CcHUB launches $15m fund pool to back startups across Nigeria, Kenya
TECHDIGEST – Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB), the largest innovation hub in Africa, has launched a $15 million accelerator program called ‘The Edtech Fellowship Program’ to develop and fund 72 entrepreneurs in Nigeria and Kenya over the next three years.
This is contained in a statement seen by Ripples Nigeria on Friday.
According to the statement, the accelerator program will boost the effect of edtech businesses across Africa.
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It will also support entrepreneurs who are presenting tech solutions to solve learning innovation in a sector of education rife with several problems.
Commenting on the need for the funding, Bosun Tijani, the co-founder, and CEO of CcHUB said: “It is important that when we build a program that not only finds the smartest people in the startup ecosystem but also connects the startup ecosystem with government authorities, public sectors, schools, and academic institutions so that we can ensure that there’s a clear understanding of how to scale education solutions in the space.”
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The fellowship program aims to support entrepreneurs in Nigeria and Kenya, two of the largest edtech marketplaces on the continent.
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