{"id":103,"date":"2025-02-06T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/?p=103"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T14:38:37","slug":"qualcomm-opens-applications-for-make-in-africa-startup-mentorship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Qualcomm Opens Applications for \u2018Make in Africa\u2019 Startup Mentorship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4175-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4175-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4175-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4175-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_4175-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Qualcomm has launched applications for its \u2018Make in Africa\u2019 Startup Mentorship Program, aimed at supporting early-stage African startups working with advanced connectivity and processing technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><strong>Key Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Equity-free program offering business coaching, engineering consultation, and IP protection guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Access to Qualcomm engineers and business mentors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p4\">\u2022 Applications close on February 16, and the program runs from April to December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">This initiative is part of Qualcomm\u2019s African Innovation Platform and seeks to bridge the gap in Africa\u2019s hardware and semiconductor ecosystem, which remains underdeveloped compared to software-driven solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Read the full news here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techinafrica.com\/qualcomm-opens-applications-for-make-in-africa-startup-mentorship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qualcomm has launched applications for its \u2018Make in Africa\u2019 Startup Mentorship Program, aimed at supporting early-stage African startups working with advanced connectivity and processing technologies. Key Details: \u2022 Equity-free program offering business coaching, engineering consultation, and IP protection guidance. \u2022 Access to Qualcomm engineers and business mentors. \u2022 Applications close on February 16, and the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}