Chanzo Capital, in partnership with Startup Bootcamp Africa, MEST Africa, ANTLER, iHub and GrowthAfrica, has selected ten startups and ten scaleups from Tanzania, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa and Mozambique to pitch at the 11th Angel Fair Africa on November 7-8 at the Two Rivers International Finance and Innovation Center (TRIFIC) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The first day of the event is dedicated to Startups that are getting off the ground with a need for angel, pre-seed and seed capital whiles the second day is focused on Scaleups who are expanding their ventures and need Seed, Series A and B capital.
These Startups and Scaleups have already gone through the yearly program of the Entrepreneur Partners. One cohort graduated from the Spark Accelerator program managed by iHub, whilst their counterparts have completed the MEST Africa Challenge. A dynamic group of Scaleups also concluded the first phase of the Chanzo Onespace Startup and Scaleup (COSSA) Accelerator program, managed by ASSL. These programs pre-screen and prepare these ventures at the first level, followed by a second level of preparation and finetuning by the Angel Fair Africa (AFA) team. That concludes with the Entrepreneurs Bootcmap on November 4-6 at Onespace in the TRIFIC building.
Brenda Mbathi, CEO of TRIFIC said “We are excited to welcome these incredible Startups and Scaleups to the 11th Angel Fair Africa at TRIFIC – this is exactly what our innovation hub program is made for.” We are glad to support the 11th Angel Fair Africa because it could not have been hosted at a better location than TRIFIC.
Ian Kabiru, CEO of Onespace asserted that, “Our relationship with TRIFIC allowed us to create the home for African businesses in this special economic zone. And our partnership with Chanzo Capital to create the Chanzo Onespace Startups and Scaleup (COSSA) Accelerator serves as the foundation for bringing these Startups and Scaleup to the 11th Angel Fair Africa.”