Entrepreneurship Incubator
The Entrepreneurship Incubator is a fully funded program of the Alumni Network providing high-level business training and seed funding to CorpsAfrica alumni. The program leverages the impact of CorpsAfrica service into important, long-lasting jobs that bring social good and substantive, bottom-line value to communities across Africa. The CorpsAfrica service experience creates an entrepreneurial ecosystem for Volunteers conducive to developing start-ups and innovative projects within the Entrepreneurship Incubator Program.
Youth employment is a priority issue for all African countries. Every year millions of young Africans enter the job market. Many countries’ conditions for entrepreneurship provide a significant opportunity to improve. Young people need training, coaching, networking, and, most of all, financial support. CorpsAfrica Volunteers and alumni are recognized for their commitment to community development, leadership, and social entrepreneurship. The program ensures alumni can pursue ambitious goals and successfully launch their careers following their service.
Our Priorities
The CorpsAfrica Entrepreneurship Incubator focuses on start-up or early-stage, job-creating businesses and social enterprises owned or co-owned by CorpsAfrica Alumni. As a key part of the CorpsAfrica Alumni Association, which provides lifelong support to alumni, the Incubator runs for three months and will:
Support the entrepreneurial mindset of CorpsAfrica Alumni – encouraging them to seek out job-creating opportunities.
Connect Alumni to resources (experts, organizations, training, etc.) that can help them achieve their goals.
Provide a financial investment for business ideas inspired by CorpsAfrica service and with the potential to create high-quality jobs.
Meet Africa's Next Generations of Entrepreneurs
Supported Alumni-Led Ventures
Since its launch in 2023, the CorpsAfrica Entrepreneurship and Incubator Program has made significant strides in supporting alumni-led businesses. The program has trained 36 alumni and provided crucial seed funding. To date, $65,000 has been disbursed to 13 ventures, with an additional $115,000 set to be distributed to 23 more ventures by the end of May 2025.
These ventures span diverse sectors, including agriculture, tourism, textiles, and technology. The latest cohort of 23 ventures completed a month and a half of virtual training with Proportion Global, equipping them to utilize their $5,000 seed grants effectively.
Agrobiotop
Pape Seyni Bar
Cohort 2/Senegal
Argan Essence
Mina Akhabbasse, Fatima Khouya, Amina Simour
Cohort 2/Morocco
August Green Farms
Dalitso Mndala
Cohort 2/Malawi
Bakery Serigne Babacar Sy
Kardiatou Niang
Cohort 2/Senegal
Dreams Kente Ventures
Victor Togborlo
Cohort 2/Ghana
Eza Agribusiness Rwanda
Anaclet Muhire
Cohort 1/Rwanda
Fandare Wopa
Aissata Sarr
Cohort 1/Senegal
Gobladi Adventures
Mina Laabadel
Cohort 1/Morocco
Green Innovation Network
Dennis Kayira, Tabitha Kasongo, Lucky Katundu
Cohort 2/Malawi
Ngoma Farm
Modou Sene
Cohort 1/Senegal
Soja Feed
Tusayiwe Sikwese
Cohort One/Malawi
Titrit Mode
Hasna Farid
Cohort Two/Morocco
We In Future
Ladislas Sibomana
Cohort One/Rwanda
MAAM
Amy Ndao Gueye, Mairame Niamadio, Amy Mbacke Mbaye, Anna Madeleine Badiane
Cohort 2/Senegal
HerozMedia
Youssef Elmajydy
Cohort 1/Morocco
Incubator News and Updates
Support Our Work
CorpsAfrica addresses two of Africa’s most difficult challenges: engaging youth and helping rural communities overcome extreme poverty. We recruit and train motivated volunteers to live and work in rural, under-resourced areas in their own countries. They collaborate with the community to design and implement small-scale projects that address their top priorities and, by doing so, gain the skills and experience that lay the foundation for personal and professional success.
CorpsAfrica trusts youth and communities to help each other.