DIRECTORY
The organisations that support entrepreneurs
Incubators, accelerators, fablabs, start-up studios, investment funds, national and international institutions: the reference page to know who to turn to, in every West African country, in Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and for the diaspora.
- organisations listed
- 30
- countries represented
- 3
- to be listed
- 0 F
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Each organisation is attached to the country of its head office; those that work elsewhere also appear when you filter on those countries.
- Benin 27
- Nigeria 2
- Diaspora 1
- Burkina Faso To be completed
- Cameroon To be completed
- Cape Verde To be completed
- Côte d’Ivoire To be completed
- Gabon To be completed
- The Gambia To be completed
- Ghana To be completed
- Guinea To be completed
- Equatorial Guinea To be completed
- Guinea-Bissau To be completed
- Liberia To be completed
- Mali To be completed
- Mauritania To be completed
- Niger To be completed
- Republic of the Congo To be completed
- Sierra Leone To be completed
- Senegal To be completed
- Togo To be completed
By type of organisation
Incubator
Accelerator
Fablab / makerspace
Start-up studio
Third place / coworking
Support and advisory organisation
Investment fund / business angels
Bank / microfinance
National institution
International institution / funder
Chamber of commerce / employers’ organisation
Arbitration, law and tax
School / university / training
Benin
See the 27 organisations- National institution ADPME — Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency Cotonou, Benin Advice / structuring Funding Training
- International institution / funder French Development Agency (AFD) Benin Funding
- National institution APIEx — Investment and Export Promotion Agency Cotonou, Benin Legal / tax / formalities Export / market access Advice / structuring
- National institution ASIN — Information Systems and Digital Agency Cotonou, Benin Digital / prototyping
- International institution / funder World Bank Benin Funding
- Fablab / makerspace Blolab Cotonou, Benin Digital / prototyping Training Premises / equipment Accredited by Sèmè City
Nigeria
See the 2 organisationsDiaspora
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