Afrilabs admits 28 new members and expands to the Comoros

Afrilabs is delighted to announce an increase of 28 hub members into the Afrilabs community, with an entrance to 7 new cities and a new country; Comoros. This brings total number to 268 hubs, in 49 countries and 291 cities in Africa. 

AfriLabs is a network organization of innovation centres across African countries. The network hubs to raise successful entrepreneurs that will create jobs and develop innovative solutions to African problems.

This continuous expansion of the network is to enable more collaborations towards the actualization of the vision of a thriving innovation economy in Africa, driven by the power of our community.

The new members are

Northern Africa:

1. Ahmed Elmurtada of 249Startups, Khartoum, Sudan.
2. Devon Scoulelis of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law Innovation Hubs, Tunis, Tunisia.

Southern Africa:

1. Amy Benn of Innovation Co-Lab Durban, Durban, South Africa.
2. Adam Oxford of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law Innovation Hubs, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Western Africa:

1. Temi Kolawole of Ilorin Innovation Hub, Ilorin, Nigeria.
2. Yemisi Ajeojo of Cirkle Labs, Ilorin, Nigeria.
3. Damilola Obidairo of 8thGear Hub, Lagos, Nigeria.
4. Odunoluwa Longe of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law Innovation Hubs, Lagos, Nigeria.
5. Sola Matthew Akinluyi of GoGlobal Hub, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
6. Oluwamayowa Oshidero of Equilibrium Zone, Ibadan, Nigeria.
7. Victor Afolabi  of Fobespace Hub, Ibadan, Nigeria.
8. Ikenna Ogbudimkpa of Vision Incubation Hub, Aba, Nigeria.
9. Olalekan Oshunkoya of ImpactCove, Abuja, Nigeria.
10. Erasmus Mensah-Ackon of Duapa Werkspace, Takoradi, Ghana.
11. Sumaila Chakurah of Noni Hub, Wa-Sombo, Ghana.
12. Beran Dondeh of The Hub, Banjul, Gambia.
13. Abdoul Karim Diallo of Dare to Innovate, Conakry, Guinea.
14. Wilfred Maina Njoroge of Unimak Workflow Innovation Hub (University of Makeni), Makeni, Sierra Leone.

Eastern Africa:

1. Mohamed Okash of Institute of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (SIMAD University), Mogadishu, Somalia.
2. Deogratious Afimani of Muni University Business Incubation Centre (Muni University), Arua, Uganda.
3. Esther Nansubuga of WITU Hub, Kampala, Uganda.
4. Joram Mwinamo of SNDBX International, Nairobi, Kenya.
5. George Wayne of Nakuru Box Innovation Center, Nakuru, Kenya.
6. Eric Mwangi Kariuki of The Hague Institute for Innovation of Law Innovation Hubs, Nairobi, Kenya.
7. Mohamed Guireh Galab of Startup Factory Djibouti, Djibouti City, Djibouti.
8. Antoine NIRAGIRA of DICOS Incubator LLP, Ngozi, Burundi.
9. Mlanao Amine Bourhane of Com’Work, Moroni, Comoros.

Central Africa:

1. Elodie Nonga of WETECH Hub, Douala, Limbe, and Bafoussam, Cameroon.
2. Gilles LEWAT MBIAGNA of Youth Business Cameroon (YBC), Douala, Cameroon.
3. Batake Emmanuel of Kum’lab, Yaounde, Cameroon.
4. Fabrice Ntchango of Akewa Accelerateur, Libreville, Gabon.