A Practical Guide In Applying to Y Combinator
Meet the Finalists!
Welcome to another Leadspace Newsletter!
If you're a founder or employee at a startup you may have heard of Y Combinator!
It's one of the most sought-after Silicon Valley accelerators that's harder to get into than Harvard and a complete game-changer for startups. Depending on your source, the Y Combinator acceptance rate is between 1.5% to 3%.
HubOne will host Olusegun Owoade YC batch 21 alumni and founder/CEO Mecho Autotech as he shares first-hand tips and steps on getting into Y Combinator.
Theme: A Practical Guide in Applying to Y Combinator
Date: 26th November 2021
Time:4pm (WAT)
Partner Content
MEET THE FINALIST: LAUNCH VC PITCH COMPETITION
After a preliminary round of flash pitches by 20 promising #Launch startups, Launch.VC has just announced their finalists for Launch.VC pitch competition. Watch these 6 companies showcase their innovations & compete for cash prizes worth $20,000!
Date: November 17th 2021
Time: 3 pm (PT)
WOMEN IN TECH NIGERIA LAGOS CHAPTER LAUNCH!
Women in Tech® Global an international organization represented in over 100 countries with a mission to close the gender gap and help women embrace technology.
The WIT Nigeria Makeathon inaugural program aims to empower 1000 girls and women spread across rural and urban Nigeria over a period of three months by upskilling them with varying degrees of digital, deep tech, and soft skills such as Product Design, Product Management, Software development, Data Science and Digital Marketing within the technology ecosystem.Â
Theme: Â Digitalizing Gender Equality for Brighter Economies.
Date: November 24, 2021
Time:  10:00AM​
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African Development Bank Entrepreneurship and Innovation Initiative
AfDB group’s Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi-Donor Trust Fund and FRAGG Investment Management Ltd invite youth-led start-ups and MSMEs in Nigeria to apply for the entrepreneurship and innovation initiative that will provide startup and MSMEs training, mentorship, and links to financing
PITCH YOUR PRODUCT AND GET FUNDED
COLLABORATE LAGOS - AOT LAGOS
Do you have a startup that can solve traffic management, education, health, environmental, and transportation problems?
Pitch your product to a select group of world-class VCs to get up to $100k in equity investment and a chance to collaborate with Lagos State to scale your product.
Google for Startups Accelerator 2022
Applications for Google’s three-month virtual accelerator programme are now open to startups located in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
The Design, Product and Developer School Programme
The Design, Product and Developer School Programme is open for applications from young Nigerians seeking to learn graphics design, product design and management, and software development
The Baobab Network | Technology Accelerator
The Baobab Network has launched its world-class accelerator designed to give founders the funding and platform they need to take their companies global. Early-stage ventures across Africa, founded by Africa’s boldest innovators and the business leaders of the future can apply
Wise Guys SaaS – Africa acceleration program
The program is carried out by Europe’s leading B2B accelerator and is mainly focusing on East- and West-African early-stage digital B2B SaaS startups with initial traction, solid team, and a focus on one of these areas: FinTech, AgriTech, EdTech, CleanTech, HealthTech, or RetailTech.
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