Accelerate Africa

At Accelerate, we work with some of the world’s best investors, corporates, experienced founders and talented experts to directly coach 10 African startups over 8 weeks, concluding with a demo day in front of some of the world's best investors. Learn more at www.acceler8.africa We have hands-on operating experience in Africa to help you accelerate your business, plus the scars and stories to prove it. For over a decade, we have taken on various roles advising, coaching, and mentoring startups, including over 25+ who have been admitted to global accelerators. Our founders Iyinoluwa Aboyeji and Mia von Koschitzky-Kimani have built, funded and advised hundreds of African founding teams like Daystar Power, DukaConnect, Andela, Flutterwave and Moove BV amongst others on how to build global businesses from Africa by solving our continent’s biggest challenges. Many of those businesses have grown to become billion dollar companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues, or been acquired by global businesses like Mastercard and Shell.