Non-profit organisation, Djassi Africa, has officially announced its new Afropreneurs Brasil Fellowship, revealing a powerful cohort of 25 Fellows!
The Afropreneurs Fellowship has been launched to increase the presence, visibility, and success rate of Black Founders in global innovation and entrepreneurship stages, including leading events and acceleration programmes. It’s objective is to increase the representation of all under-represented and under-served groups , as the lack of diversity and equity is costing entrepreneurship ecosystems returns, talent, and innovation.
The 25 Afropreneurs Brasil Fellows who are building impactful and scalable startups across multiple industries, and solving Brasil’s greatest challenges, are:
* Matheus Ribeiro – Muv Rental (Construtech)
* Thaís Guerra – Flori Tech (Cleantech)
* Iago Santos – Trazfavela Delivery (Food Delivery)
* Mona Oliveira, PhD – BioLinker (Biotech)
* Bia Santos – Barkus (Edtech)
* Maria Catarino – Chat Learning (Edtech)
* Fillipe Dornelas – Denga Love (Socialtech)
* Patricia Zanella – EcoCiclo (Marketplace)
* Pettrus Nascimento – Prol Educa (Edtech)
* Duda Franklin – Orby (Deeptech)
* Ailton Cardozo – Zentek (Insurtech)
* Pâmela Cavalcanti – BeeTo Soluções Digitais (SaaS B2B)
* Milena Sá – Páginas Pretas Classificados (Marketplace)
* Denise Lima de Oliveira – Fitinsur (Insurtech)
* André Ribeiro – Diaspora.Black (Traveltech)
* Anderson Marcelo – Delivery das Favelas (Food Delivery)
* Adla Viana – Tech Viz (SaaS B2B)
* Maíra Pimentel – Tamboro (Edtech)
* Gilmar Bueno – Unicainstancia (Fintech)
* Luciene Rodrigues de Andrade – We Rock It Plataforma Learning (Edtech)
* Lázuli Santos – PlayBPO (Fintech)
* José Roberto Brittes – Conecta Tech (Retailtech)
* Marcelo Arruda – diversidade.io (HRtech)
* Tauan Souza Matos – Mais1Code (Edtech)
* Tarso Oliveira – Troca (HRtech)
In a few weeks, this group of 25 will be found exhibiting (as Alpha and Beta startups), pitching, and speaking at Web Summit Rio!