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Ngwana Africa is a pre-seed start-up accelerator and innovation hub that seeks to build Africa's economic skills capacity by training the continent's next generation of bold, innovative problem-solvers and software developers.

The organisation's headquarters are in Francistown, Botswana.

The Local Enterprise Authority (LEA) provides general business development services in accordance with Botswana's Small Business Act, as a contact place for aspiring and established entrepreneurs. 

Offerings: 

• Entrepreneurship promotion initiatives

• Business development kit (BDK)

• Training interventions 

• Business coaching 

• Business plan development 

• Incubation 

Launch Namibia is a motivational business magazine that promotes and celebrates entrepreneurs.

We connect small businesses with relevant markets through the Launch Start-Up Awards and highlight success stories of businesses in Namibia.

We are also a repository of information that can assist to propel businesses to ever greater heights, and we are striving to achieve economic growth.

One of our core missions is to ensure collaboration among start-up businesses, corporate organisations, government and municipal partners, and others, to support business growth and the creation of jobs.

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KMPDollar & associates provides a range of business development services. The focus is to provide services that add value to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to enhance their competitiveness.

Target Market

• Start-up businesses
• Informal/semi-formal enterprises
• Small and medium enterprises
• Companies and parastatals

The Botswana-based Institute of Entrepreneurial Development (IED) helps aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs to turn their business ideas into reality. It supports the development of business skills and knowledge and creates networking opportunities to catalyse the growth of the country’s start-up community.

IED and Venture Creation Labs provide training, investment and mentoring to aspiring entrepreneurs to diversify the economy through the launch of successful start-ups to create wealth and jobs. 

Hubspace is a co-working and shared office space facility where work space can be rented on a daily, weekly or monthly basis at very affordable rates. 

The company was one of the earliest serviced office and managed workplace providers, with its own buildings in prime locations in Greater London and the Home Counties comprising over 500,000 square feet of office and workplace solutions.

We specialise in prestigious luxury office space, with our focus being to provide an exceptional working environment where businesses can thrive and grow.

Facilities:

• Tailored and bespoke arrangements

GrindNation is a co-working space in Lesotho that offers the following facilities:

1. Office space where small businesses can flourish, while saving on overhead costs through the sharing of infrastructure.
2. A programme for young talent and new businesses.
3. Support structures by way of workshops, market exposure, educational resources, mentorship, and networking events.
4. An environment that promotes successful entrepreneurship.

Dololo is a community of entrepreneurs and start-ups, game-changers and trail-blazers in Namibia.

It enables organisations and leaders to connect with the next generation of change-makers. Businesses engage with us to gain insights to trends, identify risks, and access innovation and market views. This enables them to cater for the millennial market both internally for their employees and externally for customers.

We host and provide access to a network of young talent and enable meaningful exchanges in high-energy spaces that are free of cultural, racial, gender or hierarchical differences

Botswana Digital & Innovation Hub (BDIH) is an innovative, networked organisation that promotes technology, entrepreneurship and commercialisation. BDIH is under the Ministry of Tertiary Education Research Science and Technology, with a board of directors from diverse disciplines to perform fiduciary duties. BDIH is a company limited by guarantee to promote innovative ventures and has two subsidiaries: Botswana Innovation Hub Properties (BIHP) and Botswana Innovation Hub Investments (BIHI).

BDIH is incorporated as a company to develop and manage Botswana’s first Science and Technology Park to

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