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It is getting hard and harder to get into Fledge and harder and harder to pick the final invitees. Visitors to fledge.co by country For Fledge14, there were 454 applications from 85 countries. We invite just 7 companies in a session, and thus 98.5% of the applicants are not getting what they want from us. We wish we could help more, but we invest money as well as time and energy into each of our...
Malawi may be the second poorest country in the world, but the people are happy, the country is safe, traffic is reasonable, and opportunities abound. Below are three videos from a week on the ground visiting Ziweto, Ecobuild, and some other local entrepreneurs. Ziweto Agrovet shop in Lilongwe (30 seconds) Ecobuild’s prototype brickyard A day visiting a mushroom farm, a diversified...
Why are there so many fledglings from Africa? Two main reasons: There are fewer quality business accelerators in Africa than in other regions of the world, and thus we receive more good applicants from Africa The opportunities in Africa are enormous. It’s the last place on Earth with 1 billion people growing from poverty to middle class. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
What happens in a 4-day accelerator? More than you can imagine… The days are full of workshops, lectures, expert, conversations, with advice not only from the various speakers but also from fellow members of the cohort, as there are a dozen entrepreneurs in the room. Above is a quick preview of what that all looks like. And coming up soon, videos of the final stories from Demo Day. Share...