Foundation

AfriLabs was founded with 5 Hubs. NaiLab Kenya, iHub Kenya, Hive Colab Uganda,Banta Labs Senegal, Activ Spaces Cameroun .

1st Executive Director of AfriLabs

AfriLabs hired its first Executive Director.

Partnership with Hivos and Indigo Trust

AfriLabs Partnered with Hivos & Indigo Trust.

Registration

AfriLabs was formally registered as a foundation.

World Bank InfoDev Virtual Incubation project

AfriLabs got involved with the World Bank InfoDev Virtual Incubation project.

Partnership Microsoft for Africa & Rockefeller Foundation

AfriLabs partnered with Microsoft 4Afrika and The Rockefeller foundation.

1st Berlin Meet-up

AfriLabs had its first global meet-up in Berlin supported by Global Innovation Gathering.

AfriLabs launches Digital Jobs Challenge

AfriLabs collaborated with The Rockefeller Foundation to launch a Digital jobs challenge.

2nd Global Meet-up in Berlin

AfriLabs held its 2nd global meetup in Berlin.

AfriLabs & AfriHive

AfriLabs hosted the Hub sustainability series with AfriHive.

AfriLabs initiated the Hub sustainability challenge: Hub in a Box.

AfriLabs initiated the Hub sustainability challenge: Hub in a Box.

Launches new Partnership with OSIWA

AfriLabs website was created and branding was carried out.

1st Egypt Meet-up

AfriLabs held its first African meetup in Egypt.

AfriLabs 1st Secretariat in Abuja

AfriLabs set up its first secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria headed by Anna Ekeledo.

Launched corporate affiliate program with Facebook & Africa.com

Launched corporate affiliate program with Facebook & Africa.com

Partnership with MAVC

MAVC partnership (AfriLabs Annual Gathering, Organizational support, Learning platform, City meet-ups in Dakar, Johannesburg, Cairo, Lagos, and Nairobi).

City meet ups in Nairobi, Lagos, Cairo, Johannesburg and Senegal.

AfriLabs launched a series of regional city meet-ups in Nairobi, Lagos, Cairo, Johannesburg, and Senegal.

1st AfriLabs Annual Gathering in Accra, Ghana.

AfriLabs had its first African Annual Gathering, which took place in Accra, Ghana.

AfriLabs Board Elections

AfriLabs Hubs Learning week

AfriLabs held its first Hubs Learning Week in August, sponsored by MAVC.

AfriLabs Annual Gathering

The 2017 Annual Gathering took place in Cairo, Egypt hosted by The District and co-organized by Hivos and AfriLabs.

AfriLabs & World Bank Open Innovation Training for Incubators

AfriLabs partnered with the World Bank to organize an open innovation webinar for incubators in April 2018.

AfriLabs & Amazon Web Services Love Startups Webinars

AfriLabs partnered with Amazon Web Services to host 2 webinars for startups in April 2018.

AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2018

AfriLabs held the 3rd edition of its Annual Gathering in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from the 11th-13th of October 2018. Hosted by Sahara Accelerator.

AfriLabs launches the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP)

AfriLabs launches the AfriLabs Capacity Building Programme (ACBP), a 2 million euros capacity building programme funded by the AFD through its Digital Africa fund.

AfriLabs joins The Global EdTech Hub with The University of Cambridge

AfriLabs joins The Global EdTech Hub with The University of Cambridge, The Overseas Development Institute, Results for Development, Brink, Jigsaw, Open Development and Education, INJINI, e-Learning Africa, and BRAC.

AfriLabs launches The Catalyst with ABAN

AfriLabs launches The Catalyst with ABAN, a programme to support the African startup ecosystem while addressing the various gaps associated with funding for startups.

AfriLabs launches the Hub Academy in partnership with Liquid Telecoms

AfriLabs launches the Hub Academy in partnership with Liquid Telecoms. This initiative aims to provide a learning platform to AfriLabs member hubs, so that, they may offer training and upskilling support to their communities.

AfriLabs partners with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

AfriLabs partners with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to launch the Open Database, an Open Data platform for the African entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem.