Science-based technology start-ups challenge orthodoxies and traditional business models and can significantly transform industrial and service operations through ground-breaking innovative approaches. In recent times, technology has witnessed enormous inroads, which has had a significant impact on the lives of human beings. Due to the importance of the inclusion of technology into various ways of solving problems, businesses are trying to include technology-related components into their models, and the entrepreneurship or business creation field is no exception. 

HEIs in Africa are encouraged to explore opportunities to unearth their entrepreneurial abilities by building businesses from their academic and research activities that provide sustainable solutions to pressing societal challenges. We believe African researchers and scientists conduct high-quality research, generating exceptional solutions for today’s challenges. AGEA thus seeks to use its platform to identify and support such science-based technology start-up projects to increase the capabilities of African scientists to transfer their knowledge and technologies from the laboratories and shelves into viable business products and services. The focus here is on unique technological solutions that are not easily replicable with commercial potential. Our aim is to support the entrepreneurial development of such start-up projects through appropriate business training and potentially obtain resources from Germany, such as grants for technology development.