Are you a woman founder disrupting the Canadian tech space? 🚀

Apply to pitch your business to angel investors at DMZ’s Women Innovation Summit in March for a chance to win a $100,000 cash investment from The Firehood! 💸(1/2)

Eunice Ajim Finding it impossible to find investment in the space because international investors have no idea about the complexity of the problems in informal market and the nature of how these solutions being created actually apply to multiple counties within Africa

Investing in African entrepreneurs isn't charity.

It's the smartest, most evident way to capture an emerging market of 1.3 billion people on its way up.

The only question is whether you'll get there first or allow someone else to.

Rebecca Enonchong The day African leaders and government officials understand that they need to build better living conditions for their people, and enable more opportunities for them, Africans won't have the need to migrate at all.

When there's a massive exodus of talent and people seeming…

Time for a fireside chat with our very own Tina Mbachu | 🇨🇲🇨🇦 and Marc Lafleur, Co-Founder and former CEO of truLOCAL 🎙

Being motivated throughout your entrepreneurial journey is key. And how do you stay motivated? It’s essentially finding your purpose. - Marc Lafleur

The moment is here! WINNERS of #BlackInnovationSummit2023 are:

In third place: Scooli
In second place: Gia Health
And in first place with 20K in funding: Blue Guardian

Congrats to all the winners and to all the companies who participated 👏

Tina Mbachu | 🇨🇲🇨🇦 & Michael Onobote speak about our Black Innovation Programs (BIP) ➡️ empowering the next wave of Black-owned tech startups

Why BIP? We conceptualized this program to break the perpetual cycle of inequity.

Learn more here: dmz.to/bip

Despite challenges, African startups raised over $1.3bn, including exits in Q1 '23. The latest report from Africa: The Big Deal shows a -29% YoY decrease compared to Q1 '22 & a total of just over 150 deals worth $100k+. But overall, the ecosystem continues to offer opportunities for growth

On Feb 25, our very own Senior Programs Lead, Tina Mbachu | 🇨🇲🇨🇦, will be sitting in on the Incubators and Accelerators panel hosted by Black Founders Network as they explore the programs available to support aspiring Black Founders in Canada!

Learn more and RSVP below⬇️
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When we started AltSchool Africa our goal was to democratize access to in-demand skills. But people like Adaobi Chuma-Okeke took it to another level. So, when I heard about her, I knew we had to tell her story.

Her strength and courage are something to admire.

Our very own Program Lead, Tina Mbachu | 🇨🇲🇨🇦, starts things off with some details about her time at the DMZ and leading our Black Innovation Program 👏.

At the DMZ, elevating #BIPOC entrepreneurs is at the forefront of our mission, so it is an honour to be the main feature in Issue 19 of Disruption Magazine as we celebrate the BIPOC leaders within our #community .

Follow through this thread for more ⬇️
🔗: disruptionmagazine.ca/issue-19

Calmness is a superpower. The ability to not overreact or take things personally keeps your mind clear and your heart at peace.

Why Africa has the most lucrative opportunity for fintech, DeFi, and Web3 - Rest of World in conversation with Barbara Iyayi of @unicorngrowth_c restofworld.org/2022/why-afric… via Rest of World

Today, we’re announcing that Airbnb employees can live and work anywhere.

Our design for working at Airbnb has 5 key features:

PSA: the opportunity cost of not believing in yourself can be catastrophically high.

Let's throw it back and then talk about the future of Black Entrepreneurship. Are we making progress? Learn from ‘Tunde Omotoye, Taylor Wilson, Pako Tshiamala, and Konata Lake on how to manage that space.

#DMZBISummit

'The tech sector continued to flourish during the pandemic because Toronto's existing talent pool is so strong. There are so many contributions Black founders have made to our city and we need to acknowledge that.' - John Tory #DMZBISummit

'Powered by technology and logistics we aim to eliminate avoidable food waste in retailers daily operations by delivering food with a shelf-life of < 48 hours to food insecure communities across Canada.' - Tony Colley, Be One to Give #DMZBISummit

'There has never been anything specifically created for Black beauty and haircare. That is, until now.' - Ruth Afrakoma Kusi-Asare, Beautynbrushes

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