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CONNECT Lab, an innovation lab focused on developing the next generation of youth-led ventures and impact-driven social enterprise in Africa, has launched an incubation programme for early-stage start-up founders in Abuja.
Known as Start-up Sandbox project, the Programme Manager, Connect Lab, Mercy Olorunfemi, said it is a three-month incubation programme for early-stage start-ups to build, validate and develop their businesses into profitable and sustainable enterprises.
She said Start-up Sandbox project is designed to build 30 youth-led businesses with minimum viable products from market entry to investment-ready start-ups.
“We are supporting start-ups in diverse sectors including but not limited to agriculture, agri-tech, education, IOT, fintech, green energy,”he said.
She said the project is aimed at the enterprise development of youth-led businesses using experiential learning with design thinking tools to validate and scale impactful start-ups in Sub-Saharan Africa.
She said the project will feature weekly working sessions facilitated by seasoned experts. Also, participants will be supported with office accommodation, and access to top mentors in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem.
The project will culminate in demo day, where select start-ups will pitch to top African investors and potentially secure seed funds from Connect Lab.
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