Acceleration opportunity for African start-ups

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Acceleration opportunity for African start-ups
UCT GSB Solution SpaceAyobaShiela Yabo
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UCT’s Graduate School of Business Solution Space invites innovators across Africa to apply for the E-Track Programme.

, invites innovative entrepreneurs across Africa to apply for the 2024 edition of the E-Track Programme.

The Ayoba super-app has over 35 million active users, and fosters local content and supports small businesses through in-app features, its ecosystem, driving market access and growth.The two-phase E-Track Programme aims to attract high-impact entrepreneurs and create a platform for them to engage and collaborate with corporate partners focusing on research and development of their solutions.

“It is a known fact that smallbusinesses and start-ups remain the backbone of the economy throughout Africa,”says Shiela Yabo, head of ecosystem development at Ayoba. The five-week training and preparation programme is now accepting applications for the first phase, from innovation-driven and high impact start-ups that have developed solutions that are relevant to the African market and have global potential.

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