Today, the Founder Institute, the world's premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program, is excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Ghana Fall 2022 Semester!
If you want to build a startup in Accra and could use expert training and feedback, then apply to the Accra Founder Institute today, or attend a free event.
Those who apply by the Early Admissions Deadline (Jul 03, 2022) will have their application fees waived (typically $50), and if you enroll by the Early Deadline you are also eligible for Founder Institute Fellowships.
Since launching in Accra in 2017, the Founder Institute has helped launch several promising companies in the region, and our efforts in Accra have also been profiled by several high profile media channels.
To celebrate the launch, the Accra Founder Institute will several free startup events for the general public, where you can meet top entrepreneurs and learn more about the program:
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to transition from employee to entrepreneur, test their startup ideas, build a team, get their first customers, raise funding, and more - like Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, and Appota. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
Running the Founder Institute's efforts in Accra are local startup leaders Belinda Noah (Attorney, Minkah-Premo & Co.).
In addition, some of Accra's top entrepreneurs will mentor founders in the program, providing them with expert training, feedback, and evaluation. The list of mentors for the Ghana Fall 2022 includes:
- Adama Varsey Sirleaf: Licensed Attorney, MBA Candidate
- Adrien Bouillot: CEO, Founder, Chalkboard Education
- Ajuma Ataguba: Managing Director, Founder Institute, Abuja
- Ajuma Ataguba: Managing Director, Founder Institute Abuja
- Alex Bram: CEO, Hubtel
- Allan Whalley: CFO, Premier Technical Services Group
- Alloysius Attah: co-founder, Farmerline
- Ama Dadson: Founder & CEO, AkooBooks Audio
- Anders Lindström: Director of Communications, Head of PR & Communications, the Americas at Hurtigruten
- Andrew Takyi Appiah: Managing Director, Zeepay
- Angelina Asenso-Addo: Founder & Managing Consultant - PeopleSense Gh, Business Mentor - Ashesi University
- Anna Robertson: CEO and Founder, YEVU Clothing
- Anthony Takyi: Fynderr, Founder & CEO
- Ato Ulzen-Appiah: Director, Ghana Think Foundation
- Ayo Dawodu: CEO & Co-Founder , Loystar
- Bade Aluko: Managing Partner, White Hibiscus Capital
- Bernard Ian Erbyn: Co-Founder & CEO, Africa Growth Factory
- Biase Aggor, Black Volta Ventures
- Biyi Oladipo: Treasurer, NIRA
- Carly Edwards: Founder, Ground Up Ghana
- Cecil Nutakor: CEO, eCampus
- Chandni Hirani: Accelerator Manager, Katapult VC
- Charmaine Hayden: Partner, Good Soil
- Chiamaka Nwosu: CEO, Truckrtech
- Chintan Oza: Founder, Anantam Ecosystems
- Chris Foltz: Global Entrepreneur-In-Residence, Responsible Solutions Ltd
- Comfort Adjahoe Jennings: President , African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP)
- Cosmos Amoah: Analyst, Double Feathers Partners
- Damilola Emuze: COO/Co-Founder, ScholarX
- Dana Ohana: CEO and Co-Founder, Big Consulting
- Daniel Kwaku Merki: Founder of Boxplay Ventures (early-stage venture builder & angel investor), AHK Nigeria
- Dave Emnett: Co-Founder, Oze
- Desmond Koney: CEO, Complete Farmer
- Don Eteghwia: Founder , Leadwood
- Dr Abdul Fatahi Abdulai Kambala: Consultant, Private Consultancy
- Dzifa Ababio: Brand Builder, Creative , LUMIVERTE, Yabo's Food, Vibin'
- Ebenezer Arthur: CEO, Wangara Capital
- Ebenezer Lartey: CEO , Marketexpress.com.gh
- Ebo Ferguson Yankson: Training and Development Strategist., Aker Energy AS
- Edward Pie: Senior AI Engineer , XAIN
- Ekow Mensah: Founder & CEO, TANOE
- Emi Beth Quantson: CEO & Founder, Kawa Moka Coffee Company
- Emily Sheldon: Co-Founder and CEO, African Health Innovation Centre
- Emmanuel Darko: CEO, Babaoo Foods
- Emmanuel Gamor: Founder, Urithi Labs
- Emmanuel Leslie Addae: Africa Regional Recruitment Manager, Africa Internship Academy
- Enrico Cupido: Managing Director, EJC Consulting (pty) Ltd
- Erdinç Ekinci: Co-Founder & CEO of Openfor.co & Co-capital.co, Managing Director of Founder Institute Japan/Korea/Taiwan
- Erin Horne McKinney: Founder & CEO, Black Female Founders (#BFF)
- Ethel Cofie: CEO, Edel Technology Consulting
- Etornam Fianoo Vidza: Founder, SPiiKA
- Eyram Akofa Tawia: Founder , Leti Arts
- Felix Darko: Venture Partner , Daba
- Florence Toffa: CEO , Mobile Web Ghana
- Francis Asante: Sr. Software Engineer , Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Fred Moore: Chairman and CEO, AJS LTD
- Freda Yawson: Co-Founder & Lead, African Health Innovation Centre and Innovate Ghana
- George Adjebeng: Head of Innovation Manager and Multichannels Unit , Societé Generale Ghana
- Guido Von Westerholt: COO, Damedic
- Hany O.Soliman: Managing Director , EJC Consulting (pty) Ltd.
