How to grow African start-ups?

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from left to right: Emmanuelle Bastide, Patrick Kabangiro, Ayité Ajavon and Max Fontaine © Juliette Brault

By: Emmanuelle Bastide

1 min

Like everywhere in the world, African economies have suffered from the covid-19 pandemic.

Yet the continent's tech corporate sector and start-ups have apparently held up better.

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Young African tech startups have indeed received $ 701.5 million in funding, 43% more than in 2019, according to the specialized site Disrupt Africa.

This enthusiasm confirms the continent's credibility in the field.

While investments are still concentrated in certain countries such as Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa, French-speaking Africa is also beginning to emerge.

How to improve the environment for start-ups on the continent?

What are their needs ?

What are the sectors of the future? 

Program as part of “Emerging Valley”, the annual summit of Africa-Europe Tech players, which was held on December 13 and 14 in Marseille

. 

With :

Ayité Ajavon

, director of Ahoenoun, a Togolese agri-food start-up which produces and markets 100% organic culinary broths under the

brand 

Patrick Kabangiro

, CEO of

, an environmental industrial company that offers two solutions in DR Congo, charcoal briquettes for cooking and organic fertilizers 

Max Fontaine

, founder of

, a Madagascan start-up which advises companies and designs CSR projects through tailor-made reforestation 

Musical programming:

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  - Tetero Laurette

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- Manjul, Clinton Fearon

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