innovate connect accelerate

A bridge between African & European Startup Ecosystems

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AFROLYNK’S KEY ACTIVITIES

Giving support to entrepreneurs and startups to innovate and build
Innovate minimum viable products (MVP) or prototypes that are investible.
Capacity Building – Workshops – Training – Peer to Peer Knowledge Sharing –
Collaborative Concept Development and Configuration – Mentoring & Coaching

Connecting the European and African startup ecosystems to

Connect
network, showcase and share knowledge within the startup scene.
Networking Events – Annual Conferences – Community Meetups

Disrupting and accelerating startups with newer scaling

Accelerate opportunities, funding and disruptive technologies to grow faster.
Technology Acceleration – Disruptive Technologies

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AFROLYNK’S KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Innovate and Transfrom
Providing digital and technological training
Innovate Developing products via incubators for startups and entrepreneurs
Recruiting, exposing participants to potential employers and real life projects
The How: Factory24 is an initiative in which Afrolynk aims to mentor and train individuals, and entrepreneurs in the
technological sector, using a task based approach
Current Locations: Online, Ghana, Kenya, Tunisia, Zimbabwe , South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Cameroon

Connect & Network

Connecting and building a network of key stakeholders
Connect Strengthening the African tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem
Facilitating long term skills and knowledge sharing
The How: the Annual Conference, and regular Meetups bring together startups, investors, policy makers, SMEs and key
stakeholders in order to engage on today’s challenges, connect Date : September, Place: Berlin

Accelerate & Disrupt:

Facilitating technology acceleration to empower the youth
Facilitating infrastructure acceleration to build the ecosystem
Accelerate Facilitating capital acceleration to finance young entrepreneurs
The How: The Entrepreneur Establishment Program (EEP) is an innovative concept leveraging cutting-edge technology, modern
financial tools and existing infrastructures to accelerate and positively disrupt the startup ecosystem

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PROGRAMS 2020
Aims:
 Bringing together and connecting the different
stakeholders such as hubs, investors and SMEs
 Facilitating knowledge exchange and building
partnerships
 Give startups a place to showcase their
products and services
Highlights:
 Meet & Greet
 Marketplace
 Mentorship Programme
 EEP Fund
 Widu Project

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 Factory24

Since May 2019 we have trained over 2500 students from 8 African countries. Factory24 is an
online learning initiative whereby students learn different courses such as Entrepreneurship,
Career Development, Emerging technologies and Digital Skills.

• Entrepreneurship Course – Africa

• CIM Project - Nigeria
• Digital Skills – Africa

Workshop at University of Ghana, 2017

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 Mentorship
As a result of our strong pool of mentees from
the Entrepreneurship program, in January 2020
we are launching our Mentorship programme
which will involve both North/South Mentorship
( leveraging on Diaspora Africans skills and
expertise) as well as South/South Mentorship (
whereby mentor and mentee have shared
cultural and local business experiences.
We are building a strong community of Mentors
and please join and bring your skills and
expertise.

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 EEP
In partnership with the African Development
Bank and GIZ, the Entrepreneurship
Establishment Programme has birthed the EEP
Fund that is part of our Accelerate pillar,
providing funding to young Africans across the
continent.
We look forward to pilot in three of our resident
countries in the first quarter of 2020.

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 WIDU
The central tool for the project is the online
platform WIDU. WIDU enables transparent and
efficient management of the projects for all
participants. In addition to financial support
from the diaspora, sponsored entrepreneurs
receive free coaching measures and a financial
contribution from WIDU. The goal is the
creation of new jobs, increased income and
better economic perspectives for Ghana and
Cameroon.

The WIDU Platform is an initiative of the Federal

Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ), implemented by the
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
(GIZ).
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 CIM
The project aims to promote and
support young individuals ranging from
Teenagers to youths through ICT/new
Technology trainings in various states in
Nigeria.
Through this trainings the individuals will be
able to use the new skill they have to better
themselves or their business.
The CIM project is an Afrolynk &DPI (Partner in
Nigeria)

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 The Afrolynk Annual Conference

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Thank you for your interest!

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Afrolynk | Moses Acquah |

Neue Bahnhofstraße 28, 10245 Berlin | +49 15-209-295-402 | moses.acquah@afrolynk.com
www.afrolynk.com