Ghana's 22 Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators [2024]

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Updated: January 20th, 2022

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If you're starting a startup in Ghana, you might be wondering what startup accelerators or incubators exist in the area. Here's the full list:

Best Startup Accelerators & Incubators In Ghana

#	Accelerator/Incubator	Funding	Location	Apply
1	MEST	$50k-$250K	Accra, Ghana	Apply
2	Africa AI Accelerator	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
3	Ghana Tech Lab	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
4	Hacklab Foundation	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
5	Orange Corners	Not Disclosed	Accra, Gh...	Apply
6	Faster Capital	Not Disclosed	Dubai, Ac...	Apply
7	Ghana Innovation Hub	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
8	Innohub	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
9	Impact Hub	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
10	Google for Startups Accelerator Brazil	Not Disclosed	Global	Apply
11	Kumasi Hive	Not Disclosed	Kentinkro...	Apply
12	Growth Mosaic	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
13	HOPin Academy	Not Disclosed	Tamale, G...	Apply
14	iSpace	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
15	Kosmos Innovation Center	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
16	SBIncubator	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
17	GHATBI	Not Disclosed	Apowa, Ghana	Apply
18	The New Career Platform	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
19	Afri Labs	Not Disclosed	Whole Africa	Apply
20	GNBCC	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
21	Engine Business Network	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply
22	SFAN	Not Disclosed	Accra, Ghana	Apply

1. MEST

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: Technology Industry
Investment Size: $50k-$250K
Program Length: 18-24 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

MEST hosts a global business program that helps tech entrepreneurs of Africa to build a successful tech company.

This program provides participants with business skills, mindsets, resources, and experiences essential to running technology-enabled business firms. They also provide early-stage entrepreneurs with investments ranging from $50K-$250K, incubation services for 18-24 months, mentorship, business support, training, and access to connect with the technology community of Africa.

Some office portfolio companies are Judy, Zuri, Buildpolis, Complete Farmer, Bezo Money, Trotro Tractor, and many more.

Apply to MEST, or learn more ➜

2. Africa AI Accelerator

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: AI & Technology
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 6 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Africa AI Accelerator program is an initiative of Fair Forward, IBM, Make-it in Africa, Ghana Tech Labs, and GIZ’s AI and technology entrepreneurship program. This program supports, promotes & empowers local innovations and tech businesses in the niche of data usage, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. They provide participants with acceleration services, industrial support, collaborative networking opportunities, one-on-one business coaching, technical assistance, tailored business curriculum, and growth opportunities, essential to build and run successful & profitable businesses.

Apply to Africa AI Accelerator, or learn more ➜

3. Ghana Tech Lab

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: Digital Innovation Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 5 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Ghana Tech Lab organizes a business program whose mission is to help entrepreneurs turn innovative business ideas into successful and profitable business ventures. They host various unique Base and Non-Base business programs that provide participants with tailored business curriculum essential to build successful products and services. This program also equips entrepreneurs with necessary business skills, training sessions, business & technical education, and solutions to business problems essential for creating successful business startups that can bring a positive change in society. Ghana Tech Lab also offers participants access to creative space, makers lab, coworking space robotics lab, cyber security lab, and AI lab for creating disruptive business technologies.

Apply to Ghana Tech Lab, or learn more ➜

4. Hacklab Foundation

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: Technology Industry
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 4 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Hacklab Foundation runs an international business program that prepares young entrepreneurs for the future by providing them with knowledge about skill development and technology education. They also provide participants with access to boot camps, hackathons & internships, mentorship & business coaching from experts, digital skill training programs, job placement opportunities, networking opportunities with like-minded entrepreneurs, a collaborative business environment, and professional network-building opportunities.

Apply to Hacklab Foundation, or learn more ➜

5. Orange Corners

Location: Accra, Ghana, Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: 6 Months
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Orange Corners operates a business program that strengthens the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa. This 6-month business program provides young entrepreneurs with business opportunities, acceleration services, workshops, access to masterclasses, one-on-one coaching sessions, and access to finance. This program builds a bridge between the entrepreneur and the essential resources required to build & grow a successful business firm.

