@iBizAfrica busi­ness incub­ator car­ries out the Entre­pren­eur­ship and Incub­a­tion theme of @iLabAfrica. @iBizAfrica seeks to provide a nur­tur­ing envir­on­ment that builds on the poten­tial of the youth to develop ICT solu­tions and busi­nesses that work for the com­mon good in soci­ety. The theme focuses on the fol­low­ing areas:

• Fos­ter­ing an envir­on­ment for entre­pren­eurs to develop, nur­ture and exchange their innov­at­ive ideas.
• Provid­ing ment­or­ing and ser­vices to start-​up com­pan­ies such as seed cap­ital, legal advice, fin­an­cial expert­ise, rel­ev­ant train­ing and phys­ical resources.
• Provid­ing Busi­ness Incub­a­tion facil­it­ies and estab­lish link­ages with other incub­a­tion centres in the coun­try and around the world.
• For­ging industry part­ner­ships.
• Act­ing as a focal point for investors (VCs, angel investors, private equity groups and banks) to engage poten­tial tech­no­logy entrepreneurs

@iBizAfrica has already man­aged to forge valu­able part­ner­ships with IDEA found­a­tion (Nor­way), Deloitte and CIO East Africa, among oth­ers. Some ser­vices offered by @iBizAfrica are:

• Access to facil­it­ies: Ded­ic­ated space and Vir­tual Incubation.
• Access to finances,
• Ment­or­ing & Coaching,
• Busi­ness Train­ing, and
• Pitch Fri­day

@iBizAfrica wel­comes innov­at­ors, ment­ors and part­ners to join and together build the best innov­a­tions and busi­nesses of today and the future.

For more inform­a­tion on exist­ing oppor­tun­it­ies, visit the @iBizAfrica site or contact:

ibiz­a­frica@strath​more​.edu