We are now accepting applications for investment for our 2022 cohort. Local founders of early-stage businesses in sub-Saharan Africa are invited to apply.
The 2022 international women’s day theme #BreakTheBias is in line with one of Uncap’s goals: aiming for female entrepreneurs to get exactly the same chances for an investment than male entrepreneurs by redefining the fundraising journey.
The Uncap team is constantly looking on how we can improve our output, be more creative and spend more time on what truly matters. These tools focus on time & project management.
We talk to Hakeem Jimo, the co-founder of Nigeria’s pioneer plant-based food tech company about his entrepreneurial journey and growth of his business.
Recent reports on funding in Africa have shown a gulf in class between funding of start-ups owned by local founders and those run by foreign founders on the continent but how can we change that?
“If you want to tackle a problem at scale, you want to take the route of entrepreneurship,” Meet Franziska Reh, CEO & Co-Founder of Unconventional Capital, a fintech company focusing on early-stage investing in Africa, who is a corporate financial consultant-turned-fintech entrepreneur.
Application for funding is now open to registered limited companies in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Nigeria.
We have talked to two of our entrepreneurs who work on tech solutions on their challenges and learnings from the last months.
Learn more about what we do at Uncap. How our approach differs from traditional ones and why this is so important for the early-stage investment scene.
