Startup cities in sub-Saharan francophone Africa
What about French-speaking Africa?
Innovation attracts innovators
If tech entrepreneurship is something you’re considering in francophone Africa — the tech boom is in full flow. Technology has made the world flat and resources are available wherever there is infrastructure to enable it.
One trend that often happens with innovation in this space is that it usually comes from innovation centers and tech hubs which attract more tech entrepreneurs and investors. This usually translates into startup cities. Never is each city of a country equal in its resourcefulness when it comes to the startup ecosystem, support for founders and therefore, attention from investors.
Join the innovators
It’s important to position yourself and your team in said startup areas if you’re founding a startup. It’s a growth factor nowadays. There are a few options in how to do so — namely by:
- Learning English and joining the vast array of anglophone tech hubs
2. Joining the fast-growing francophone tech hubs near you.
Here are some investors/startup enablers in several francophone sub-Saharan African countries:
Otherwise, do some research and find out where your nearest one is and how you can get involved. Countries like Benin, DR Congo, and Cote d’Ivoire, to name a few, are gaining ground on anglophone countries in terms of GPD growth largely attributed to tech innovation.
The GDP projections for 2019 show a 44% increase. Check the statistacs! ← (that’s not a typo).
Let me know below if there are other tech hubs, incubators, accelerators and communities for founders and startups in those regions!
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