Janaury 3, 2019 – Five young Senegalese entrepreneurs have been selected to receive six months of business incubation and $2,000 seed-funding to kick-start their business. The Senegal Start-Up Accelerator, run by Kosmos Innovation Center and Reach for Change, has been looking for young Senegalese entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that could tackle the challenges facing the agriculture […]
December 24, 2018 – Kosmos Energy announced today the selection of 117 promising young entrepreneurs to participate in the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) 2019 AgriTech Challenge. The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) is the flagship social investment program launched by Kosmos Energy in 2016. The KIC AgriTech Challenge is helping to breathe new life in Ghana’s agriculture […]
December 24, 2018 – Nine Ghanaian agribusinesses selected to participate in the inaugural Kosmos Innovation Center Business Booster program have successfully completed six months of training designed to help them grow their businesses. The training program culminated in the second and final five-day bootcamp which focused on preparing the nine businesses to meet with potential investors. […]
November 7, 2018 – Kosmos Energy announced today that it has launched the third component of its Kosmos Innovation Center program, which is called the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) Business Booster. The Kosmos Innovation Center Business Booster is designed to help existing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) scale up their businesses. It is focused on selecting […]
November 6, 2018 – Kosmos Energy announces that the first pitch round of the Mauritania Innovation Challenge, a business competition where young entrepreneurs develop the skills needed to grow their own innovative businesses, took place at the Azalai Hotel in Nouakchott. Running over the course of two days – Friday 2 November and Saturday 3 November […]
November 5, 2018 – Kosmos Energy announced today the winners of the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) 2018 AgriTech Challenge, a business competition where young entrepreneurs use innovation and information communication technology (ICT) to develop commercial solutions to challenges within the agriculture sector. More than 400 young people applied to be part of the 2018 AgriTech Challenge, […]
October 1, 2018 – KIC has been recognized as a world leading public-private partnership for its work training 270 young entrepreneurs and helping to launch nine successful start-ups in Ghana. The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has been named as the winner of the prestigious Concordia P3 Impact Award, which was announced at the Concordia Summit in New […]
KIC has been recognized as a world leading public-private partnership for its work training 270 young entrepreneurs and helping to launch nine successful start-ups in Ghana. The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has been named as the winner of the prestigious Concordia P3 Impact Award, which was announced at the Concordia Summit in New York City alongside […]
May 10, 2018 – Nineteen start-ups participating in the Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) AgriTech Challenge presented their business plans to a panel of experts at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon, last Thursday. The first pitch is an important milestone in the program as it validates the […]
March 26, 2018 – Ninety-five young entrepreneurs participating in the 2018 AgriTech Challenge have successfully completed a two-month program of workshops and training sessions, as well as an 11-day market research tour. These were tailored to help them identify challenges inherent in the Agribusiness value chain and find innovative technology solutions to mitigate these challenges. This […]
