Join us in an immersive 5-day learning expedition in Lisbon.

Meet local organisations, research and education centres, incubators and other actors leading Portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Who should attend

This call is open for African and EU entrepreneurs, SMEs, start-ups, researchers, tech and science parks and universities.

Why Lisbon/Portugal
• Lisbon ranked 12th in the top 100 emerging ecosystems in 2020.
• Portugal ranked 28th in the Global Talent Competitiveness 2020.
• Portugal ranked 7th in English Proficiency Index.
• Portugal ranked 39th on ease of doing business index 2019.
• Second most open country for Foreign Direct Investment – FDI restrictiveness index 2019
• 13% above the average nº of startups per capita in Europe.

Get the Portuguese Startup & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Report 2021 here.

Specific Objectives include
• Exploring alternative markets including understanding the local support infrastructures and meeting local innovators, investors, researchers and corporates.
• Fostering cooperation between European and African innovators, incubators and accelerators.
• Promoting knowledge transfer.
• Raising the participant’s awareness of the existing mechanisms in Lisbon that can facilitate entering the European Market.