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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 programme has so far trained over …

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 …

In one of our entrepreneur’s stories, we feature one of our spring cohorts, Aggrey Anduuru, the proprietor and CEO of Essential People. We asked Aggrey a series of questions, whose answers we hope you, our Zidicircle community, will find enlightening, insightful, inspiring and motivating Q: What is the name of your venture? A: Essential People… trading as Essential Business Advisory Services Limited Q: What does Essential People do? A: We are a people business. We are into recruitment, selection, placement, …

How these Successful African Entrepreneurs Raised Capital for Their Businesses? “I don’t have the capital.” “Nobody wants to give me capital.” “The banks have turned me down five times.” These are some of the most common reasons people give for not starting or growing their businesses. Access to capital is arguably the biggest threat to entrepreneurs around the world. And every year, thousands of passionate people – especially in Africa – give up on their business ideas, projects, and dreams just …

Today, we feature one of Zidicircle’s entrepreneurs, Caitlin Seandel, the proprietor and CEO of Kuungana Technology. We asked Caitlin a series of questions, whose answers we hope you, our Zidicircle community, will find enlightening, insightful, inspiring and motivating. Q: What is the name of your business? Kuungana Technology. Q: What does your venture do? We help micro-businesses operating in the informal sector in East Africa grow while uniting a fragmented financial sector. We do this through our value-added and scalable …

Today, we feature one of Zidicircle’s Spring 2021 entrepreneurs, Caroline Kamya, the proprietor and CEO of I AM NATIV. I AM NATIV ( NATIV for short) is a platform and organization that focuses on unleashing the talent of African creatives with the use of SaaS via the global internet. They are connecting buyers from all over the world with top-end media crew and related professionals in Africa. NATIV is a freelance service platform curating a network and marketplace for professional …

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 …