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The CEO
The CEO is an organization based in Africa that empowers entrepreneurs by providing resources, inspiration, and networks to help them build successful businesses. They focus on connecting founders to share experiences and skills.
Overview
What The CEO does
What The CEO is
The CEO is an organization based in Africa that empowers entrepreneurs by providing resources, inspiration, and networks to help them build successful businesses. They focus on connecting founders to share experiences and skills.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
- Approximate age
- About 8 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 16, 2026
Official channels
Find The CEO elsewhere
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Capability profile
The CEO as a community
Community overview
The CEO Ltd was established to address the urgent need for job creation in Africa. It is based in Kigali, Rwanda. The organization focuses on empowering young African entrepreneurs to drive economic transformation by fostering entrepreneurship and creating opportunities.
Community focus
The CEO invests in high growth companies (Gazelles) and small and growing businesses (SGBs). It aims to reduce the funding gap for these enterprises and build a skilled workforce among youth and women to enhance digital access for marginalized communities.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Africa
Common questions
What to know about The CEO
Upseed classifies The CEO under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 16, 2026
Known limits
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