IdeiaLab is a finalist

Mozambican company ideiaLab is the only Portuguese-speaking institution among 22,000 applicants chosen be part of Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH), an initiative organised by the Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative, the main programme of the philanthropist Jack Ma in Africa. The aim of this programme is to identify, support and inspire a generation of African entrepreneurs who want to make a difference in their community. Above all, the competition seeks to identify organisations that create solutions to the most urgent problems in the framework of a sustainable and inclusive economy. ABH seeks passion, resilience and a focus on the impact of each company. Ideialab is the only Portuguese-speaking company selected among the many competent and innovative entrants from Africa’s 54 countries. The 50 finalists represent 21 countries, with 50% of those chosen led by women. The average age of the founders is 37 years old.

“We are very honoured and happy with this nomination,” ideiaLab co-founder Sara Fakir says. “Being among the Africa’s Business Heroes prize finalists is a sign of recognition of our hard work. We are the only company that speaks Portuguese that is part of this selection and this only validates the quality of our work and our competence. We have been working for 10 years to catalyse the entrepreneurial ecosystem and we have only achieved it because of the entrepreneurs and partners we work with on a daily basis. Mozambique is on the world map of entrepreneurship for all the best reasons, and this award gives us more courage to continue working.”The final will take place in mid-November or December in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the format of the event dependent on the Covid-19 situation at the time.