HUMANS OF KUBATANA MAGAZINE | OCTOBER 2022
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WHAT IS YOUR HUB’S MOTIVATION? Concerned about the employability of young people and entrepreneurship in Mali, Expert’Labs Mali was created with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in the country through training, incubation, acceleration and networking. Being an organization and an incubator of young entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, we derive our motivation mainly from the difficult conditions of access to employment for young people and from the poor conditions of the entrepreneurial environment. HOW DOES YOUR HUB ACHIEVE ITS GOAL? Through the incubation of startups and the acceleration of businesses. To date, we have enabled the creation of more than 50 companies and raised more than 300,000,000 FCFA through training, business incubation and assistance for young project leaders; provision of collaborative space, coaching, follow-up and advice; and networking. More specifically, without being exhaustive, we strengthen the capacities of young candidates for entrepreneurship; train young people in the development of a business plan; assist young project leaders with access to credit; mentor and develop skills for young entrepreneurs;
mobilize human, financial and material resources to support young Malians in entrepreneurship; build capacity of young graduates in job search techniques; promote youth entrepreneurship through the incubation of their projects; promote Malian startups through the publication of magazines and other communication channels; and support young and aspiring entrepreneurs from Mali through networking, coworking and mentoring. WHAT ROLE HAS AFRILABS PLAYED IN YOUR HUB’S JOURNEY? AfriLabs played a role in strengthening our hub. Thanks to the support programs that AfriLabs offers to hubs; we participated in some of these programs which gave a multiplier effect to our activities and allowed us to contribute to the growth of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Mali.
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