Emerging angel investors from Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Zambia are invited to apply for the African Angel Academy’s 8th cohort.
- Learn about the full angel investing process, from sourcing to investment management.
- Build a network of local angels for co-investment opportunities.
- Meet investor-ready startups.
- Access advice from Africa’s top angels & mentorship for new angel groups.
Have you recently started investing in local startups? Or you’d like to start but need some guidance and a network to help you get started?
The 8th cohort of the African Angel Academy (AAA) will bring together 100 emerging angel investors from Zambia, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana to accelerate their investing journey.
This highly interactive programme allows you to work through the online content at your own pace, while joining in weekly live sessions featuring expert guest speakers from across the African investment ecosystem. Live sessions present excellent opportunities to form connections with other participants and draw on the first-hand experience of the cohort and expert contributors.
THE DETAILS
• 13-week programme
• Presented entirely online, via a self-paced online course & live Zoom sessions
• Cohort starts 10 August 2023
• +/- 2 hours time commitment per week
• Commitment fee* of $230 on successful application.
*The total value of the programme is $2200, but the balance of this fee is sponsored by The Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) and the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO).
THIS PROGRAMME IS FOR YOU IF YOU:
Are already investing in startups or would like to start investing, in your personal capacity or as a group.
Or you have capital to invest in the next 6 months, and 10+ years of professional experience to add value to startups.
Are looking to meet like-minded individuals to either join or form a local angel group or syndicate.
Want to be a catalyst for growth for our local entrepreneurial ecosystems.
ABOUT THE PROGRAMME
This 13-week journey will comprise of:
12-MODULE SELF-PACED ONLINE COURSE
& BI-WEEKLY LIVE INVESTOR Q&A’S
Learn how to confidently source and make a deal, form an angel group or syndicate, and manage your portfolio. Learn more about the course here >
EXPERT MASTERCLASSES
& NETWORKING
Masterclasses on key topics with investors from across the ecosystem. Networking events with the full cohort of new angels for collaboration and co-investment opportunities.
STARTUP SHOWCASES
Meet investor-ready startups from Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Rwanda towards the end of the programme, nominated by our angel community.
JOIN A GROWING ALUMNI COMMUNITY
Join the African Angel Academy alumni community (400+ angels from 17 countries) to access further learning events, networking opportunities and dealflow.
NEW ANGEL GROUP MENTORSHIP
Mentorship from experienced investor group leads for those who are establishing a new angel group.
SUPPORTED BY THE DUTCH GOOD GROWTH FUND (DGGF) & THE DUTCH ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT BANK (FMO)
The Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF)’s Seed Capital and Business Development (SCBD) program is working with AAA to train new and aspiring angel investors and build stronger business angel networks across the continent over three years. The outcomes of this effort is a greater volume of angel investments and a more conducive early-stage finance sector for African entrepreneurs. FMO has come on board as a partner in 2023 to bolster the impact of this project and open up cohort 8 to angels from a further 2 countries. Together, we will welcome emerging angels from Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Ghana into its learning community.
DGGF is a “fund of funds” investment initiative from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. DGGF’s Seed Capital and Business Development (SCBD) program was established to further the impact of the DGGF by providing Seed Capital, Technical Assistance and Business Development Services to local financial service providers and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs).
This cohort is also supported by the FMO Ventures Program Technical Assistance Facility, co-funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union. FMO has come on board as a partner in 2023 to bolster the impact of this project and open up cohort 8 to angels from a further 2 countries. FMO is the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank. As a leading impact investor, FMO supports sustainable private sector growth in developing countries and emerging markets by investing in ambitious projects and entrepreneurs.
ARE YOU APPLYING?
PROGRAMME STARTS
10 AUGUST 2023
13-week virtual programme
INFORMATION SESSION
27 JUNE
– 5PM (Zambia, Rwanda)
– 6pm (Tanzania, Uganda)
– 3pm (Ghana)
APPLICATIONS OPEN
For new angels from Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia & Ghana
UPCOMING PROGRAMME DATES
13 WEEKS
STARTS 31 JULY 2023
INFORMATION SESSION
27 JUNE – 5PM GMT+2
APPLICATIONS OPEN
FOR ANGELS, BY ANGELS
The programme features experienced angel investors from across the African continent and they share their first-hand experience on sourcing, making, managing and exiting investments in Africa. These experts are featured in the online course’s video modules, and in live masterclasses as part of the cohort programmes.
