CcHUB 2022 Createch Accelerator 1.0 for African Startups

The Creative Economy Practice at CcHUB has launched a call for applications for Createch Accelerator 1.0. The Accelerator programme is for founders and teams running businesses at the intersection of technology and creativity. 

Createch Accelerator 1.0 focuses on companies using innovation or applying technology to enhance Value Chains, solve market failures or enhance value capture across African Creative Economies. 

The programme’s objective is to enable startups working at the intersection of technology and creativity to access knowledge, networks and support that quickens their path to profitability, scale and access needed institutional financing. 

Eligible companies will be companies using innovation or technology to solve the following thematic areas in any creative sector across Africa primarily (even if in use elsewhere).

1. Access to market and audiences   
2. Access to supply chains 
3. Access to market intelligence and data/insight 
4. Ecosystem and Community Development 
5. Payments and Monetisation 

• Table of Content
• About Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB)
• Createch Accelerator 1.0
• Aim and Benefits of Createch Accelerator 1.0
• Requirements for Createch Accelerator 1.0 Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB)

CcHUB is Nigeria’s first open living lab and pre-incubation space designed to be a multi-functional, multi-purpose space where work to catalyze creative social tech ventures take place. The HUB is a place for technologists, social entrepreneurs, government, tech companies, impact investors and hackers in and around Lagos to co-create new solutions to the many social problems in Nigeria.

Createch Accelerator 1.0

Application Deadline	04 Mar 2022
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB)
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Createch Accelerator 1.0

• Access to a network of creatives as well as the ATCG network of Tech and Creative Industry ecosystem leaders across Africa.
• Access to talent, distribution and funding advisory.
• Opportunity to pitch to CcHUB Syndicate for up to $250K in equity funding*
• Access to product advisory and technology support.
• Access to partner credits from Google, Amazon web services, Hubspot and more.

Requirements for Createch Accelerator 1.0 Qualification

• Already launched solution in the market with customers and revenue. 
• A dedicated management team.  
• An innovative solution that fits any of the identified thematic areas as above (in the Creative Economy) and is leveraging technology.
• A startup that is headquartered/operating on the continent.

Application Deadline

March 4, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) on docs.google.com to apply

For more details, visit CcHUB website.