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Join our first ever workshop, with guest instructor, Madhuri Maram (Founder, Nocoloco) and Tamilore Lawal (Founder, Toolstack.co).

If you're a woman with a startup or product idea, join us to learn how no-code tools can help you build prototypes and test products quickly and at a much lower cost. 

Watch a live build of a mobile app with no code!

Workshop: A Jumpstart On Building With No-Code With Madhuri Maram & Tamilore Lawal

“How I Acquired My First 100 Customers” is a quarterly conversation hosted by FirstCheck Africa on Clubhouse.⁠ 

Through the journey stories of a cross-section of post-seed stage founders in Africa, we provide relatable guidance on customer development, go-to-market and customer acquisition. 

For the very first edition of this fireside chat, we have two members of the Buycoins' founding team, Ire Aderinokun (Co-Founder/COO) and Tomiwa Lasebikan (Co-Founder/CPO).⁠ ⁠

Join us as they walk us through their journey from ideation to acquiring Buycoins’ first 100 customers.

Fireside Chat: How I Acquired My First 100 Customers With The Buycoins Team

“How to think about X when you’re just starting up/How to get to X when you are starting up”

is a monthly conversation hosted by FirstCheck Africa on Clubhouse. Leveraging the experience of successful founders, operators and investors across the continent, we want to provide guidance for early-stage founders on pivotal issues they will face while their startups are in the early stages (from ideation to seed).

This month we are discussing MVPs. Join our guest speakers- Thato Mabudusha (Co-Founder, Zoie Health), Yele Bademosi (Founder, Bundle Africa) and Nelly Yusupova (Founder, TechSpeak) at 7:00PM on Thursday as we discuss what it takes for an early-stage startup to get to a great MVP!

Panel: How To Get A Great MVP When You're Starting Up

“Is My Idea Fundable?” is FirstCheck Africa's monthly, virtual pitch room, where we leverage the experience of angel investors and VCs to help very early-stage founders test their ideas and have better fundraising conversations. 

Join our co-founders, Eloho and Odun, and guest judges- Iyin Aboyeji (Founder, Future Africa) and Lebo Mokgabudi (South African Country Manager, Catalyst Fund) as they give live feedback and tactical advice to help founders take their solutions from idea to funded.

Apply to pitch here: http://bit.ly/IsMyIdeaFundable

Monthly Virtual Pitch-Room: Is My Idea Fundable?

Fireside Chat: How I Raised My First $100,000

 is Africa’s only angel fund and community for women in tech. Our mission is to advance equity, capital and leadership for a generation of women in Africa. Our events are designed to empower the women in our community with practical and tactical information and tools to help them launch their tech startups, by building confidence and removing artificial barriers to success and leadership in Africa’s technology ecosystem.

No-code is quickly gaining traction as the new, easy and cost-effective way to validate ideas, build MVPs and software products. In April, we hosted our first workshop titled “A Jumpstart On Building Tech Products With No-Code” with guest facilitators -- 

This fireside chat will further build on that and will focus on helping our audience understand the speakers’ journies to building products with no code, how to get started with no code and the opportunity to build MVPs and early product versions without code.

) on June 17th at 6:00PM (WAT) as we discuss “Building an MVP without code”.

Fireside Chat: Building an MVP Without Code

​This month we are discussing hiring your first key employees when you’re just starting up. Join our guest speakers - Sola Akindolu (Co-Founder, Brass), Tito Ovia (Co-Founder, Helium Health) and Sona Shah (Co-Founder, Neopenda) at 7:00PM on Thursday as we discuss how to think about hiring key employees as an early-stage founder.

Panel Discussion: How To Hire Your First Key Employees When You're Starting Up

“Is My Idea Fundable?” is FirstCheck Africa's monthly, virtual pitch room, where we leverage the experience of angel investors and VCs to help very early-stage founders test their ideas and have better fundraising conversations.

​Join our co-founders, Eloho and Odun, and two of Africa’s top investors- Kola Aina (Founder, Ventures Platform) and Maya Horgan-Famodu (Founder, Ingressive Capital) as they give live feedback and tactical advice to help founders take their solutions from idea to funded.

​Apply to pitch here: http://bit.ly/IsMyIdeaFundable

Monthly Virtual Pitch Room: Is My Idea Fundable?

Panel Discussion: How To Get Started in Product Management

​“Is My Idea Fundable?” is FirstCheck Africa's monthly, virtual pitch room, where we leverage the experience of angel investors and VCs to help very early-stage founders test their ideas and have better fundraising conversations.

​​Join our co-founders, Eloho and Odun, and two of Africa’s top investors -Eghosa Omoigui (Founder, EchoVC) and Chidinma Iwueke (Partner, Microtraction)- as they give live feedback and tactical advice to help founders take their solutions from idea to funded.

