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For the youth: The Westerwelle Foundation, in partnership with the German Federal Foreign Office, inaugurated its first Kenyan innovation hub, the Westerwelle Startup Haus Mombasa (WSHM).  The project aims to help skilled youth in the coastal county nurture and monetise their talents. The Westerwelle Foundation will also offer funding for viable arts businesses to train and support the scaling up of successful ventures.  The hub offers incubation and acceleration programs, co-working spaces, and networking events to support entrepreneurs and small businesses in the coastal region. Photos: Yvonne Sasha (TUKO)  #tukones #Kenya #Mombasa #InnovationHub

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Meet @JMurima, Country Director at WSH Mombasa 👋 Joshua is focused on building opportunities for young innovators and changemakers in the region. His experience spans everything from business development to community building Welcome to the team, Joshua💙 #Kenya #KOX

@sharonjcheboi Well done @sharonjcheboi & all the best!

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) and @jica_direct_en have launched The Home Grown Solutions (HGS) #Accelerator Program for African #healthcare companies. Selected participants will receive advisory and investment readiness support from @BCG & other partners.

Why Kenya is becoming a favourable destination for VCs. - Access to international capital - "Favourable and progressive laws" - Swahili and English as common language - Success stories ( Check fram two) Do you agree with point two? Hopefully the Startup Bill helps solve that. #Latitude59xKenya

@TechTrendsKE VCs are starting to show interest in new products beyond just #fintech #Latitude59xKenya

@alexmwanzo Here’s an alternative for Africa and the developing world intelligence.briterbridges.com

Anyone with a pitchbook account here

Last stop of the day.... Hanga pitch fest SRH program

@blvckcoder You’ll find most events worth attending on intelligence.briterbridges.com/events

Is there a startup calendar with events going on in the space that I can add to my calendar? Should be something worth maintaining

Coming up at #EastAfricaCom: Join us at #AHUB East, the dedicated #startup track, for a discussion on the investment potential of East Africa's #startupecosystem. In this session: 🗣️ @evanswadongo, @WadsonVentures 🗣️ @MonsieurUwem 🗣️ Dario Giuliani, @briterbridges

Agtech is a crucial yet severely underfunded sector in Africa. Only 200 of the 600 mapped startups have raised funding for a total of $570M. But agtech remains popular amongst investors and a few Agtechs have been big winners of funding such as @GroIntel @TwigaFoods @apolloagri

Some quick, useful facts and data about AgTech in Africa 👇🏾

@Jasielinvests @DzidzorKofi 🫡🚀

@DzidzorKofi @JMurima Done! Josh, I’m unfortunately missing the party but let’s find time to connect on Wednesday. Messaging you.

The only party 🕺🏾map you'll need in Nairobi 🇰🇪 next week😉

Many wins for #Africa's tech in the past few weeks, with more liquidity💰being announced for growth funding, but who's in the pipeline for this funding? Here are some of the 'growth' 🚀 stage companies that have raised $10-50M in total disclosed values over the last 1️⃣0️⃣yrs

According to @briterbridges' 2022 Africa investment report, payments and solar energy remain the products attracting the largest amount of funding value, followed by supply chain management and B2B commerce.

@Julio_Bizimungu @StiglerCenter 👏🏾

So grateful and extremely overwhelmed to be part of this outstanding & amazing pool of media personnels who are bringing real stories of business & finance to life. Looking forward to be at Hyde Park this spring to enhance my skills. Thank you @StiglerCenter.