Apply to Orange Corners, or learn more ➜

6. Faster Capital

Location: Dubai, Accra, Ghana
Industry: Product Development Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Faster Capital hosts a startup program that helps businesses to grow from the idea stage to the product stage, scale their business firms, raise capital for the business firm and make a technical team for building a product. This program provides entrepreneurs and startups with services such as guidance in technical development, funding & investment, marketing assistance, raising of capital, mentorship advice, boosting up of sales, growth-enabled business tools & resources, CTO service, and help to create high-quality business documents. They also provide startups with resources to grow & scale businesses to new market levels and building a minimum viable business product.

Apply to Faster Capital, or learn more ➜

7. Ghana Innovation Hub

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Ghana Innovation Hub runs a business program that focuses on improving business operations through technology. This program assists innovative businesses in the Ghanaian ecosystem and offers them with working space, business development services, access to investment, business support, coworking space, brainstorming sessions, training & events space, incubation & acceleration services, business ideas & strategies, access to networking events, guidance in building business models, product-market fit, and resources to achieve pre-decided business goals essential to grow and scale in the industry.

Apply to Ghana Innovation Hub, or learn more ➜

8. Innohub

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Innohub operates a program that bridges the gap between small & medium enterprises and provides resources essential to grow and build sustainable and scalable businesses in the industry. This program supports participants and makes them investment-ready by providing them with tailored business solutions, assistance to launch business ideas, curated business services, in-hand business experiences, acceleration services, training programs, access to business capitals, support programs, business strategies, market research, market entry support, and various business programs to help entrepreneurs in building & transforming businesses under different verticals.

Apply to Innohub, or learn more ➜

9. Impact Hub

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Impact Hub operates a business program that provides innovators and entrepreneurs with inspiration to build and grow successful business ventures in the industry. They also provide participants with coworking space, private offices, networking events, acceleration programs, boot camps & training sessions, networking opportunities with the experts, international & local business support, mentorship from industry experts, and guidance to build viable business plans and models. They aim to shape the future together by helping entrepreneurs to create impactful businesses in the industrial ecosystem of Accra.

Apply to Impact Hub , or learn more ➜

10. Google for Startups Accelerator Brazil

Location: Global
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Google for Startups runs a successful business accelerator program that helps startups and business companies to grow and scale in the industry.

They provide participating business ventures with growth-enabled business methodology, mentorship, leadership, technical assistance, solutions to various business challenges & problems, access to Google products and practices, connection-building & networking opportunities with Google experts, and Google business insights.

Apply to Google for Startups Accelerator Brazil, or learn more ➜

11. Kumasi Hive

Location: Kentinkrono, Ghana
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Kumasi Hive operates a business incubation program that helps high potential businesses to focus on their growth in the industry. They bring together entrepreneurs, changemakers, founders, and inventors in a collaborative business environment and provide them with networking and learning opportunities, events and training sessions, coworking space business mentorship & consultancy services, technical assistance, makerspace, access to market & finance, and prototyping services. This program accelerates and nurtures startups and creates innovative solutions for creating impactful local businesses and startup firms.

Apply to Kumasi Hive, or learn more ➜

12. Growth Mosaic

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Growth Mosaic runs a business program that identifies early-stage and high-potential startups and helps them to bring a change in the industry. They provide participants with acceleration services, business strategies, business modeling & forecasting, relationship-building opportunities with corporate investors & industry experts, diligence business support, access to investment, post-investment services, market intelligence, accounting services, supply chain development, and various business opportunities essential for building scalable businesses in the industry.

Apply to Growth Mosaic, or learn more ➜

13. HOPin Academy

Location: Tamale, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

HOPin Academy hosts a cooperative entrepreneurship business program that supports founders to bring disruptive change in the industry through technology and innovation. This program provides participants with incubation and acceleration services, digital skills, training, co-working space, resources for ecosystem development, makerspace, market entry support, business advice, consultancy, and mentorship, business education, access to finance & capital, business support, and resources for carrying out successful business researches.

Apply to HOPin Academy, or learn more ➜

14. iSpace

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: Social Impact Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

iSpace hosts a global Business program that empowers tech startups and entrepreneurs. They support tech founders to go from the ideation stage to the incubation stage. This program provides participants with startup business support, educational resources, networking & relationship-building opportunities with peers and industry experts, tailored business curriculum, mentorship from top-notch industry experts, access to attend various programs & events, and funding opportunities. Some of iSpace's successfully launched companies are; Muqafrik, My Doc, Moberry Agro, and The Monger.

