AFRICA’S INNOVATION HUBS
At least 643 hubs , which include coworking spaces, incubators, accelerators, hybrid hubs with affiliations to universities and/or governments, as well as maker spaces and technology parks, were identified as of October 2019 across 50+ African countries. 25% of these hubs only offer coworking facilities and no specific business support pro- gramme for startups and entrepreneurs, but the majority - almost 500 of the hubs - provi- de some degree of in-kind or cash support.
ESTIMATED ACTIVE HUBS
643
41%
14% 39%
24%
50+HUBS 20-49HUBS 10-19HUBS
ALGERIA 15
TUNISIA 36
MOROCCO 34
EGYPT 56
5-9HUBS 2-4HUBS 0-1 HUB
ETHIOPIA 8
MALI 17
SOMALI/LAND 6
SENEGAL 15
BURKINA FASO 10
UGANDA 10
IVORY COAST 22
NIGERIA 90
RWANDA 10
14 TOGO
GHANA 27
KENYA 50
10 BENIN
CAMEROON 18
TANZANIA 23
D.R. CONGO 11
ZAMBIA 6
CATEGORYKEY
ANGOLA 8
COWORKING
MADAGASCAR 6
BOTSWANA 8
ACCELERATOR
ZIMBABWE 23
INNOVATIONHUB
INCUBATOR
SOUTH AFRICA 78
BRITER BRIDGES
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