AfriLabs is the beating heart of Africa's startup ecosystem, uniting 500+ innovation hubs across 53 African countries to empower entrepreneurs with the skills, funding, and networks they need to scale. Through programs and initiatives with our global partners, we provide critical resources that turn groundbreaking ideas into market-ready solutions. By fostering policy advocacy, cross-border collaboration, and investor engagement, AfriLabs is unlocking Africa's innovation potential and shaping the next generation of tech-driven businesses. AfriLabs is a network organisation supporting Innovation Centers across African countries since 2011, founded upon the mission of building a community around the rapidly emerging technology hubs in Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Investors and funders
- Other organisations in the ecosystem
Helps with - Access to capital
- Introductions and network
- Regulation, policy and compliance
CeedCap is a startup studio on a mission to build great companies. We combine financial capital, human capital and analytical rigour to de-risk the process of building new ventures. As an innovation-driven startup studio, we operate on a mix of cash and equity for founders building digital products of the future.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Building the product
- Finding a team
- Funding
- Programmes
- Workspace
At Civic Innovation Lab, we are at the frontline of supporting indigenous start-ups through seed funding, business support and provision of premium work spaces. Innovation is the blood that drives our very existence as a community. We see possibilities in every impossibility, solution in every challenge and success in every failure. Our role as an impact driven hub is to act as an intermediary, initiating conversation between the government and the start-up/tech ecosystem.
For - Early-stage founders
- Developers and engineers
- Women in tech
Helps with - Access to capital
- Workspace
- Community and peer support
- Funding
- Programmes
- Technical
We are the leading pan-African creative and innovation ecosystem enabler. Our mission is to accelerate the application of social capital and technology for economic prosperity across Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Designers and creatives
Helps with - Access to capital
- Building the product
- Business and operating skills
DFC Technology Hub Limited is a Technology Accelerator, Startup Incubator, and technology-focused venture capital company with a strategic initiative to accelerate the pace of technology development in Africa.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
Equilibrium zone is an innovation hub creating, innovating, nurturing, supporting and enabling early-stage promising companies that are solving social problems and creating economic value in Africa. We incubate and invest in innovative start-ups and enterprises by providing them with the adequate structure, strategy, data, tools, support and competent workforce to accelerate their growth and enable them to scale.
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
Thescathcompanies Ltd is a tech enabled holding company that provides early stage private equity funding & business development advisory service for businesses and companies across various sectors. They focus on assisting businesses scale & accelerate startup growth in Africa.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Business and operating skills
We are committed to helping Nigerian SMEs G.R.O.W. fast and sustainably. Providing them with the right amount of Guidance, Resources, Opportunities, and Workforce Support. From first spark to full scale, get the tools, training, and guidance to bring your entrepreneurial journey to life.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Women in tech
Helps with - Access to capital
- Business and operating skills
- Access to customers and markets
The core of our business is enabling social innovation. When we make innovation possible, we improve the quality of life, income level, access to basic services and societal growth. We link promising developmental projects with impact investors and government agencies. We connect foreign agencies and investors with local initiatives and provide technical support to accelerate their impact.
For - Early-stage founders
- Investors and funders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Introductions and network
We back founders building the future of Africa. We invest in companies that solve for non-consumption, plug infrastructural gaps and democratise prosperity in Africa, by eliminating the barriers to access and reducing the costs of delivering goods and services. We invest in founders building market-creating innovations.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
Helps with - Access to capital
- Investment readiness
- Introductions and network
- Funding
- Programmes
- Workspace
Wennovation Hub is a venture development company that supports early stage startups and growing teams across emerging sectors, giving them access to incubation, acceleration, investment opportunities, market access and mentorship to build thriving startups. We are Empowering African Entrepreneurs and building commercially viable businesses. As the pioneer innovation hub in Nigeria, we have propelled numerous startups to success and continue to do so across various sectors.
For - Early-stage founders
- Growth-stage founders
- Women in tech
Helps with - Investment readiness
- Mentorship
- Access to customers and markets