Apply to iSpace, or learn more ➜

15. Kosmos Innovation Center

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Kosmos Innovation Center operates a business program that invests in the success of future entrepreneurs and small business firms. This program empowers entrepreneurs and small business firms to turn their business ideas into reality by providing them with essential resources. They also offer participants mentorship, business support, seed funding, training, business skills, access to investment, networking & connection building opportunities, tailored business coaching, and local business knowledge. This program ignites a fire in young entrepreneurs and motivates them to become leaders and job creators by offering them opportunities to succeed.

Apply to Kosmos Innovation Center, or learn more ➜

16. SBIncubator

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

SBIncubator runs a business program that promotes and empowers entrepreneurship and SMEs in the industrial ecosystem of Ghana. This business program is managed by a team of passionate and experienced people who provides participants with the best business tools required for creating a successful business. They also provide participants with a business incubation program, high growth acceleration services, business advice, growth & development business resources, and furnished & equipped coworking space. The mission of this program is to improve the economic growth of the country by creating jobs for people and supporting small business enterprises.

Apply to SBIncubator, or learn more ➜

17. GHATBI

Location: Apowa, Ghana
Industry: Agro Business
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

GHATBI's business program runs on a mission to identify and nurture agro-businesses in Ghana. This business incubator program provides a platform for processing and introducing new technologies in the agro-business sector and empowers small and medium-sized businesses to create successful and impactful business ventures in the industry. The mission of this program is to connect industries with agriculture and build & develop organic and healthy quality products for the people of Ghana. This program majorly supports women and young entrepreneurs of the industry and provides them with business strategies, skill development, and materials required for building a business.

Apply to GHATBI, or learn more ➜

18. The New Career Platform

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

The New Career Platform operates a unique business program that inspires and empowers young people to start their entrepreneurship career in Ghana. The main aim of this program is to bridge the gap between young entrepreneurs and the resources necessary to build a successful business. They provide participants with one on one business advice, tailored curriculum, tools & resources to develop services & products, essential guidance required to turn business ideas into reality, assistance in making a viable business plan, access to workshops, entrepreneurship skills, & masterclasses, and all the necessary information to become a successful student entrepreneur.

Apply to The New Career Platform, or learn more ➜

19. Afri Labs

Location: Whole Africa
Industry: Innovative Businesses
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

Afri Labs operates a business program that supports the founders, entrepreneurs, developers, innovators, and young entrepreneurs by providing them with insightful business data, working space, legal & financial business support, training, mentorship & guidance, consultation, job-creation opportunities, networking, and solutions to deep business problems. This program encourages the development of technological hubs in the communities of Africa to empower potential entrepreneurs and increase economic growth in the global market.

Apply to Afri Labs, or learn more ➜

20. GNBCC

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

GNBCC a.k.a The Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council organizes a business program in collaboration with the Netherlands African Business Council and Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce of Culture. These two business organizations combine their networks, efforts, and activities to assist businesses to grow in the industry. They provide participants of the program with business development services, growth-enabled business support, access to events, travel support services, workshops, business information, networking opportunities, and various resources essential to boost the business.

Apply to GNBCC, or learn more ➜

21. Engine Business Network

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

EBN or the Engine Business Network hosts a business program to help small and medium-size business enterprises by empowering young and women entrepreneurs. They have a team of experienced and dedicated industry experts who foster partnership and advocacy to assist the participating entrepreneurs. The mission of this program is to build transformational entrepreneurs who have the potential to develop sustainable economic development in Africa.

Apply to Engine Business Network, or learn more ➜

22. SFAN

Location: Accra, Ghana
Industry: All Industries
Investment Size: Not Disclosed
Program Length: Not Disclosed
Equity Taken: Not Disclosed

SFAN runs a business program that unlocks the potential of young African entrepreneurs and helps them fulfill their entrepreneurial dreams by providing them with resources and opportunities to turn their business ideas into reality. This program offers a support system and framework to empower and motivate young entrepreneurs and acts as a catalyst to help them build successful businesses in the industry. They also provide the essential business education, access to attend events & design studios, and community & relationship-building opportunities with industry experts & like-minded entrepreneurs.

Apply to SFAN, or learn more ➜

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