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Cable Campus · Startup training

No jobs? There are problems. Go solve them.

Startup training for African undergraduates and fresh graduates, to start companies that solve what Africa needs.

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For
Undergraduates and fresh graduates
Format
Six steps, problem to launch
Year 1 target
5 universities
Trained
500 in year 1

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Cable Campus in about a minute.

The opportunity

Problems in, companies out.

Africa’s problems are things people already pay to fix. Trained founders turn them into companies and jobs.

PowerOpportunity

Unreliable electricity

Homes and businesses lose hours to outages and pay for backup power.

8 in 10of people without electricity worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa (IEA)
PaymentsOpportunity

Moving money

Small and cross-border payments are still slow and costly for many businesses.

EducationOpportunity

Access to learning

Millions of children are not in a classroom.

10.2Mprimary-age children out of school in Nigeria (UNICEF)
JobsOpportunity

Too few formal jobs

Far more young people enter the job market each year than there are jobs.

12M vs 3Mup to 12M entering work vs about 3M formal jobs (The Standard)
HealthOpportunity

Care that is hard to reach

Clinics, medicines and health records are out of reach for many communities.

LogisticsOpportunity

Getting goods to market

Moving goods between cities and across borders is slow and expensive.

AgricultureOpportunity

Farm to table

Farmers lose produce between harvest and market.

HousingOpportunity

Homes people can afford

Fast-growing cities need housing that ordinary families can pay for.

TransportOpportunity

Getting around the city

Commuters lose hours in traffic every day.

CreditOpportunity

Access to credit

Small businesses struggle to borrow the money they need to grow.

WaterOpportunity

Clean water

Many households still lack a reliable supply of clean water.

ClimateOpportunity

Climate resilience

Farms and cities need tools to adapt to a changing climate.

The programme

Six steps, from problem to launch.

We start in universities, before graduation and before the job hunt takes over.

01

Find the problem

Spot real problems around you that people will pay to fix.

02

Find a co-founder

Learn who to start with and how to work together.

03

Move fast with AI

Use AI tools to move faster and run lean from day one.

04

Ship the MVP

Launch the smallest version that proves the idea.

05

Go to market

Win your first customers and learn from them.

06

Get funded

Get ready for investors, with Transformers.

The waitlist

Be first in line for the first cohort.

The first cohort is planned for one university, with about 100 places. People on the waitlist hear first.

It takes 30 seconds. We’ll message you on WhatsApp when places open.

Which describes you?
Undergrads and graduates

Be first in line.

Join the waitlist for the first Cable Campus cohort.

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Universities and partners

Bring Cable Campus to your campus.

We are selecting the first 5 universities. Lecturers, departments and campus societies can apply.

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