The Qualcomm® Made in Africa Startup Mentorship Program is an equity-free mentorship program that aims to identify promising early-stage startups that are enthusiastic about integrating cutting-edge connectivity and processing technologies into creative end-to-end systems solutions, including hardware. These companies will receive business coaching, access to engineering consultation for product development, and advice on intellectual property protection.
This equity-free mentorship program will find promising early-stage companies eager to apply cutting-edge processing and connectivity technologies to creative end-to-end systems solutions, hardware included. These companies will receive business coaching, access to engineering consultation for product development, and advice on intellectual property protection.
Benefits:
- Mentorship
- 1:1 mentorship with Qualcomm leaders on a regular cadence
- Guide startups to product realization
- Skilling
- Masterclasses on product management, pitch clinic, IPR, hardware architecture.
- Visibility
- Demo Day with the startup ecosystem
- Connect with various industry leaders, VCs, investors, and other accelerators
