Time For An African Valley? ? Sub-Saharan Accelerators Start To Emerge

The news that i/o Ventures had launched the Savannah Fund in Africa is clearly welcome news for an emerging continent. It's $10m fund size will be a shot in the arm for the eco-system there. But I was surprised to see that it was being described in some quarters as the "first ever" Sub-Saharan African incubator and accelerator. Because it patently is not. "I think MEST would actually be the first model in this space," said African tech watcher Ben White of vc4africa.biz when I asked him about this. MEST has a fund size of $20m, although it's invested via a non-profit. So to start getting into this, it may be that we are well over-due for a run-down of accelerators in Africa. Here's what we've found so far.

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