Female investors to back 12 African tech ventures
Hema Vallabh of Five35 Ventures, South Africa, Dr. Ola Brown of Flying Doctors Investment Company, Nigeria, Mariam Abdullahi of Google Africa, Kenya, Aysha Tegally of Future Female Invest, Mauritius and Rasheeda Adam of REinvest Africa, Ghana would constitute the all-female investors panel for the 9th Angel Fair Africa (AFA) on 25th November 2021 followed by the Africa India Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit on 26th of November 2021 at the Hennessey Park Hotel in the Ebene Cyber City, Mauritius.
Chanzo Capital and the entrepreneurial partners have finalized the process of selecting twelve (12) leading African tech ventures to pitch to these female investors and their sixty counterparts who have so far registered for the event. The entrepreneurs would participate in the second Africa Virtual Accelerator (AVA) from the 1st to 20th November 2021 put together by Chanzo Capital in partnership with the Adei Technology Hub. They would then arrive in Ebene Cyber City to participate in the Entrepreneurs Bootcamp from the 22nd to 24th November 2021.
The cohort of African tech ventures are;
…opening up new channels for African creative professionals — Akoobooks (Ama Dadson of Ghana), Casting Africa (Kwasi Bosiako Antwi of Ghana) & Kipepeo (Marie Behrens & Warren Pougnet of Mauritius)
…diversifying access to financing — MyWagePay (Beth Mwangi & Patrick Pere of Kenya), CNG Transfer (Emmanuel Tochi & Ken Omulo of Nigeria & Kenya), SaveApp (Aziz Omar Masumbuko of Kenya) and Cashback (Inès Assoumou of Cote d’Ivoire);
…navigating last mile mobility with style — DeliverASAP (Oyedayo Oyeniran of Nigeria) including vehicle maintenance for the long haul — Motor Parts Nation (Genera Moore of Ghana);
…adapting technology for all-round virtual assistance — from travelling the continent with Tubayo (Brian Namara of Uganda) home & repair services — Team Assistance Pro (Losseni Bakayoko of Cote d’Ivoire) to even a ‘digital parent’ — Tootree (Jiwo Yves Roland of Cameroon)
According to Odomitchi Anikpo, Executive Director of The Adei Institute of Technology, “The diversity of our program offerings supports Africans from all walks of life as they march confidently into a digital world. It’s great to note the many ways this cohort has applied emerging technology to everyday challenges that aren’t always center stage in the tech ecosystem”.
Baljinder Sharma, Founder at Monsoon Capital Investments, notes that, “It has become more and more important for us as a VC firm to take a long-term approach to nurturing the type of African businesses we want to invest in and partnerships across the ecosystem has been instrumental to achieving this goal”.
Africa Virtual Accelerator (AVA) in its 2nd year is powered by the Adei Institute of Technology and brings together a highly select group of entrepreneurial businesses and partners from across Africa to learn from each other virtually through theory-based seminars and practical assignments. https://africavirtualaccelerator.com/ Contact — info@africavirtualaccelerator.com
Angel Fair Africa 2021 marks 9 years of an annual event that brings together accelerators, incubators, emerging businesses from across the African continent and investors to do deals. https://www.angelfairafrica.com/ Contact — info@angelfairafrica.com
Chanzo Capital is the convener of Angel Fair Africa and Africa Virtual Accelerator — an Africa focused Venture Capital firm providing Capital, Capacity and Community to Africa’s most promising startups in their early years (pre-seed to Series A). Its vast portfolio of startups are mainly based in Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Ghana & South Africa (regarded as the ‘K.I.N.G.S.’ of Africa’s fast growing digital economy) with increasing investments on a pan-African level in recent years. Current portfolio companies include fintech, e-commerce, digital health, logistics, delivery, agricultural and educational tech startups. https://www.chanzocapital.com/
Adei Institute of Technology is a development and innovation center for tech entrepreneurs and developers committed to elevating world-class African talent, startups and ideas. Through the Adei Technology Hub (the development and innovation center based in Côte d’Ivoire), the institute is developing a pipeline of talent capable of taking advantage of the global digital economy and leveraging opportunities in their communities and across Africa. This is achieved through a vast number of programs built on the organisation’s key pillars: Educate. Elevate. Connect. The Adei Institute powers the Africa Virtual Accelerator curriculum delivery with a network of world class subject matter experts and mentors. https://www.adeiinstitute.org/ Contact — info@adeiinstitute.org
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