Ecosystem Snapshot

Port Harcourt

Intervention Type

  • Promote and educate about entrepreneurship (60)

  • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly (56)

  • Invest Directly (27)

  • Conduct research on the sector (19)

  • Provide financial support to intermediaries (4)

  • Other (2)

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n=93

Stakeholder Type

  • Business development service provider (44)

  • Consultant (17)

  • Accelerator / incubator (14)

  • Venture capital fund (5)

  • Angel investor (5)

  • Impact investor (5)

  • DFI / multilateral (3)

  • Crowdfunding (2)

  • Funder of accelerators (2)

  • Private equity fund (1)

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n=56

Investment Instrument

  • Debt (21)

  • Equity (3)

  • Grant (3)

  • Quasi-Equity (2)

  • Other (1)

n=27

Nonfinancial Support

  • Access to networks and partners (30)

    60%

  • Business strategy and planning (19)

    38%

  • Leadership development (16)

    32%

  • Ideation (14)

    28%

  • Technology development or adoption (10)

    20%

  • Sector development (9)

    18%

  • Governance structure (9)

    18%

  • Investor showcases (8)

    16%

  • Financial management (7)

    14%

  • Media exposure (7)

    14%

  • Product certification (5)

    10%

  • Marketing support or market research (4)

    8%

  • Legal, accounting, other office services (4)

    8%

  • Investor matchmaking (4)

    8%

  • Building HR capacity (3)

    6%

  • Needs assessment (3)

    6%

  • Performance management (2)

    4%

  • Value / supply chain development (2)

    4%

  • Due diligence (2)

    4%

  • Building M&E capacity (2)

    4%

  • Exit strategies (2)

    4%

  • Other (specify below) (2)

    4%

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n=50

Nonfinancial Support Delivery Mechanism

  • Classroom / seminar training (48)

  • Mentoring (35)

  • Direct Consulting Services (19)

  • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support (15)

  • Cohort or group support (14)

  • Co-working space (12)

  • Competitions / prizes (11)

  • Talent Placement (8)

  • Fellowships (7)

  • Seat on the Board (1)

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n=63

Sectors of focus

  • Information and communication technology (47)

  • Sector agnostic (37)

  • Agriculture & Food (28)

  • Education (25)

  • Manufacturing (15)

  • Media & entertainment (15)

  • Energy (14)

  • Wholesale and retail trade (13)

  • Hospitality / travel / tourism (11)

  • Health (10)

  • Environment (9)

  • Housing and community development (9)

  • Artisanal (9)

  • Culture (9)

  • Infrastructure / facilities development (8)

  • Supply chain services (7)

  • Logistics & distribution (7)

  • Financial services (6)

  • Water & sanitation (6)

  • Transportation (4)

  • Forestry (3)

  • Land conservation (2)

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n=93

Stakeholder or business model focus

  • Youth entrepreneurs (48)

  • Social enterprise (29)

  • Women entrepreneurs (27)

  • Citizen empowerment (15)

  • Rural communities (14)

  • Urban communities (12)

  • Science, engineering or invention based businesses (11)

  • Gender inclusion (10)

  • Base of the pyramid (7)

  • Advocacy (7)

  • Minority or previously excluded population (6)

  • Accessibility (3)

  • Resiliency / climate change (3)

  • Ethical sourcing (2)

  • Franchising (1)

  • Refugees and migration (1)

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n=56

Impact objective

  • Capacity building (40)

  • Access to information (34)

  • Access to education (22)

  • Employment generation (17)

  • Income/productivity growth (17)

  • Community development (14)

  • Access to financial services (13)

  • Agricultural productivity (9)

  • Equality and empowerment (8)

  • Food security and nutrition (5)

  • Health improvement (3)

  • Access to clean water and sanitation (3)

  • Energy and fuel efficiency (2)

  • Sustainable energy (2)

  • Disease-specific prevention and mitigation (2)

  • Access to energy (2)

  • Affordable housing (1)

  • Water resources management (1)

  • Human rights protection or expansion (1)

  • Natural resources conservation (1)

  • Conflict resolution (1)

  • Generating funds for charitable giving (1)

  • Pollution prevention and waste management (1)

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n=55

Verticals

  • E-commerce (14)

  • EdTech (10)

  • AgTech (9)

  • Software as a service (SaaS) (8)

  • Data analytics (7)

  • FinTech (7)

  • Hardware (5)

  • Biotech (5)

  • CleanTech (3)

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n=23

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