{"id":45283,"date":"2025-08-05T12:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45283\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:15:11","slug":"nba-africa-launches-second-edition-of-triple-double-accelerator-to-support-african-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/45283\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Africa Launches Second Edition of Triple-Double Accelerator to Support African Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beginning today through Friday, Aug. 29, startups can apply to participate here;\u00a0after which the submissions will be narrowed down to a top 10.<\/p>\n

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NBA Africa \u00a0<\/a>has announced the second edition of the startup accelerator program that the league launched last year to support the continent\u2019s technology ecosystem and the next generation of African entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator, which awards financial support and mentorship to early-stage African startup companies that develop solutions in the sport and creative industries, will once again be operated by ALX Ventures, a leading technology incubator that provides the continent\u2019s tech leaders with access to the skills and tools to launch and scale their startups.\u00a0NBA Africa also announced ServiceNow, an AI platform for business transformation whose Now Assist and AI agents help organizations deliver faster and smarter experiences at scale, as an Official Partner of the program.<\/p>\n

Beginning today through Friday, Aug. 29, startups can apply to participate here\u00a0<\/a>;\u00a0after which the submissions will be narrowed down to a top 10.\u00a0The shortlisted startups will then participate in a 10-week mentorship program where they will be paired with mentors comprised of NBA Africa, ServiceNow and ALX leadership, as well as other corporate stakeholders, who will provide guidance to the companies with a focus on product development, business growth, and go-to-market strategy.\u00a0 The startups will then pitch their products to international industry leaders at the program\u2019s second Demo Day in December, where the top five prize-winning companies will be selected to receive financial support and mentorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s inaugural Triple-Double Accelerator program showed how much talent, passion, and creativity there is among African entrepreneurs who are shaping the future of the continent\u2019s rapidly growing sport and entertainment industries. We look forward to reviewing this year\u2019s submissions and to helping another round of promising startups take the next step in their development.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Clare Akamanzi, CEO, NBA Africa\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last year, more than 700 early-stage African startups applied to the program. Ten finalists were then selected to pitch their products to a panel of international industry leaders at the program\u2019s first Demo Day at the NBA headquarters in New York City, after which four prize-winning companies \u2013 Festival Coins (Nigeria), Salubata (Nigeria), HustleSasa (Kenya) and UBR VR (Egypt) \u2013 were awarded financial support and mentorship. Additional information about the Demo Day in December will be announced at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beginning today through Friday, Aug. 29, startups can apply to participate here;\u00a0after which the submissions will be narrowed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-45283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}