Our Partners

SAIS works with several partners.

In addition, we work closely with several operational partners like the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and AfricArena, as well as the African Business Angel Network (ABAN), 60 Decibels, Bergische Universtität Wuppertal, CEFE Consulting, Flat6Labs, Garage48, IncludedVC, MaibornWolff, Melanin Kapital, Startup Wise Guys, Unconventional Capital, and Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A).

Recently, we launched new partnerships with a couple of African venture studios, to build new green economy start-ups from scratch. Here our partners include Delta40 (Kenya), Fast Forward (Nigeria), MStudio (Ivory Coast), Pyramidia Ventures (Kenya).

Testimonials

What our participants are saying

Riches Attai

The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme has been one of the best programs for early stage startups out there as every week of the program was purely action-driven ensuring that our solutions were rightly positioned for scale and aligned with global best practices.
We were assigned the best of mentor who supported us across every facet of the business, until ultimately reaching our fundraising goal.

Dee Punungwe

The SAIS programme was instrumental in shaping our scaling and financing strategy. The programme enabled us to design the right financial model to keep GGEM equally focused on impact and enterprise. We’ve also benefited significantly from SAIS network, mentors and leadership community.

Rahim Shoo

Being part of the SAIS acceleration programme has been an invaluable experience for us at Bizy Tech. To sum up our journey, I’d like to highlight that we went from initially feeling skeptical about fundraising to successfully raising over $250K in pre-seed funding to expand the KILIMO BaNDO offering within just one year of being in the programme. This remarkable achievement is a testament to the immense value and support provided by the SAIS team throughout our journey. I would highly recommend other AgTech start-ups to join the SAIS programme, as it offers need-based start-up support, and exceptional networking opportunities for growth, peer-to-peer learning, and connections within the AgTech industry.

Karim Kharrat

This programme is tailor-made and responded exactly to our needs. A substantive effort has been put in understanding who we are, what do we want to achieve and what do we need at the particular stage of our development. The contribution of the advisors and the devoted SAIS team was just amazing!