Bantu Makers

What is Bantu Makers?

Bantu Makers is a startup studio based in Angola, known for constructing businesses and fostering entrepreneurship in the African markets. With a mission to build and scale startups combining profit and purpose, they aim to create exceptional products addressing consumer needs in Africa sustainably.

Established by Friedrich A.

Neuman and Marius Schulze in 2013, Bantu Makers originates from the MAKERS community that comprises entrepreneurs, investors, and experts working together to transform digital innovations into reality. Bantu Makers brings technological solutions to the forefront to tackle problems and believes in the power of talent, creativity, and smart work. As investors and entrepreneurs, they construct companies using their own ideas and resources.

Key to their approach is the recognition of their roots in the Bantu people of Africa, as they seek to honor their ancestry by operating in an area with significant challenges and exceptional opportunities. The continent's market of over one billion people—mostly young and eager to learn and thrive—offers a fertile ground for entrepreneurial endeavors. Bantu Makers aims to elevate the next generation of entrepreneurs who will address the continent's biggest challenges.

They commit to making a positive impact and contributing to the technology and information economy of the 21st century.

Their methodology includes collaborating with fellow entrepreneurs, engineers, and innovators, envisioning ideas for creating sustainable and high-market-value innovative solutions. They specialize in ideating, designing, programming, and re-configuring to concurrently grow multiple startups through a lean process, utilizing a multidisciplinary team, shared infrastructure, and resources.

Additionally, they curate spaces for tech entrepreneurs to meet, learn, and collaborate through events, mentorship sessions, workshops, and more, providing an environment where tech startups can work smarter, develop faster, and increase their success rates. They focus on creating extraordinary companies and facilitate youth entrepreneurship through education and community events, striving for hard work and enjoying what they do.

With the objective to invest in and support leaders solving significant challenges in the African markets, Bantu Makers has minimum and maximum investment ranges of $120,000 and $2,000,000, respectively, specializing in seed-stage funding.