Founder Institute Ghana is proud to announce the graduation of the startups for the Class of Fall ’21.
In attendance at the virtual graduation ceremony were mentors, investors, business leaders and previous graduates from around the globe to join in celebrating the latest cohort of exciting startups to complete the FI program.
Managing Director of FI Ghana, Simon R Turner, comments
“Without doubt, the program is one of the best filters to determine who is serious, and possesses the grit, determination, resilience, and work ethic that all entrepreneurs must demonstrate, as Kofi Dadzie discussed in his keynote. The program is not for the faint-hearted, but what can be achieved in 16 weeks can ultimately save years of time, and costly mistakes sending good money down the drain, needlessly”.
Congratulations to the following startups:
– Spiika: an EdTech company that helps Africans get to conversational fluency in new languages. (Tema, Ghana)
– Fantasy Gold: Organizes fantasy sports contests where players enter weekly fantasy sports games for a fee, and high performers get rewarded with prizes. (Accra, Ghana)
– Smart Farmer: allows consumers to join food & commodity production by financing African farming for profit sharing and a digital farming experience. (Kumasi, Ghana)
– Duapa Werkspace: creates an enabling environment for young entrepreneurs to connect, collaborate and transform their ideas into viable businesses. (Takoradi, Ghana)
– Ólage: a logistics support marketplace providing credit finance for the purchase of trucks by drivers, then matching businesses and shippers to the trucks to meet demand for haulage and logistics support. (Lekki, Nigeria)
– Wunpini Sanitech Engineers: reducing open defecation by giving customers a chance to own an improved toilet through cash or payment plan. (Tamale, Ghana)
– Rheyod Global: via the platform “Preneurship.I” companies can find talent in-house and also see real ROI for their engagement programs by building it around the challenges they are looking to resolve. (Accra, Ghana)
The graduates now move to the next stage of their entrepreneurship journey, and some of them will be selected to one of the free global follow-on accelerators run by FI HQ in Silicon Valley to increase their investment readiness.
