Tech Startups in Africa Can Apply for the Adanian Labs Venture Building Program

Adanian Labs is inviting startups to apply for its newly launched Adanian Labs Venture Building Program for 2022. Interested tech entrepreneurs can apply for the 2022 cohorts by joining Adanian Labs in Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Established in 2020, the Adanian Labs has incubated fourteen (14) groundbreaking tech startups across sectors; have established a first in Africa partnership with Emurgo Africa, a vehicle of EMURGO, the commercial arm of Cardano, and have raised seed funding for 4 of its existing startups.

Adanian Labs as a smart technologies lab has two centers of excellence on AI and Blockchain, AICE Africa (AI Center of Excellence Africa) and The Africa Blockchain Center (The ABC) to help achieve its mission of actuating the technology revolution in Africa.

The Adanian Labs venture building program offers a blend of technology development, technical support, business mentorship, access to market, partnerships, and funding while helping startups apply lean principles in processes, learning, iteration, and scaling of their innovations.

Adanian Lab’s mission is to build 300 impact-driven tech startups that are commercially viable and scalable across the continent and beyond, with a vision to create an exponential impact on the African economy through youth empowerment.

Adanian Lab’s CEO, John Kamara said, “We aim to build the next generation of socially impactful and commercially driven companies that will change the world from Africa. We are intentional in how we support entrepreneurs by de-risking the potential for failure through a 360-degree intervention that takes care of the key resources needed to help startups succeed.” 

The programme is open to vibrant technology-based startups with a prototype that can be further developed. Ideal startups should have high impact potential and be led by passionate entrepreneurs whereas youth and women are encouraged to apply.

Speaking further on the programme, Kamara said, “We are looking forward to receiving applications from sectors like FinTech, EduTech, AgriTech, HealthTech, EnviroTech, InsurTech, EnergyTech, Smart-City, MobilityTech, EmmersiveTech including IoT, Blockchain and AI startups. We believe in the potential bestowed upon the youth of Africa and are excited to take part in unleashing opportunities to help them harness tangible value.”

Adanian Labs uses its unique positioning to provide critical support for startups through an evolving socio-economic ecosystem revolving around the sharing of resources, creation, production, distribution, trade, and consumption.

The venture-building programme will run for 12 months and includes startups incubated at Adanian Lab’s respective country offices (Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Nigeria, and South Africa) with $120,000 worth of pre-seed funding.

Eligible Startups can click here to register for the program.