Africa Startup Program Accelerator is now seeking a diverse number of leading corporate innovators to join the the program.
The key industries will include FinTech, InsureTech, AgriTech, eCommerce, Digital Health and CleanTech.
And these will be streamlined based on the focus of the corporate partners.
Also, Telecel Group, as an anchor partner, will provide the participating start-ups with access to markets through their mobile services across the continent.
New corporate partners joining the consortium as Founding Partners would bring additional value to start-ups.
Through industry knowledge expertise, vertical position in the market, executive mentors, business deals, and much more.
However, Corporates who join as Founding Partners will gain significant benefits through access to the most disruptive startups on the African continent.
The African Startup Initiative Program, powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech, plans to begin scouting within the next month
Moreover, the Corporate Founding Partners will help to identify key areas of focus for start-up applicants.
Also, Corporate Partners are also invited to attend the selection committee for the final 10 start-ups participating in the 3-month African Startup Initiative Program.
This is a remarkable effort to develop start-up innovation to your company, and Startupbootcamp AfriTech will help facilitate successful new initiatives with your company.
And the 10 start-ups in the program will receive benefits worth more than €500,000.
Along with credits from AWS, Google Cloud Services, as well as many other. SBC also plans to invest €15,000 in cash.
Having started in 2017, the first Startupbootcamp AfriTech program accelerated 29 extraordinary African startups all of which have set an exceptionally high bar for the next program.
Applications will soon be opened on the 15th of March.
In addition, interested applicants can visit The Africa Startup Program Accelerator website
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