Founders CableChange the ratio for African founders.
Africa has founders, ideas and problems worth solving. Here is where Founders Cable will be in one, five and ten years, and how we will measure it in public.
The gap
Most African startups never raise a single round.
African startups tracked, including inactive ones.
of them have raised funding.
About one tracked startup in twelve has raised money.
We are here to change that ratio.
Source: Tracxn (August 2026). The total includes inactive companies.
The plan
One cable. Three milestones.
Each stage connects to the next. Community feeds training, training feeds working founders, and ready founders get a path to the investors who could fund them.
In 1 year
A community, a circle and a campus programme.
- Cableheads grows into the open home for African founders.
- Cable Campus and STEM projects run in 5 universities.
In 5 years
Training at scale, The Circuit across Africa.
- Graduates start companies that solve real problems.
- Transformers introduce ready founders to the investors who fund them.
In 10 years
The first place an African founder goes.
- Founders Cable is where African founders learn, build and get funded.
- Startups solving African problems, launched from our community.
These are targets set by Founders Cable, not results. Progress is reported below.
Cable Campus
Students trained, year by year.
The ramp is back-loaded on purpose. Year 1 proves the programme in a few universities. Then it scales.
Students and graduates trained (cumulative target)
Target path, years 1 to 5| Year | Students trained |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | 500 |
| Year 2 | about 1,500 |
| Year 3 | about 3,500 |
| Year 4 | about 6,500 |
| Year 5 | 10,000+ |
Accountability
Progress against our targets.
We will track every target and publish the real numbers here as they come in. No rounding up, no vanity metrics.
Join us
African problems are not a burden. They are the opportunity.
Join the Cableheads community and be part of the first cohort of founders on the cable.