- Ide Swager: International Consultant, CINOP Global
- Jane Egerton Idehen: Head of Sales | Middle East & Africa , Facebook
- Jesse Agyepong: CEO, AFIBA CONSULTING
- Jessica Poku: Country Manager, UBER GHANA
- Jewel Thompson: Assistant Lecturer of Entrepreneurship , Ashesi University
- Jimi Daodu: Founder, Vault Hill Limited
- Joanna Bingham: Founder & CEO, Footprints Africa
- Joannes Hotagua: Founder and CEO, Hotagua Enterprises LTD
- Jonathan Okanlawon: Co-Founder/Board Executive , Global Croft Ltd
- Jorge Appiah: CEO, Kumasi Hive
- Josiah Kwesi Eyison: CEO, iSpace Foundation
- Junaid "Timtooni" Yakubu: Founder, Timtooni Studios
- Kamil Nabong: CEO, Hub and Fund
- Katie Mapondera: Founder and Managing Partner, Q L and D, LLC
- Kelvin Tyron: CEO, Nvoicia
- Kelvin Abdallah: Non Executive Partner
- Kelvin Atuguba: Project Manager , McDan Group of Companies
- Kenny Schumacher: Founder, Delesign
- Keshni Morar: Managing Director, Founder Institute South Africa + Investable
- Kimberly Ofori: Founder , Growth Republic & GV Studio
- Kirchuffs Atengble: Executive Director , PACKS Africa
- Kirin Kalia: Founder and CEO, Grow Through Story
- Kofi Dadzie: Co-Founder & Former CEO of Rancard, plus Consultant/Advisor in Tech Strategy & Governance , KofiDadzie.com
- Kofi Zormelo: Head Of Development , Windwater Development Limited
- Kojo Ayirebi: Managing Director, Zished Limited (zished.com)
- Kojo Soboh: Executive Director, EMY Africa & Carbon AV
- Korieh Duodu: Principal , Egality Law
- Krastina Zhivkova: Sustainable Business Development Expert, Various
- Kwame Dadson: Business Teaching Fellow , MEST Africa
- Kweku Fleming: Business Advisor, Stanford Seed
- Lady Omega Hammond: CEO, Ampersand Technologies Ltd
- Lamin K Darboe: CEO, Bantaba
- Lavina Ramkissoon: Africa's Voice - Chairperson and Director #aiMom, Founder Institute
- Mac Carthy Mac Gbathy: Co-Founder, HOPin Academy
- Mahi Sall: Expert, Fintech-Bank Partnerships, AfricaBerlin Network Ambassador
- Mahmoud Jajah: CEO, ZongoVation Hub
- Marcelino Turati Gomez: Program Manager, AfricaBerlin Network, Enpact
- Marco Rovagnati: Entrepreneur & Consultant , Groundbreaking | Poapoa
- Marie Baba: Tech Angel Investor, Noir Diaspora
- Mark Kleyner: Co-Founder, Dream VC
- Matthieu Boucher: Investment Manager & Data Analytics Consultant, Justin305
- Maurice Caschinco: Manager, Kumasi Hive/Solar Taxi
- Mauricio Cardoso: Corporate Venture Manager, O POVO Communication Group
- Maxwell Ampong: CEO, Maxwell Investment Group
- Meghan McCormick: CEO, Dare to Innovate/Ozé
- Michael Ocansey: Co-Founder & CTO, AgroCenta Holdings Ltd
- Michael Newlove Mensah: CEO, Ceruba/Utterwave
- Michael Oscar Esio: Co-Founder, Africacomicade
- Miishe Addy: CEO, Jetstream
- Mohit Premanik: Management Partner, The Aspen Institute
- Moses Mallaghan: CEO, Agro Innova Ltd
- Nabil Khalifa: CEO, CirclePay
- Nadia Catraio: Manager, Katraio Services Lda
- Nana Opoku W. O. Agyeman Prempeh: Founder & CEO, Grow For Me
- Nana Osei: Founder, Co-Founder, Bluhue Ventures & Bohten Eyeglasses
- Nehemiah Attigah: CEO , Hatua Tech Ltd.
