Through its training courses, activities, and programs, Bamako Incubateur supports young entrepreneurs in realizing innovative projects and creating diversified services in various digital sectors.
Bamako Incubateur, a startup incubator and accelerator project for young innovative companies, was launched in 2016 as an initiative of the Mali@venir community created by the NGO Groupe Eureka. The incubator aims to foster entrepreneurship and generate youth-led solutions to Mali’s challenges, providing a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaborative opportunities for creative young Malians.
The activities of Bamako Incubateur encompass several areas. It promotes digital technology among children, women, and young people in urban and rural areas, as well as among the diaspora and migrants. It also facilitates the integration of digital technology in developing sectors, identifies and simplifies the creation of digital solutions, promotes youth employability, and offers financing opportunities for digital start-ups.
Bamako Incubateur provides training in JAVA programming technologies for young people, with the goal of training 10,000 developers over a decade. One of its notable programs, “GENESIS Startups MALI”, launched in 2017, equips young graduates with practical skills to significantly enhance their employability and success in the job market in the growth sectors of science, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
In 2018, the incubator launched a program, SENECIS, to support digital entrepreneurship, innovation, and the competitiveness of incubators and start-ups in Mali. This eight-month program teaches young students who have graduated or are about to graduate the fundamentals of entrepreneurship in the digital economy.
Bamako Incubateur has incubated several startups, including So-Dôkôtôrô, a Malian platform specializing in homecare services; BioBanque, a biotech start-up offering a computerized blood management system from donation to patient transfusion; and AgroMaliMarket, a web and mobile platform that connects agricultural producers with buyers.
Melchior Koba
