Starting in 2017, the first SBC AfriTech program accelerated 29 incredible African startups that have set an incredibly high bar for the next program.
• 90% are still operating and scaling at impressive rates
• 40% have raised follow-on rounds of funding
• 50% of the startups raising capital have closed rounds at valuations more than 10x since Demo Day
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Now it is your turn!
We are looking for the next generation of African startups disrupting industry sectors including FinTech, InsureTech, AgriTech, eCommerce, Digital Health, and CleanTech. Backed by anchor partner Telecel Group, the program is ideal for startups with a mobile tech focus. Additional corporate partners are lining up to engage with startups through pilots and Proof of Concepts projects that can open the doors for longer term commercial agreements.
During the Covid pandemic, SBC launched Accelerator Squared as a fully online platform that enables startups to access the complete library of content, group workshops, 1:1 mentoring, collaborative sessions with Entrepreneurs in Residence, and invite-only discussion forums with founders from around the globe. The remote accelerator concludes with an online Demo Day where startup founders pitch their disruptive solutions to a broad audience of media, investors, corporate partners, and industry stakeholders.
Applications will open soon and the 10 startups in the program will receive benefits valued at more than €500,000, including credits from AWS, Google Cloud Services, and many more. SBC also invests €15,000 in cash.
SBC AfriTech has invested in some of the most inspirational startups in Africa. If you believe you could be their next rising star, get ready to apply!
ASIP at Demo Day 2021
ASIP at the MWC19
February, 2019 (Barcelona, Spain) – Telecel Group launched African Startup Initiative Program for young entrepreneurs in all areas of Technology related innovations at the Mobile World Congress 2019. Telecel Group aims to contribute in a meaningful way to the African community by supporting young individuals who strive to better their lives and the lives of their communities. The program exposes the selected startups to international communities and organizations, attracting international partners that can add value to the startups.
BEHIND IT ALL
90% Telecel Group launched an Africa Startup Initiative program for young entrepreneurs in all areas of Technology related innovation to participate in Telecel Group booth at the most prestigious event for telecom and technology in the World – the MWC in Feb 2019 – Barcelona.
Telecel Group is a telecom firm established in 2007, very well recognized for the quality and effectiveness of the telecom solutions and services that they offer to a multitude of mobile network operators across the globe, in addition to owning networks of their own all across Africa.
Sponsored Startups
for 2021
We provide a professional advisory service to African farmers. Thanks to our AI based platform, we make this service accessible and affordable to small-scale farmers who would be excluded otherwise.
We promote sustainable farming, soil conservation and nature care. Our unique business model leverages the roles of honey-bees as pollinators in a natural ecological system. We process and supply fresh vegetables, fruits and natural honey.
We provide a community where our members can not only save and receive high interests, but also save money as they spend on all they need on a day to day basis. We are building more than a bank! We are building a platform when women can access financial services, community and build their capacity!
We are democratizing access to maternal health through a digital health platfrom, proprietary kit, and network of community health workers.
We are a buy now, paylater platform promoting financial inclution in Africa.
NucleuIS is deepening health insurance penetration in Africa by enhancing HMO’s capacity to scale in to the retail space and efficiently deliver care and manage risk. Our technology curtails fraud, reduces cost, increases efficiency and provide distribution channels for health insurance sales.
A B2B predictive analysis powered platform, using transporter operational data to provide access to working loans for the logistics sector
An Edtech platform that provides training in industry-relevant tech/IT skills to individuals, organizations and businesses.
A B2B tech firm that enables financial institutions and other alternative providers of credit facilities (Telcos, payment firms, merchants etc) to maximise their interest income by profitably tapping into the unbanked and underbanked market, through our lending infrastructure.
Foodtech platform that provides users the ability to pay in installments towards a monthly food subscription, with cost savings
Saving lives from the dangers of counterfeit products and connecting producers directly to their end-consumers
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The success of Telecel Group over the past few years in Africa has been wide spread and leaving a wide footprint of Telecom services and operators; in addition, Telecel Group plans to expand further in the continent and strengthen its foot hold and reach. As part of its CSR activities, Telecel Group wants to contribute in a meaningful way to the African community and what better way than to help and support the young African individuals who strive to better their lives and the lives of their communities.
Telecel Group launched an Africa Startup Initiative program for young entrepreneurs in all areas of Technology related innovation to participate in Telecel Group booth at the most prestigious event for telecom and technology in the World – the MWC in Feb 2019 – Barcelona.