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We are very excited to launch our first Diaspora-Ghana GREEN SME Matchmaking forum, an initiative of Zidicircle and SNV Ghana. SNV, under the GREEN Incubation and Acceleration Programmes, is supporting businesses and start-ups who are at early stages of development (pre-revenue) to make better use of natural resources, be energy efficient, properly manage waste and pollution, among others, and operate profitable business ventures in the Ashanti and Western regions. Zidicircle is an an Amsterdam based Diaspora startups incubator based in Amsterdam that’s …

Ghanaian startup, Uvuko Company Limited has raised funding from Zidicircle’s Diaspora Angel Investors through their investment vehicle: Zidicircle Coop- to scale its plastic waste management and recycling within Tarkwa in the Western Region of Ghana. Founded in 2017 by Kofi and Aba Ackon, Uvuko Company Limited aims to promote sustainable cities by reducing the effect of plastic waste pollution on the environment. Entrepreneurship Training and Pitching Uvuko Company Limited was incubated under the Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in …

We are thrilled to announce that Zidicircle– an Amsterdam based diaspora incubator has partnered with Deutsch Connect and AG Career Hub -both German-based, to launch the diaspora entrepreneurship Bootcamp and incubation programme in Germany. Started in Amsterdam about 5 years ago, Zidicircle launched the diaspora entrepreneurship Bootcamp, a semi-annual diaspora training and incubation programme aimed at supporting migrants, diaspora and under-represented founders with resources to enable them to launch businesses in the Netherlands or in their Country of Origin. The …

Zidicircle and SNV (Netherlands Development Organization) have launched a match-making programme between the Diaspora/international entrepreneurs and Ghana’s green startups & SMEs. The program aims at bringing the opportunities of Ghana’s green sector economy to the diaspora and international partners. Since 2019, SNV in Ghana has been implementing the Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) project, a four-year action from the European Union, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF). …

Zidicircle and TheBHub today launched an international incubation programme in Kenya. The International Entrepreneurship Bootcamp(IEB) programme emanates from Zidi’s semi-annual diaspora entrepreneurship Bootcamp(DEB) , an incubation programme that has been supporting diaspora and diverse founders into launching businesses in the Netherlands internationally or in their African country of origin. “By bringing this programme to Kenya, we want the Kenyan startups, scaleups and SME’s to open up their horizons and access a global incubation programme with top notch facilitators and the …

Covid-19 is here with us. Who would have thought a single virus could ever affect every aspect of our lives? We are all asking these question, most of us may have found some solace and reorganized our lives to befit these times. What about entrepreneurs? Then they have to carry double the burden, one on their personal lives and the other of keeping their businesses running such as; keeping their employees, keeping their customers, paying their suppliers, paying their taxes, …

Fill it here–https://forms.gle/4QeayPL5Qeov83B48 We are conducting this survey to further our understanding on the needs of diaspora entrepreneurs in Europe and support them better. We define diaspora as emigrants living abroad with a great connection to their countries of origin. We are targeting African diaspora entrepreneurs based in Europe, who are running their businesses in Europe and/or in Africa or have an international expansion plan to their country of Origin This survey is purely intended for market survey purposes only …

What does your business in Ghana look like? We are creating access to friendly health care services. Our health center is creating affordable and friendly services, where clients enjoy care without frustrations such as slow care and unfriendliness. What are the assessed needs for your business? We need to train our own staff, and setup our new building with all the equipment. We have a strong partner in the Netherlands stichting Awinbono (you can read more about our partner: www.awinbono.nl) …

What does your dream business in Ghana look like? Working with both local and external partners to deliver quality and affordable Solar power systems for both residential and commercial use, with an ideal rate of 50 installations of varying sizes each year. What are the assessed needs for your business A strategic financial partner is needed to make the product affordable for the customers. With good funding secured, a very reliable post-implementation support to deliver a high customer experience for …