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Find the C4E programme that matches where you are — from discovering an opportunity to scaling an established business.
Programme Manager · 10 working days
Four weeks of diagnostic, targeted expert work and curated investor introductions. Open to any African venture with real customers and traction.
Programme Manager · 10 working days
Tell us your thesis, sector, stage, geography and cheque size. We match you to ventures that genuinely fit and share their materials ahead of focused one-to-one conversations.
Manager, C4E · 5 working days
Manager, C4E · 5 working days
Mentor a venture for nine weeks, run a specialist clinic, deliver a Capability Lab masterclass as an entrepreneur-in-residence, or sit on a Demo Day panel.
Programme Manager · 10 working days
C4E is opening its Alumni Venture Verification Network to the wider entrepreneurial community for the first time. Help identify promising ventures and strengthen the evidence behind funding decisions.
Investment Committee · rolling
Already a Ventures Lab or ScaleUp Lab alumnus? If you have deployed your runway funds responsibly and need more, there is a route to follow-on capital without re-entering a programme.
Investment Committee · rolling
Programme Associate · before cohort start
