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Master entrepreneurial thinking, innovation processes, startup strategy, and venture scaling. Learn from Africa's most successful entrepreneurs and unicorns.

**Real-World Case Studies:**
- Flutterwave's journey to unicorn status ($3B valuation)
- Interswitch's fintech dominance & $1B valuation
- Andela's global talent marketplace model
- Jumia's IPO journey on NYSE (first African unicorn)
- M-KOPA's pay-as-you-go solar business model
- Wasoko (Sokowatch) B2B e-commerce scaling across East Africa
- BRCK's rugged hardware for African connectivity challenges
- Zipline's drone delivery innovation in Rwanda & Ghana

**Learning Modules:**
1. Entrepreneurial Mindset & Opportunity Recognition
2. Lean Startup Methodology & Business Model Canvas
3. Design Thinking & Customer Discovery
4. Product-Market Fit & Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
5. Startup Financing (Bootstrapping, Angel, VC, Crowdfunding)
6. Venture Capital & Private Equity in Africa
7. Scaling Strategies & Hypergrowth Management
8. Innovation Management & Corporate Entrepreneurship
9. Intellectual Property & Technology Commercialization
10. Exit Strategies (IPO, M&A, Strategic Sale)

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