Africa SME Assembly

The cohort portal for the Africa Business Accelerator 2026

verse28 keeps 120 founders across the continent in step for eight weeks — one place for the schedule, live Zoom links, recordings, materials and the community.

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120: Founders selected
8: Weeks of training
16: Live sessions
45+: African timezones

Everything the cohort needs, nothing it doesn't

Designed to be opened on a phone between meetings and understood in ten seconds.

Week-by-week schedule

Every main session and workshop across the 8 weeks, with add-to-calendar files and live status.

Built for all of Africa

Program time is always WAT, and each participant pins their own zone — GMT, WAT, CAT/SAST or EAT.

Recordings on demand

Missed a session? Replays appear in the portal right after each class.

Materials library

Templates, worksheets and slides organised program-wide and by week.

One community

A single button into the cohort WhatsApp group for peers and facilitators.

Private by default

Sign-in links are sent only to the emails on the selected cohort roster.

Already in the cohort?

Enter the email you applied with and we'll send you a one-time sign-in link to your dashboard, next session and materials.

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