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From Idea
To Venture
Whether you are exploring ideas, building and scaling a venture, or advancing research and innovation, Ashesi’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem delivers the tools, connections, and insights you need to succeed. We help you access targeted funding, mentorship, prototyping labs, and cutting-edge research resources.
Entrepreneurs in our ecosystem are strengthening food systems, improving healthcare delivery, expanding access to clean energy, and building digital and social-impact solutions across Africa.
211+
Ventures Supported
$2m+
In Venture Development Support
$6.2m+
Cumulative Venture Revenue
$1.7m+
External Capital Unlocked
Project
Turn your idea into a tangible project, develop and test your minimum viable product (MVP), and fine-tune your business model through hands-on labs, immersive workshops, and direct collaboration with your peers, industry experts and faculty.
Venture
Accelerate your startup’s growth with expert-led business clinics, high-stakes pitch events, competitive market challenges, and intensive boot camps. Sharpen your go-to-market strategy, perfect your pitch, and gain the mentorship and resources you need to succeed. With the Ashesi Venture Incubator, we help you scale your impact and transform your validated project into a sustainable, high-growth business.
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Pathways
Accelerate your startup’s growth with expert-led business clinics, high-stakes pitch events, competitive market challenges, and intensive boot camps. Sharpen your go-to-market strategy, perfect your pitch, and gain the mentorship and resources you need to succeed. With the Ashesi Venture Incubator, we help you scale your impact and transform your validated project into a sustainable, high-growth business.
Advance clean energy and climate solutions. Develop renewable technologies, expand energy access, or design climate resilience strategies with the Renewable Energy & Climate Track to create a more sustainable and low-carbon future.
From innovative medical technologies to smarter patient care and natural health products, the Health and Care pathway empowers you to drive lasting change in wellness. We enable emerging businesses to build solutions that make healthcare more efficient, affordable, and inclusive.
Through the Agribusiness pathway, you can pioneer climate-smart farming, transform agricultural supply chains, and open up new markets for farmers. We provide tools and resources to enable you create bold, scalable solutions that drive food security, boost livelihoods, and build a more resilient, sustainable future for agriculture.
Whether you’re launching a bold social enterprise, a disruptive tech platform, or a financial inclusion venture, the open innovation track offers the flexibility, mentorship, and resources to help you thrive. Bring your vision, and we will help you shape its future.
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