VC4Africa Archives - Make-IT in Africa

Make-IT Demo Day in Nairobi

23. April 2018

From April 16 to 20, 2018 the Make-IT in Africa Transition Days took place in Nairobi. One highlight for tech entrepreneurs from East Africa was the Demo Day on Friday, 20 April 2018, hosted by Nailab. The Demo Day marks the start-ups’ transition to the second phase (corporate connect stage, led by AHK, VC4A and…

Transition Week in Lagos

13. April 2018

CcHub, Make-IT Accelerator, VC4Africa

Transition Days in Lagos kicked-off at the Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) with sessions focused on transitioning the startups from “training mode” to “cooperation mode”. For the past 3 months, startups in the Lagos Accelerator participated in an intense training program facilitated by CcHub. This was the First Phase of the Make-IT Accelerator program and the focus was…

Make-IT Accelerator Kenya Kick-off

5. December 2017

CcHub, endeva, Make-IT Accelerator, Make-IT Accelerator Kenya, Nailab, VC4Africa

Finally one of the core activities of Make-IT in Africa has also been launched in Kenya: the Make-IT Accelerator. In the final round 15 start-ups out of 30 were invited to join the accelerator program, which will start in January 2018. A jury composed of multiple important stakeholders of the Make-IT project chose the most…

Make-IT Accelerator Nigeria Kick-off

21. November 2017

CcHub, endeva, Make-IT Accelerator, Make-IT Accelerator Nigeria, Nailab, VC4Africa

Finally one of the core activities of Make-IT in Africa has been launched in Lagos: the Make-IT Accelerator. In the final round 15 start-ups out of 30 were invited to join the accelerator program, which will start in January 2018. The three days of intense selection processes were facilitated by Femi Longe and decided by…

Open Call for Make-IT Accelerator

12. October 2017

Make-IT Accelerator, VC4Africa

Dear partners and friends of the Make-IT Initiative, we are very excited to announce that the application phase for the “Make-IT Accelerator programme” has started! We are looking for 30 digital startups eager to scale their innovation and boost their growth! Over the course of the next three weeks, tech start-ups from East and West…