We Support African Entrepreneurs and Innovators
We empower African business’ to thrive through resources, training, and a strong network of mentors and investors—bridging the gap between vision and execution.
The values we live by
Our values guide everything we do—from how we build partnerships to how we empower entrepreneurs. They define our culture, our actions, and our commitment to Africa’s growth.
Innovation
We embrace creativity and forward thinking, constantly seeking new ways to solve challenges and drive progress across Africa.
Excellence
We hold ourselves to the highest standards, ensuring that every project, partnership, and outcome reflects quality and professionalism.
Results
We focus on impact—turning ideas into measurable outcomes that create value for entrepreneurs, communities, and economies.
Collaboration
We believe success is built together. By fostering partnerships and teamwork, we amplify innovation and shared growth across the continent.
Who We Are
Africa has a lot of great potentials that need to be harnessed, and small businesses and startups hold that key. Innovation and entrepreneurship are boundless tools to help Africa build a sustainable future.
African Innovation Academy is an innovation incubator and accelerator for African small businesses and startups. We support startups, small businesses, and innovators in Africa, and help them to implement disruptive ideas through innovation.
We enroll startups into our Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programmes, and have them trained by world class experts. And depending on the nature of their business, we connect them to relevant innovation ecosystems within and around the world….
Small Businesses & Startups
We partner with academic institutions, top innovation companies and organisations around the world to support small businesses and startups at different stages of their growth through:
- Hands-On Training Programs
- Workshops
- Mentorship Programs
- Innovation Management
- Incubation/Acceleration
- Innovation Challenges
- Research and Development through Open Innovation
- International Opportunities
- Investment & Advisory
Programs Features
Our Startup Entrepreneurs Benefit:
Training, workshop, and seminars
Online courses
Mentorship Programmes
Offline Courses and Programs (for Startups and Entrepreneurs)
Basic Course
Advance Course
Executive Course
Coaching Programmes
How We Work
Innovation Management
We help startups and small businesses in Africa to embrace Open Innovation, and ensure they implement disruptive ideas and apply innovation through Open Innovation Challenges.
Through Open Innovation Challenges, we encourage these businesses to leverage both their internal and external strengths and opportunities to grow. This provides them with the opportunity to connect, share, create and find expertise they may need to scale.
Investment
One of the challenges of startups and small businesses in Africa is lack of funds to grow those ideas and businesses.
Having seen the need for African businesses and startups to attract funds to work with, we introduce startups and small businesses on our network to some of our partners who may be willing to invest in them.
Global Opportunities
We work with innovation ecosystems around the world to bring investment, market, collaborations and other opportunities to African entrepreneurs and innovators. We bring them opportunities from USA, Europe, Israel, and other African countries.
Corporates
We offer corporate organisations in Africa training Programs on how to use Open Innovation to help deliver tangible solutions to real business challenges, thereby fostering collaborations and partnerships. We provide these organisations holistic approach to internal and external innovation management in their organisations.
Investors
We work with investors who are interested in investing in African startups and small businesses through seed funding. We make necessary introductions and connections.
If you would like to invest in African businesses email us at [email protected]
Partners
We partner with innovation ecosystems around the world to bring investment, collaborations, markets, and other opportunities to African entrepreneurs and innovators.
We work with partners from all over the world from academia, industry, and government, to support African entrepreneurs and innovators.
To partner with us contact [email protected].
Testimonials
Here’s what some of our clients have to say about us.
Our Partners
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