Startup Guide, a global guide for startups has launched an innovation hub in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was launched at Wits University’s Tshimologong Precinct. Tshimologong is focused on building digital technology entrepreneurs, commercializing research and developing high-skilled digital skills for students.
“Johannesburg has recently emerged as a growing ecosystem for startups and entrepreneurs in Africa, particularly in the tech industry. We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to create a comprehensive guide of resources for aspiring founders wanting to do business in South Africa’s largest city.” Sissel Hansen, Founder, and CEO of Startup Guide said adding that Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city is emerging as a key innovation hub for startups.
The global guide for startups launched an innovation hub in Cape Town, South Africa earlier this year and has high-growth innovation hubs in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. The Startup Guide was founded in 2014 to help entrepreneurs who are looking forward to starting a company as well as those in the process of building one. It is a creative content and publishing company that produces guidebooks and tools to help entrepreneurs to connect to communities and resources in the leading startup cities around the world.
Startup Guide partnered with SAP Next-Gen, a purpose-driven innovation university and community for the SAP ecosystem enabling companies, partners and universities to connect and innovate with purpose linked to the UN Sustainable Goals for Development. Ann Rosenberg, Senior Vice-President and Head of Global SAP Next-Gen said: “We strive to connect digital innovators in an open innovation community to drive the future success and growth of industries through the use of technology”.
Startups are the lifeline of any economy and innovation around the world. They provide job opportunities, new products. The road to fulfilling these dreams of an entrepreneur is not easy and the Startup Guide is a company that hopes to make this journey easier for entrepreneurs. In other high-innovation cities around the world, the Startup Guide has helped in enhancing the overall performance of startups in those communities.
