Impacting emerging markets sustainability through technology, entrepreneurship and mentoring
As a mentor, I try to empower SMEs and startups to learn, grow, and thrive by guiding them through tailored strategies for securing funding and fostering sustainable development. Me and my team provide hands-on support in crafting compelling business plans, refining financial projections, and ensuring product-market fit. By leveraging our expertise, we help businesses identify growth opportunities, navigate challenges, and build resilience. We connect them with aligned investors, fostering partnerships that fuel long-term success. Through continuous learning and strategic advice, we enable entrepreneurs to develop critical skills, adapt to market demands, and achieve sustainable growth in competitive landscapes.
Africa’s Business Heroes
Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support entrepreneurs. Their mission is to showcase and grow local talent who are creating positive impact in their communities and beyond, and inspire a movement of African entrepreneurship. Over a ten-year period, the program plans to recognize 100 African entrepreneurs and provide grant funding, training programs, and broader support for the broad African entrepreneurial ecosystem.
SOLVE.MIT.EDU
As an initiative of MIT, solving is core to what they do. Solve Team believes that to build a better future for all, we need new voices and ideas.
Solve launches open calls for brilliant and bold tech-based solutions that solve big problems.
With over 330 million lives reached to date, Solve think they’re onto something.
SAFEEM, WE4A
The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) project is an action jointly supported by the European Union (EU), the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with implementation from the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and the German Development agency GIZ (E4D program). Running the growth and acceleration programs of WE4A is the Swiss Association for Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets (SAFEEM).
The virtual Acceleration Program, implemented by SAFEEM, seeks to provide 100 female entrepreneurs from the TEF alumni network, with access to €10.000 in grant funding that will be paired with 3 months of technical support.
AIC Raise – Empowering tomorrow with sustainovation today
AIC RAISE creates a holistic ecosystem for social startups for maximizing profits and benefits to society and the environment. It is established under the prestigious Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.
AIC RAISE encourages and backups innovative startups with suitable physical infrastructure in terms of capital equipment and operating facilities, key domain knowledge support, coupled with the availability of sectoral experts for mentoring, business planning support, access to seed capital, market information, management, business strategy, industry partners, training and as well as critical networking.
Seedstars World
Seedstars is a company of change makers across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central-Eastern Europe, and Asia who are passionate about making a difference in emerging and frontier markets through entrepreneurship and technology.
As an international investment and education company headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, their work spans 90+ countries with 15 offices around the globe. They support the world’s most ambitious and dedicated entrepreneurs in growing and scaling their companies to create meaningful and lasting change.
Bizcube by BetterStories Limited
BetterStories dream of a future where smart technology, strategic partnerships, and sustainable practices interweave to create a better future for all.
That’s why they empower communities, champion sustainable practices, and nurture responsible businesses, propelling Bangladesh towards a thriving, inclusive, and resilient future. Their strategic approach and collaborative partnerships fuel innovative solutions, driving Bangladesh towards a trillion-dollar economy by 2035 and a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041.