AfriLabs-Briter Bridges Innovation Ecosystem Report​

REVENUE STREAMS

Excludes donor funding

The survey highlights that hubs adopt 3 main revenue streams: 1) a membership fee to use facilities; 2) donor funding to both sustain operations and run startup support programmes; 3) consulting , which was identified as the largest additional revenue stream by 40% of the hubs. Such consulting oen takes the form of innovation-related research and programme implementation for specific donors. In addition, hubs with enough space capacity charge rent for events, while others offer paid training or partnership fees.

53,3% of hubs charge a membership fee . 60% of hubs receive external donor funding . 62,2% of hubs receive funding for programmes .

STARTUP SUPPORT Hubs typically offer two types of support: 1) In-kind , which includes trainings, advice, and facilities; 2) financial support through programmes. Among the respondents, 94% (6 respondents le the answer blank) run startup programmes as part of their business and, among these, the most common programmes last 3-6 ( 35% ) and 6-12 months ( 23% ). In-kind support comes in the form of one-to-one mentorship or through workshops and bootcamps.

SUPPORT OFFERED

PROGRAMME DURATION

Excludes financial support.

72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86

15,4% 35,2% 23,1%

<3 Months

3-6 Months

6-12 Months

9,9% 9,9% 6,6%

>12 Months

No Timeframe

Not Applicable

One-to-one

Business Advice Networking and Investor Meet-ups

Workshops and Boot camps

Mentorship

MEMBERS PER COHORT

The median number of cohorts per year is 4 , with the vast majority of cohorts including 1-20 members.

100+

50-99

20-49

10-19

1-9

0

5

10

15

20 Hubs

25

30

35

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