Askya AI Growth Platform · Cohort 2026

Applications are closed.
The first cohort is next.

Thank you to the 1,300 founders who applied. Selected startups are being contacted directly, and the inaugural cohort is revealed on stage at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos, on October 28.

1,300Applications received
11Startups in the cohort
Oct 28Public reveal in Lagos
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Lagos · October 28, 2026

Meet us at Moonshot by TechCabal.

Moonshot brings together more than 6,000 founders, operators, investors and corporate decision-makers. The inaugural cohort is revealed on stage on October 28.

In partnership with Big Cabal Media. The Askya team is at Moonshot on both days, October 28 and 29. Come and say hello.

The platform

What the selected startups get.

Six weeks, from October 26 to December 4. Free for the ten startups selected, with no equity and no fees.

Learn

Coached by $100M+ builders

Weekly 1-on-1 coaching, workshops and masterclasses led by founders who have built and scaled $100M+ companies across Africa and the diaspora.

Sell

Corporate pilots & deals

Structured sessions with corporates and institutions, through to the end of the platform.

Build

Compute & cloud access

Cloud and AI infrastructure through ecosystem partners, with GPUs and enterprise-grade capacity to build, train and scale.

Grow

Investment up to $200,000

We take zero equity to join. Cohort startups may then receive an equity investment of up to $200,000 from Askya, with its full support.

Chair, inaugural cohort

Tosin Eniolorunda
“Africans can build solutions for people of the world, and AI is the greatest opportunity yet to prove it. What this new generation of founders needs is execution support and access to real customers. That is what this platform delivers.”

Tosin Eniolorunda

Founder and Group CEO, Moniepoint

What happens next

Key dates

Selected startups are contacted directly. Everything else is announced publicly.

Applications closed

Review complete

Kickoff

Six weeks begin

Public reveal

Moonshot by TechCabal, Lagos

Platform ends

Final deals closed

Next call

Announced to our list first

Our ecosystem

Built with the ecosystem.

Askya Investment Partners
Askya Investment PartnersFounder and organizer of the platform. A seed-stage venture capital firm backing African technology and AI companies.
Magna Collective
Magna CollectiveCo-designs and co-operates the six-week curriculum, coaching programme and corporate sessions.
Big Cabal Media
Big Cabal MediaHosts the public cohort reveal at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos and carries the platform across its editorial network.
Deep Learning Indaba
Deep Learning IndabaAfrica’s largest machine learning community. Extends the platform’s reach across the continent’s AI research and engineering talent.
Africa Deep Tech Community
Africa Deep Tech CommunityConnects the platform to founders building at the frontier of deep tech across African markets.
3MTT and the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy
3MTT · Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital EconomyNigeria’s national technical talent programme. Opens access to a trained engineering pipeline and to public-sector stakeholders.

Questions

Questions we are asked.

I applied. When will I hear back?

Every applicant receives an answer. Selected startups are contacted directly ahead of the kickoff on October 26.

Will applications reopen?

Yes. The next call will be announced to our list first. Join above to hear about it before it goes public.

Can I still meet the team?

Yes. We are at Moonshot by TechCabal in Lagos on October 28 and 29, and reachable by email all year.

Do you take equity?

No. Zero equity, zero warrants, zero fees. The platform is free for selected startups.

More questions? Read the full questions and answers.

See you in Lagos.

The inaugural cohort is revealed at Moonshot by TechCabal on October 28. Join our list to get the announcement wherever you are.

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