Applications are now open for the 2025 Qualcomm Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program. As the first initiative of its kind in Africa, this equity-free mentorship program will identify promising early-stage startups keen on applying advanced connectivity and processing technologies to innovative end-to-end systems solutions, including hardware, and provide these companies with business coaching, access to engineering consultation for product development, and guidance on protecting intellectual property.

  • 1:1 mentorship with Qualcomm leaders on a regular cadence
  • Guide startups to product realisation
  • Masterclasses on product management, pitch clinic, IPR, hardware architecture.
  • Demo Day with the startup ecosystem
  • Connect with various industry leaders, VCs, investors, and other accelerators
  • Application Phase: December 5th 2024 to February 16th 2025
  • Shortlisting of the Startups: March 2025
  • Mentorship Program: April 2025 to November 2025
  • Program Finale & Demo Day: December 2025