ENRICH in Africa

ENRICH in Africa brings together key stakeholders from the European and African innovation ecosystem 
to upgrade the capacity of incubators and accelerators and benefit entrepreneurs in both regions.

Cape Town, South Africa

439 members

Last update June 6, 2023

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Community description

Enrich in Africa (EiA) brings together key stakeholders from the European and African innovation ecosystem to upgrade the capacity of incubators and accelerators and benefit entrepreneurs in both regions. It supports knowledge exchange, provides co-creation opportunities, and enables the delivery of quality services for European and African innovators. Join this community to learn more about what ENRICH in Africa has to offer, expand your network, and find partners and investors!

EiA has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under grant agreement No 101004709.

Our Goals and Objectives

ENRICH in Africa aims to connect and elevate the African and European innovation ecosystems by exploring existing opportunities and providing value to all players involved. It provides the conditions and infrastructure to maximise potential and nurture community to empower co creation, entrepreneurship, and sustainable business success.

How to Apply

This is a moderated community. To request access, please click the button above. Your request will then be processed by the community administrators. EiA community members will be featured as part of our exclusive group of accelerators, incubators, innovators and facilitators and will thus gain increased visibility to Africa focused investors and prospective partners for their ventures.

Support services

This community offers the opportunity to search for partners and investors and serves as a gateway to the exclusive services provided by ENRICH in Africa.

Culminating in the set-up of the ENRICH in Africa Centre, the project will provide a digital backbone as the central point for all EiA activities. The EiA Centre will offer a wide range of valuable services including:

Services for Champion Incubators and Accelerators

Bootcamp trainings
Virtual academy
Inter-continental twinning programme and staff exchanges
Mentoring programme
Access to best practice tools
Promotional activities
Support to access clients
Shared revenue activities
Annual Champions Gathering

Services for Entrepreneurs

Open innovation challenges
Acceleration programmes
Scaling programmes
Partner search
Access to finance support
E-pitching sessions
Webinars
Learning expeditions

Alongside this, EiA will be organising a range of activities to support innovation facilitators across the ecosystem, such as the Annual Congress which will highlight capacity upgrading opportunities, foster policy dialogue and recognise best practice.

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