Fireside Chat: How I Hit My First $50K In Sales

is a monthly conversation hosted by FirstCheck Africa on Clubhouse. Leveraging the experience of successful operators across the continent, we want to provide guidance for mid-career female professionals who are on the leadership track in tech or looking to make lateral moves from traditional industry into key roles in tech. The goal is to build a pipeline of strong female leadership as operators and future founders across the continent.

This month we are discussing what it takes to build a career in Software Engineering with 

Panel Discussion: How To Build a Career In Software Engineering

Monthly Pitch Room: "Is My Idea Fundable?"

is a monthly conversation hosted by FirstCheck Africa on Clubhouse. By telling the journey stories of  a cross-section of post-seed stage founders, we want to provide relatable guidance for early-stage founders on key issues they will face with customer acquisition, fundraising and sales.

This month's conversation will focus on Chefaa's journey from ideation to acquiring their first 100 customers.

Chefaa is a platform that delivers all your pharmacy needs; prescriptions, non-prescription and wellness products to your doorstep in Egypt.

It was co-founded by two women, Doaa Aref (CEO) and Dr. Rasha Rady (COO).

In 2016, Doaa was diagnosed with cancer and had to be isolated after her radioiodine session. During this period, she was able to order everything she needed online, except for the thing her life depends on- her medicine. Doaa beat cancer but needed medication on a permanent basis. 

While spending long hours in hospitals’ waiting rooms, she met other patients who shared her struggle of accessing medications and it became apparent that this was a problem that needed to be solved.

Doaa then collaborated with one of her longtime friends, Doctor Rasha Rady, to create Chefaa as a solution to the above problem.

Fireside Chat: How I Acquired My First 100 Customers With Dr. Rasha Rady (Co-Founder/COO, Chefaa)

Panel Discussion: How To Break Into Tech Sales

​​“Is My Idea Fundable?” is FirstCheck Africa's monthly, virtual pitch room, where we leverage the experience of angel investors and VCs to help very early-stage founders test their ideas and have better fundraising conversations.

​​​Join our co-founders, Eloho and Odun, and two of Africa’s top investors -Dami Osunsanya (Vice President, SoftBank) and Kyane Kassiri (Venture Partner, RallyCap)- as they give live feedback and tactical advice to help founders take their solutions from idea to funded.

Monthly Virtual Pitch Room- "Is My Idea Fundable?"

Fireside Chat: How I Hit My First $100K In Sales With Tebogo Mokwena (Co-Founder/CEO, Akiba Digital)

Panel Discussion: Founders Funding Founders

Monthly Pitch Room: "Is My Idea Fundable?

Raising a Record Seed Round: The Female Founder Experience

Launch to Seed

Launch to Seed - The Indicina Story

Launch to Seed - The Bamboo Story

“Pitch Practice” is a quarterly pitch room hosted by FirstCheck Africa on Twitter, leveraging the experience of successful angel investors, VCs and founders with experience on the continent.

With this series, we want to provide actionable feedback to aspiring, or very early-stage, founders which will, in turn, help them have better fundraising conversations. The room will be run at a brisk pace.

Pitch Practice - FirstCheck Africa's Quarterly Pitch Room

Launch to Seed - The OZÉ Story

is a monthly fireside chat hosted by FirstCheck Africa. By telling the journey stories of a cross-section of founders, we want to provide relatable guidance for early-stage founders on how to navigate the path of building a startup to the seed stage. The conversation will cover the journey so far, including issues such as fundraising and startup growth. 

The event is targeted at (aspiring) founders of tech startups in Africa, but all are welcome to participate. 

Launch to Seed - The Foondamate Story

is a monthly fireside chat hosted by FirstCheck Africa. By telling the journey stories of a cross-section of founders, we want to provide relatable guidance for early-stage founders on how to navigate the path of building a startup to the seed stage.

This month, we're chatting with Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson, co-founder and CEO of Healthtracka, a startup democratising access to home health tests in Nigeria. With  its recent $1.5M seed round, Healthtracka is one of the few VC-backed health tech startups with an indigenous female CEO to have raised >$1M. 

Join the conversation for practical tips and insights from a founder building for Africa. 

Launch to Seed - The Healthtracka Story

 is a 60-minute fireside chat designed to provide relatable guidance to early-stage startups, by telling the journey stories of seed-stage African founders. 

In this edition, we speak with Lucy Hoffman, Co-founder and COO at Carry1st, a mobile games publisher scaling access to games and other interactive content across Africa. In December 2021, Carry1st raised a $20M Series A extension. The round represented a16z's first investment in an Africa-headquartered company.