Creates 13,000 techprenuers, to spend $11m in Rwanda
other African country, for the first time in its eight year history. CCHUB is now looking to partner with both public and private industry bodies from across the continent.
Since launching in 2011, CCHUB has built a community of over 13,000 technologists, entrepreneurs and thought-leaders, and has incubated and provided support to a portfolio of over 110 early stage ventures providing solutions to social problems with technology. With the expansion, CCHUB plans to invest approximately $11 million in Rwanda.
Commenting on the launch, the Minister of ICT and Innovation, Rwanda, Paula Ingabire, said: “CCHUB’S expansion into Kigali, marked with the launch of the Design Lab today, is an exciting landmark for Rwanda’s burgeoning tech community. Rwanda is keen on collaborating with worldclass partners to establish ourselves as a leading destination that nurtures innovation-driven enterprises. We see technology as an integral gateway and means of developing society – an ethos and mission shared by CCHUB. As we strive to become a knowledge-based economy, we will continue to build long-lasting, strategic partnerships that celebrate excellence, forge ahead with progress and that are, essentially, a force for good that will impact thousands of people across the continent.”
With an unrivalled track record of supporting techenabled companies connected with civic society, CCHUB boasts a pre-incubation portfolio of over 60 companies, including digital blood bank, Lifebank, Budgit, and others.
The Design Lab, which further reinforces CCHUB’S commitment to solving Africa’s biggest develop-