ZidiCircle

Diaspora-Led
Development

ZIDI is a global hub for diaspora entrepreneurship and angel investments in host and home countries.

Our three pillars

Learn

Zidi School drives diaspora entrepreneurship with Angel Investor Fellowships and Bootcamps, empowering individuals for business opportunities.

Connect

We nurture a vibrant community of entrepreneurs and investors through Zidi Circles—community-led spaces for diaspora investors to discuss trends and challenges.

Invest

We fulfill our commitment by using the Zidi Coop, a technology-driven investment channel connecting SMEs with diaspora investors.

Zidicircle Entrepreneurship Programmes

This program leads entrepreneurs through a results-oriented Virtual Bootcamp to build innovative and sustainable business models.

Angel-investor-programmes

This programme is aimed at training aspiring venture backers (angel investors) on how to invest in startups and SMEs in Europe and Africa.

25 Mar 2025
March 12, 2025 6:00 pm - April 16, 2025 8:00 pm
Diaspora Angel Investor Fellowship Spring 2025

Countries Involved

Angel investors Trained

Business Impacted

Partners

140 +

OUR ENGAGEMENT & SUCCESS

In fostering engagement and ensuring success, our diaspora programs extend across Europe, centrally managed from our headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, along with our regional offices in Brussels, Belgium, and Hamburg, Germany. Meanwhile, delve into Circles within your vicinity.

Our collaborative efforts extend to partnering with SME supporters in ecosystems throughout Africa. The orchestration of these endeavors unfolds seamlessly from our regional offices situated in Morocco, Ghana, and Kenya.

Green Venture Backers Programme

Zidicircle partnered with The Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) in Ghana to run the Green Venture Backers Programme whose aims was to equip investors in Ghana and the diaspora seeking to invest in Ghana’s green economy with the knowledge and skills to start investing in green SMEs in the Ashanti and Western regions.

– 40 diaspora angel investors were trained
– 52 Ghanaian SME’s pitched to the trained investors
– 40 green businesses are going through due diligence
– 1 business has been fund

Diaspora-Kenya GrEEN SME’s Match Making Forum

The programme aimed to create a platform for Kenyan green startups and the diaspora to connect and collaborate. By leveraging the expertise and networks within the diaspora community, the initiative focused on supporting sustainable growth, fostering innovation, providing mentorship, and expanding market opportunities for green enterprises in Kenya.

-24 SME’s in Kenya were matched to a pool of over 60 diaspora entrepreneurs/professionals
-As a result, 10 major partnerships with entry to markets, co-founders and advisors were formed

O-REMIT Angel Investing Training

The O-REMIT project aims to equip members of the Moroccan, Senegalese, and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) diaspora communities residing in Belgium with the skills and knowledge to become angel investors in their home countries.

– 30 SMEs matched and funded

– 60 diaspora angel investors trained

Entrepreneurship by Diaspora for Development ( ED4D )

The ED4D project aimed at encouraging the Ghanaian and Ethiopian diasporas residing in the Netherlands, or Dutch entrepreneurs in partnership with the diaspora, to engage themselves as entrepreneurs for the development of the private sector in Ghana and Ethiopia.

We Incubated about 40 entrepreneurs who benefited from business training followed by a pitch competition and a 4 months on mentorship from PUM experts . Also, guidance was provided for potential funding mechanisms.

Diaspora-Ghana’s GrEEN SME’s Match Making Forum

The aim of this programme was to provide a platform for the Diaspora and green startups incubated under SNV’s GrEEn project to network with each other and explore areas of working together as business partners, team members, mentors, global markets entry focal points or investors

– Over 70 green entrepreneurs from Ghana attended the program
– Entrepreneurs got a chance to network and collaborate with the diaspora.
– SMEs met a pool of 95 diaspora entrepreneurs/professional
– Virtual programme facilitated connections and partnerships.

Diaspora Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Germany

Zidicircle, in partnership with Deutsch Connect and AG Career Hub, launches a diaspora entrepreneurship bootcamp and incubation programme in Germany, offering migrants and under-represented founders training, mentorship, funding, and global networking opportunities to support business development both locally and internationally.

Diaspora-driven green partnerships

Zidicircle developed a case study on the green venture backers partbnership with the SNV in ghana

Our Partners

Our Testimonials

"I recommend it"

The bootcamp has a focus on Africa and my project focuses on African talent, the mentors have a strong track record and background so I can access advice, opportunities for funding is also attractive to me as a startup. The mentorship really intrigued me

Caroline Kamya

Very Powerful

If you are feeling stuck or having questions about what your technology should look like/do this is a great program for you! It will help bring clarity to your companies vision and mission as well as what is needed from your service to make that happen!

Caitlin Seandel

Enrol and let them lead your journey.

You actually need this programme more that it needs you. To succeed as an entrepreneur, you need a bulk of knowledge and teams to work together build your venture. You will find them at Zidicircle.

Gideon Bore

"Never walk alone"

I liked the process of unboxing my business idea and assessing if it is viable or not…the BMC is a perfect microscope for any business.

Aggrey Anduuru

Influencer

"Practical business aspects."

I got business clarity especially in the area of value preposition. Toon was great in helping us forge deeper relations with clients during the customer journey. Fridah is Astute in product pricing and cashflow projections. Was helpful in drawing us to the reality of our business models and challenged our assumptions.

David Kimani

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