Silicon Valley Startup Launch Program is Looking for Entrepreneurs in Accra

The Founder Institute, the world's premier startup launch program, is currently exploring a new semester launch in Accra for 2016 to help local entrepreneurs build meaningful companies.

If you'd like the Founder Institute to help you launch your startup, then fill out an Interest Form or attend a FREE event to learn and learn from top startup experts. If enough people complete this form by the Launch Deadline (Aug 30, 2022), the Founder Institute will formally launch a 2017 program in your city.

To test the demand for a Ghana Fall 2022 program, the Founder Institute will host several FREE startup events in Accra:

Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession

See all upcoming events

Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Accra are local startup leaders Belinda G Quarterman Noah (Attorney At Law, Law Offices of Dr. Belinda G. Quarterman Noah) and Daniel Bloch (Cofounder/Chief Operating Officer, BenBen).

Other successful entrepreneurs who have pledged their support to mentor founders in a Accra Founder Institute program include:

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.

Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch some of the fastest-rising startups across 6 continents, including Udemy, Realty Mogul, iCarsClub, Itembase, goplaceit, Appota, and many more. The company's mission is to "Globalize Silicon Valley" and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.

The Founder Institute is the most challenging and effective step-by-step startup launch program for talented and motivated aspiring entrepreneurs. Our program gives you a structured process and constant feedback from expert mentors and a global network of entrepreneurs. 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.

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.