Last week, we finally had the chance to introduce the start-ups from the two different Cohorts to each other! As Cohort 2 has been perfecting their pitches over the past weeks, they got the opportunity to pitch for Cohort 1 as well as the other way around. It was good to see the start-ups from two cohorts interact and ask each other critical questions about their businesses.
Aurora Foundation recently received funding from the Foreign Ministry of Iceland to start a new project named Empowerment of youth with training in information and computer technology and business management. But the Ministry provides grants to non-governmental...
On the fifth of May, a harvesting fashion show event was held by Fashion Industry Insiders in collaboration with the Sierra Leonean fashion design hub Izelia and Aurora Foundation. The efforts of the past few weeks were showcased at the Country Lodge Hotel in...
On Wednesday, we graduated the fourth Cohort of our StartUP (formerly pre-acceleration) programme, and the largest one hitherto! Thirteen ambitious entrepreneurs graduated from our programme and are ready to develop their businesses even more and continue to grow. We...