MTN Solution Space

WE BACK INNOVATION-DRIVEN STARTUPS

To build viable and scalable businesses.

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FUELLING CORPORATE INNOVATION

Helping corporate partners create a pipeline of innovation through the ingenuity of startups.

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WE FOSTER DYNAMIC STARTUP COMMUNITIES

Successful entrepreneur? Industry specialist? Angel investor? Startups need you.

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The solution space's Story

A third space where academia meets industry.
"Business as usual" will never do the extraordinary, and only extraordinary can change the world.

Discuss: Design thinking vs lean startup

Traditionally, a business would build a product and hope to find customers who want to buy it. Aggressive marketing tactics would hook consumers who, faced with few other choices, would respond accordingly. The company would corner the market and move on to building the next product.

A space to bridge the gap

Solving problems together is the driving force behind our Challenge Partners.
Real world challenges provide a valuable opportunity for students to connect with partner organisations and develop, test and research new solutions.

At every stage of our work we are committed to evolving

We generate opportunities for the brightest minds to develop these extraordinary ideas into reality through access to support from industry partners.

A space to call home for lean startups

The Venture Incubation Programme (VIP) is a keystone initiative that is designed to help entrepreneurial teams to test and validate their business models. The early stages of a startup are full of questions and unknowns.

Our people share a common vision

A space for changemakers.
As we grow we are looking for problem solvers with high levels of motivation and commitment.

These exceptional individuals have both bold and visionary ideas for the future.

Together they comprise our second cohort and a new network of next generation technology leaders and entrepreneurs across the continent. Short biographies of our new scholars are available

A collaborative space to meet, engage and work together

The Solution Space is a home for entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators, professionals, advisors, investors, students, executives, entrepreneurs, leaders, researchers and disrupters. Our community is built around one shared purpose - working together to see Africans enjoy greater well-being.

Discuss: Entrepreneurship; Taught, or learned?

Can entrepreneurship be taught? Given the number of universities across the world that offer degrees in the subject, the answer may seem obvious. But entrepreneurship is a state of mind, a necessary precondition for the acquisition of skills and an appreciation of the value of theory.