Harambeans Scaling at the Speed of Trust

– Professor Sikochi, Epstein H’21 , Mbaabu H’20, Aboyeji H’10 The annual gathering of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance – Harambeans Global Summit – was held February 24-26, 2022 in the wine valley of Franschhoek. As customary, Alliance members reaffirmed our pledge to “work together as one” to build Africa’s future. The Summit served as an […]

Our Progress: 14 Classes of Harambeans

As determined visionaries, Harambeans are excelling in their various fields, scaling ventures that are not only building Africa’s future, but the world’s.

Harambean Unicorns Shaping the African Ecosystem

Africa’s Rising Tech Ecosystem: A New Era for Investment For several decades, Africa attracted scant interest from investors, particularly when it came to young African entrepreneurs. However, these very entrepreneurs are now breaking the glass ceiling by starting and scaling businesses that address some of the continent’s most significant challenges. Much like the impact seen […]

Harambeans Prosperity Fund Co-invests in MarketForce360 alongside Two Harambean-led Funds

Harambeans Prosperity Fund Fuels MarketForce360’s Growth The Harambeans Prosperity Fund, a donor-advised investment vehicle established through the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance’s network of influential families and corporations, has co-invested $100,000 in MarketForce360—a leading Harambean-founded venture that participated in Y Combinator. This funding was made in collaboration with Harambean-led funds, Launch Africa Ventures and Future Africa, as […]

Heuristics of the Harambeans Admissions Process

The Path to Becoming a Harambean: Application, Values, and Impact Harambeans are African innovators who have pledged to work together as one “to unlock the potential of Africa”. Over the last decade, Harambeans have spawned a series of tech-enabled unicorns such as Flutterwave, and Go1, which have collectively raised over $700m from Google Ventures, CRE […]