If you are an African living in Africa who has ventured into entrepreneurship, then you know first-hand the herculean task of doing business on the continent. Often, many startups need help accessing adequate capital and unlocking that critical product feature that changes everything. In Ashesi University's...
Setting an impressive record of being one of the first few Ghanaian businesses to raise a staggering $25 million in his early stage business, the Ashesi Venture Incubator had the honour of hosting Mr. Abraham Ankumah popularly known as ‘Abe Ankumah’(Vice President of VMware) to...
The Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI) since its inception in 2019, has run a Simulations Program over four successive cohorts. The introduction of the Simulations Program was to create an avenue for Incubator Fellows to practicalize the skills gained at the Incubator and enable them to...
On Friday the 29th of July 2022 at The Cosmopolitan, Dzorwulu, the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI) held its second in-person Mentor-Mentee Mixer. The event, slated for 3 pm in the late afternoon, was organized to celebrate and bow out retiring mentors as well as welcome...
On the 20th of May 2022, the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI) welcomed fourteen new fellows to the incubator. Aligning with the Ashesi Entrepreneurship Center’s vision to drive an African Renaissance through a transformative entrepreneurship hub that stimulates innovation, creativity, and impact to shape and support...
Over the course of the past three years, the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI) under the NEXTi2i project (a collaboration between Ashesi University and MIT D-Lab funded by USAID) was focused on understanding the requirements of entrepreneurship in the Ghanaian ecosystem, especially for graduating students of...
Kevin Blankson is the co-founder of SWOOVE. a social enterprise seeking to bridge the gap between logistic networks in Africa. With SWOOVE, Kevin aims to build a robust logistics network that spans the continent of Africa. Detailing his business life after the AVI, Kevin provides...
Celebrating the commencement of its third cohort and third running year, the New Entrepreneurs Xchange for Transformation project (NEXTi2i) is pleased to announce the fellows of the Ashesi Venture Incubator (AVI)’s 2021 cohort. Last year we celebrated the passing of the olympic torch from our first...
Engineer and AVI fellow Theresa Chidembo is the founder of CARTHO, which focuses on cattle rearing and small-scale horticulture to produce good quality and organic beef and vegetables for the people of Chivhu town in Zimbabwe. Commercial farming is unpopular among the youth in Zimbabwe. Many...
Business Administration graduate, AVI fellow and the founder of Loozeele Initiative, Teni Agana is a source of inspiration for many. She worked to put herself through school and despite numerous setbacks, ultimately earned a scholarship to Ashesi University, where she went from almost failing out...