🇳🇬 Nigeria🇬🇭 Ghana🇰🇪 Kenya🇿🇦 South Africa🇸🇳 Senegal🇲🇦 Morocco🇪🇬 Egypt🇨🇮 Ivory Coast🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇨🇲 Cameroon🇷🇼 Rwanda🇺🇬 Uganda🇹🇿 Tanzania🇩🇿 Algeria🇹🇳 Tunisia🇨🇻 Cape Verde🇳🇬 Nigeria🇬🇭 Ghana🇰🇪 Kenya🇿🇦 South Africa🇸🇳 Senegal🇲🇦 Morocco🇪🇬 Egypt🇨🇮 Ivory Coast🇪🇹 Ethiopia🇨🇲 Cameroon🇷🇼 Rwanda🇺🇬 Uganda🇹🇿 Tanzania🇩🇿 Algeria🇹🇳 Tunisia🇨🇻 Cape Verde
The Fund for African Talent

Back the next wave.

We find, vet, and fund African talent across sports, music, fashion, tech, and creative arts — then help them raise the capital to scale globally.

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Remarkable exploitsdeserve backing.

Fewer than 200 of Africa's 5,800 global-stage athletes and founders had structured funding. BoxOutAfrica closes that gap — vetted campaigns, institutional LPs, community capital.

Livecampaigns.

147+

Profiles vetted

across 16 countries

£2M

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by backed talent

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sports to tech

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Independently vetted

no pay-to-play

FUNDING
📍 Iten, KE
Sports12d left

Adaeze Obi

Building a youth track program in the Rift Valley while pursuing 10,000m at the next championship.

£18,000 of £25,000142 backers
FUNDING
📍 Accra
Music21d left

Kwame Mensah

Debut LP blending highlife loops with London club systems. Recorded between studios in two continents.

£9,200 of £15,00088 backers
CURATED
📍 Cape Town
Fashion8d left

Thandi Ndlovu

Zero-waste knitwear studio employing 14 women in Khayelitsha. First European drop coming soon.

£32,000 of £40,000210 backers
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📍 Dakar
Technology34d left

Yacine Diop

Solar-powered cold storage for fisherfolk across the West African coast. 8 pilot sites running.

£49,000 of £60,00065 backers

— How the Fund works

Three steps.

STEP 01

Apply

Talent applies with their story, category, and raise target. We review and vet.

STEP 02

Curate

Vetted campaigns go live on the platform. We coach and amplify every week.

STEP 03

Trust

Supporters and partners get the reports, signals, and market context they need to move with confidence.

— The Accelerator

The Accelerator.

A structured programme that takes African talent from discovery to fully-funded — with the verification, visibility, and community to make it stick.

How it works

01

Submit

Share your profile, story, and goals — applying is free.

02

Verify

We check claims and quality so the network stays trustworthy.

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Fund

Supporters back you on BoxOut with clear goals and transparent progress.

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Connect

We introduce the right partners, scouts, and brands when there's a fit.

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Common questions.

Being in the BoxOut talent network means you've passed our verification and curation process. Your profile is visible to our network of global partners, including sports scouts, music labels, and brand agencies.