#BuniEntrepreneurshipBootcamp Day 1: Building Startups African Perspective

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As part of the Buni Entrepreneurship Bootcamp at Buni hub. We will be sharing the resources, video, articles and talks through this website. You can catch up and read recaps of things happening during the Bootcamp from this blog.

 Day1: #BuniEntrepreneurshipBootcamp is all about building successful startups in Africa focusing on individual startups and the ecosystem in general. The video by Sam Altman and Dustin Moskovitz on how to start a startup will challenge the attendees of the Bootcamp on how they view the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa. Do we share the same challenges facing startups in developed countries? How can we establish successful startups by solving local problems and adding value to existing systems?

 Getting the right idea, team  and solving real problems facing the continent has been one of the challenges facing most of the African tech startups. Getting the right team to form successful startups is an obstacle. The article by Ndubuisi Ekekwe on Havard Business Review, explains on methods that African startups needs to apply to hire and keep talented individuals.

 Day 1 guest, Co-Founder of Kwetu Chalks, Amiri Hassan who will be sharing his experience as an African entrepreneurs on what it takes to build successful startups. Kwetu Chalks is the only startup which manufacture Chalks at small scale in Tanzania. Most of the chalks are being imported from abroad. How did he come up with this idea? What motivated him to establish his small manufacturing plant? What are the challenges he had to face in the process?  

The lifecycle of the African startup is always considered to be short and most startups that are considered to be doing fine, they are doing fine in the media. Is hype killing African startups? You can read the article from Mbwana Alliy about hype in the startup ecosystem in Africa, Kenyan perspective. Are we really growing? What is the role of the grassroots innovation initiatives on the growth of the startup ecosystem in Africa? Is the ecosystem balanced? What is missing and how can we replace it?

 Do you believe Africa will never produce Facebook, Groupon, Zynga or Google as Mfonobong Nsehe wrote an article in Forbes magazine?



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