Boosting Africa’s top startups at Startup Founders Boost Camp
Leading up to the 2020 AfricArena Summit, the French South African Tech Labs (FSAT Labs), with the support of AfricArena, the French Embassy in South Africa, and Digital Africa put together the Startup Founders Boost Camp (SFBC). The SFBC is a 2-day program that was attended by 53 of the best startups from across the African continent.
Some of the founders that attended the 2-day SFBC at Workshop 17 in Cape Town.
“Being a founder of a startup means having to deal with an array of challenges and dealing with these challenges means needing knowledge and support to make good decisions along the way. Our 2-day program fast tracks founder knowledge in certain key areas that are often overlooked by other incubation programs. ”
The program featured teaching, workshops, and networking with peers to empower startups to get the maximum amount of value in a short period of time. The schedule was jam-packed with leaders from the startup and investment landscape in Africa and featured keynotes by:
Andrea Bohmert, Knife Capital - Where VC’s fit in the startup journey
Clive Butkow, Kalon Venture Partners - Sales for startups
Jacques Stemmet, Dommisse Attorneys - Legal 101 for startups
Chris Voysey, Chris Voysey Communications - Gym for the Voice
Renier Kriel, FSAT Labs - Speaking to users and getting the blueprint for your startup
Glen Gillis, Sea Monster - Building a standout team and culture
Alex Conway, NumberBoost- How startups are building the future of Africa
The feedback received from founders post-event was overwhelmingly positive. See below.
It was an absolutely incredible 2 days very well spent learning and networking. The content covered was so relevant, insightful and thoughtful to the needs of startups. So happy to have attended and can highly recommend it.
- Victor Chaitezvi , Founder of Tripplo
Current entrepreneurship ecosystem really needs these amazing initiatives that promote and accelerate the journey.
- Claybourne Appies, Founder of deaftouch
I have attended many bootcamps, but this one stood out. Reason being that the topics, content and information was so different from the rest. It was a well planned schedule and not one workshop or speaker were boring. I actually looked forward to each workshop, and I see the creativity that was put behind the schedule and all the speakers that wereinvited. Well rounded Boost Camp!
- Jacqui Rogers Founder of MyPregnancyJourney