The 100+ Accelerator gives startups $100k and access to the biggest FMCG brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, ABinBev and Colgate-PalmOlive. Today I talk to 100+ and Chanzi, one of their investments.
Andrew Wallace, co-founder and CEO of Chanzi (https://streaklinks.com/BC_86DfWFsoyqk9mcwS7zGCt/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chanzi.co%2F?email=kyle%40thegrant.co), traveled to Tanzania in early 2020 for a week. But due to Covid, the borders closed and he was stuck. He decided to make the most out of it and started a company in Tanzania that converts waste into high-quality animal protein. He joined the 100+ Accelerator when he turned a casual business connection into something more serious.
Carolina García Arbeláez is the Innovation Director at ABinBev. She runs the 100+ Accelerator which gives $100,000 non-equity investment to tens of startups each year PLUS access to the biggest FMCG brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, ABinBev and Colgate-PalmOlive. Apply here: https://www.100accelerator.com/ (https://www.100accelerator.com/)
LinkedIn:
Andrew Wallace (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-wallace-527750174/)
Carolina García Arbeláez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-garc%C3%ADa-arbel%C3%A1ez-0009b580/)
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12 Apr 2022
Wow! 260 startup investments by Somo Africa 👀
Amelia Hopkins Phillips is the Founder & CEO of Somo Africa. Somo Africa is an early stage entrepreneur accelerator based in Kenya helping entrepreneurs get training, get funding and sell their products. Really the whole thing and what I wish I had when I was starting as an entrepreneur. Invested in over 200 entrepreneurs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-hopkins-phillips-4871988b/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-hopkins-phillips-4871988b/)
Rosaly Akinyi founder and CEO of Swahili Wear. Swahili Wear makes sandals from recycled tires. Yes recycled tires and from the images I’ve seen the sandals look very stylish. Somo africa made an investment in Swahili wear and we are going to hear more about that today. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosaly-akinyi-ariwi-b94a5b171/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosaly-akinyi-ariwi-b94a5b171/)
Swahili Wear: https://invest.somoafrica.org/public/96/Swahili%20Wear (https://invest.somoafrica.org/public/96/Swahili%20Wear)
Somo Africa https://www.somoafrica.org/reports/2021-Somo-Annual-Report/ (https://www.somoafrica.org/reports/2021-Somo-Annual-Report/)
Apply on Whatsapp by clicking here https://wa.me/19295520992?text=Somo (https://wa.me/19295520992?text=Somo) and text the word “Somo”.
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6 Apr 2022
Crypto for Good Fund: crossing the crypto hype gap
Kenneth Kou is the Crypto Lead at Mercy Corps Ventures. They have recently launched the Crypto For Good Fund to deploy $1M to 10 startups building crypto solutions for financial inclusion in emerging markets. Learn more about the Crypto For Good Fund here: https://bit.ly/C4G_Fund_MCV (https://bit.ly/C4G_Fund_MCV)
Ken has worked across the developing world in Lagos, Laos, Rwanda, Indonesia and at organizations like Dalberg, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Julo, a fintech lender for underbanked individuals, among others. He has an MBA from INSEAD and before that a Bachelor's in Math, so quite a well rounded individual
Mercy Corps Ventures: https://medium.com/mercy-corps-social-venture-fund/fintech/home (https://medium.com/mercy-corps-social-venture-fund/fintech/home)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkou/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkou/)
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