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AVP visited Lagos, the economic powerhouse of Nigeria and arguably the entire African continent, renowned for its vibrant startup scene, frequently referred to as the Silicon Savannah of Africa. During our visit, we had the chance to engage with innovative startups, accelerators, and innovation hubs.
10 Aug 2023
We recently visited Uganda and Tanzania, where we had a chance to talk with local students and young professionals about their countries' sustainability issues. The people we spoke with highly regarded sustainability and wished their governments would do better. We found four reasons why they are not. However, it seems their countries are in good hands.
13 Apr 2023
In this opinion piece, AVP student Júlia Vila provides insights from AVP’s Bay Experience, which they joined last January. During the program, she participated in the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BMoE) bootcamp at UC Berkeley and began to understand how Finnish and American universities are different.
30 Mar 2023
Four students — Anh Nguyen, Camila Gallo, Júlia Vila and Henri Wittmann — represented Aalto Ventures Program at the Berkeley Method of Entrepreneurship (BMoE) bootcamp at the University of California, Berkeley in January 2023. The bootcamp was filled with joy, new friendships and valuable insights regarding entrepreneurship.
02 Mar 2023
Four Aalto University students visited Zambia to work on a case for a local startup, together with students from Zambia, Kenya, and Uganda. They started their voyage with high expectations, but none of them could anticipate the most important lessons they'd learn.
03 Nov 2022
Africa is a mobile-first market. A small group of us from AVP recently visited East Africa to learn about the startup ecosystems and opportunities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. In this post, our co-director Kalle Airo shares some of his observations and learnings from the visit.
16 Jun 2022