Founders CableBack the first 100 founders.
Cable Campus is six weeks of startup training for 100 undergraduates and fresh graduates on one university campus, ending in Demo Day. Sponsors make the first cohort happen.
Why it matters
Africa has founders. Few get the help to grow.
Many young Africans will need to create their own jobs. Cable Campus reaches them before graduation, when they have the time and the energy to start.
About 1 in 12
Of 149,000 African startups tracked, about 12,600 have raised funding. Source: Tracxn, August 2026, includes inactive companies.
12 million vs 3 million
Up to 12 million young Africans start looking for work each year. About 3 million formal jobs are created. Source: AfDB, via The Standard.
The pilot
Six weeks from problem to pitch.
100 undergraduates and fresh graduates, selected by application. One partner university. One session a week, team work in between, a mentor for every four teams.
Find the problem
A problem brief backed by 10 real interviews.
Find a co-founder
A team and a written co-founder agreement.
Move fast with AI
A working prototype or landing page.
Ship the MVP
A first version in front of 10 real users.
Go to market
First customers or sign-ups, and a sales plan.
Get ready for investors
A 10-slide pitch deck and a 3-minute pitch.
Then Demo Day: every team pitches to invited investors, founders and sponsors. We follow every team at 3, 6 and 12 months.
Partner with us
What sponsors get.
One lead sponsor and two partners fund the full cohort. Tell us what interests you and we'll talk it through.
"Cable Campus, powered by you"
Lead logo on T-shirts, notebooks and banners. A keynote at Demo Day. First look at the cohort's talent. The full impact report.
Seen and in the room
Your logo on T-shirts and banners. A judge's seat at Demo Day. The full impact report.
Back the cohort
Your logo on the sponsor wall at Demo Day. The full impact report.
Give what you have
A venue, equipment, meals, devices or data, credited as a partner.
Accountability
Every result reported in public.
We publish the pilot results on founderscable.com, and every sponsor gets the full report.
80%
of participants complete the programme
20 teams
launch an MVP
200 users
reached across all teams
These are targets for the pilot, not results.
Talk to us
Tell us how you would like to help.
Samuel Cole, founder of Founders Cable, will reply to you personally, usually within a day.
Prefer email? Write to hello@founderscable.com.
Thank you
Thank you. We'll be in touch shortly.
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