- Nelson Amo: CEO, Innohub, Founder, Accra Angels Network
- Olamide Afolabi: Managing Director , Touch and Pay Technologies Limited
- Oluwakemi Adeniran: Managing Consultant, Learning Solutions Nigeria Limited
- Percy Amoo Yankey: Executive Director, IBS Consulting Alliance
- Prince Bonney: CEO , ICODE GH
- Prince Oppong Kwarteng: Advisor & Coordinator, Business Ideas for Development, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
- Priscilla Adjubel: Founder, Impact Hub Accra
- Regina Honu: CEO, Soronko Academy
- Richard Adarkwah: Founder , Insurerity
- Roman Kovalenko, Reserve Bank of Austrslia
- Rose Mary Nakasenge Bbosa: Founder, MARBO GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LTD
- Russell Brand: CEO & Founder, Responsible Solutions Limited
- Sakhile Xulu: CEO, Innovation Youth Ambassador, Dot Connector, World Summit Awards
- Sameer Sortur: Founding Partner, SquareCircle Ventures
- Samuel Baddoo: Founder & CEO, Fleri Inc.
- Senam Kofi Joy: Product Designer , senamDesign
- Seth Akumani: Head of Exploration, UNDP and Citra Social Innovation Lab
- Setriakor Nyomi: Director Of Technology , Moringa School
- Sewu Steve Tawia: African Angel, Accra Angels
- Sheriff Olujide: Managing Partner, SOCS GokSon Capital (SGC) Ventures
- Simon Turner: Founding Partner, Groundbreaking, Managing Director, FI Ghana
- Sola Adekanye: Founder, Open Innovation Access
- Solange Gerda Ammah: Associate , Egality
- Taaka Awori: CEO, Busara Africa
- Thelma Kodowu: Co-Founder, InvestPro Advisors Limited
- Theodore Albright: Managing Consultant , The Family Office Africa
- Thiago Garcia: CEO & General Partner, 10X Partners
- Timothy Kotin: CEO & CoFounder, Superfluid Labs
- Tobi Lafinhan: Co-Founder, Venture for Africa
- Tomi Davies: Collaborator-in-Chief, TVC Labs
- Victoria Derban: Associate Lawyer , Egality Law
- Violet Amoabeng: Founder, Skin Gourmet Limited
- Will Senyo: CEO, Impact Hub Accra
- William Sekyi: President, Trekkco
- Yao Baku: President, Pennysmart
- Yaw Amoateng: Director/Business Head, NewEdge Infotech Gh Ltd.
- Yutaro Oka: Founder, CEO, Rocka Foods
- Yuto Saiki: Founder & CEO , Outlier, Inc.
- Yvonne Okyere-Whalley: Head of Legal, Aegis Africa
- Yvonne Acheampong: Director of Client Services , Now Available Africa
- Zachary Parsons: Consultant and Trainer, Z. W. Parsons
- And many more to be announced.
The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. If you are serious about launching a startup, the Founder Institute can give you the structured process, constant feedback and evaluation from expert mentors, and global network of entrepreneurs you need to start an enduring company. In addition, the Founder Institute is the only program of its kind that focuses on people versus ideas, accepts founders with day jobs, and shares equity with all participants.
