ASIP Accelerator Announces new Advisory Board, As Two Iconic Women Appointed to Help Scale Africa’s Best Startup Companies ASIP Accelerator Announces new Advisory Board, As Two Iconic Women Appointed to Help Scale Africa’s Best Startup Companies
(Left to right respectively: Eleanor Azar, ASIP Industry Advisory Board Director and Dale Mathias, ASIP Advisor to the Board)
Telecel Group’s Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) Accelerator powered by Startupbootcamp AfriTech today announced the creation of an industry advisory board to attract highly-regarded executives with a passion for supporting African startups. The founding members of the board are two accomplished female leaders who bring 55 years of combined experience – Eleanor Azar and Dale Mathias have been appointed as Director and Advisor to the Board respectively.
By Digital News Asia May 6, 2021
Eight-month programme provides training, mentorship, fund to extend community impact
Community will receive US$50K funding, some eligible to part of US$1mil additional funds
FACEBOOK has announced their 2021 Community Accelerator Program in Malaysia, an initiative focused on “helping leaders harness the power of their community to turn ideas into action.”
In a statement, the company said the eight-month program will provide participants training, mentorship and funds to invest in an initiative that extends their (Facebook) community’s positive impact.
Through the program, each community will receive up to US$50,000 to help fund work that advances the community’s goals. A subset of communities will be eligible to receive part of US$1 million in additional funding.
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This woman entrepreneur’s startup aims to provide FMCG brands with effective digital sampling solutions
FreeStand, founded by Sneh Sharma, Konark Sharma, and Kavach Chandra, is a B2B SaaS platform that enables FMCG brands to digitise and automate all their product sampling operations.
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Sneh Soni has always seen her father build several businesses during his career.
Perhaps the entrepreneurial spirit rubbed off on her too. After completing her Bachelor’s in Statistics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi, she teamed up with
Konark Sharma and Kavach Chandra to start
FreeStand Sampling Solutions, a B2B SaaS platform that enables FMCG brands to digitise and automate all their product sampling operations.