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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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mostly grants, sometimes debt or equity if it fits
Mulago Foundation’s High-Impact Fund backs founders building scalable solutions to poverty across Africa. It supports both for-profit and nonprofit organizations working in areas including healthcare, education, livelihoods, nutrition, and the environment. Each year, Mulago recruits about 20 new fellows and provides funding typically ranging from $250,000 to $2M, mostly as grants and sometimes as debt or equity. Fellows also receive teaching on impact design and scale strategy, with continued backing tied to progress toward scale.
Fellowship selection
Each year, Mulago recruits approximately 20 new fellows.
Teaching and support
Mulago teaches founders what it takes to go big, including design for impact and strategy for scale.
Funding
Mulago funds fellows with promising model, strategy, and organization through mostly grants, and sometimes debt or equity if it fits.
Long-term backing
Mulago stays invested as long as there is compelling progress toward scale.
Poverty alleviation
Mulago looks for scalable solutions to poverty.
Healthcare
Healthcare is listed as one of the areas Mulago supports.
Education
Education is listed as one of the areas Mulago supports.
Livelihoods
Livelihoods is listed as one of the areas Mulago supports.
Nutrition
Nutrition is listed as one of the areas Mulago supports.
Healthy environment
A healthy environment is listed as one of the areas Mulago supports.
Proven social enterprises with sustainable models
I could not confirm post-selection support from non-official sources in this run.
Very limited discoverable third-party applicant experience material surfaced in this run, which makes it harder to validate the application experience independently.; Because the search results returned no usable third-party sources, claims about accessibility, responsiveness, or founder experience could not be independently verified.
I could not verify applicant or alumni testimonials from third-party sources with the available search results. Based on external descriptions of Mulago’s model, applicants should be prepared to articulate a very clear path to large-scale impact, not just organizational growth. If you want, I can do a second pass focused on named portfolio founders and interview transcripts.
2015
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