ARISE FOUNDERS
Build with the 1% of African Pacesetters.
You don't have to build alone. ARISE Founders is a growing community of ambitious African founders building businesses, products, careers, communities and ideas that can shape the future of Africa.
Founders meet in the Foundry. Membership Access is ₦30,000 • a 90-day building cycle — learn how to build, build your idea, get mentorship, visibility and a pathway to funding. You're not just joining a group — you're joining a network.
- Membership Access
- ₦30,000
- Cumulative learning value
- $10,000
- Building cycle
- 90 days
- Long-term builder target
- 100M
What's included
You're Not Just Joining a Group. You're Joining a Network.
₦30,000 Membership Access • a 90-day building cycle. You join to learn how to build, build your idea, and reach people and opportunities that move it forward.
Build
Accountability and a community that keeps you moving — weekly founder sessions, challenges and build-alongs through a 90-day cycle.
Connect
Meet founders, builders, mentors and people building across Africa — in the Foundry, where founders meet.
Learn
Curated learning and resources across entrepreneurship, AI, technology, finance, leadership and growth — $10,000 in cumulative educational value included as a membership benefit.
Get Discovered
Founder Spotlights and visibility opportunities that put your story and your work in front of the network.
Access Opportunities
Funding, programs, jobs, partnerships and other opportunities as the network grows. Opportunities, not guarantees.
Get Spotlighted
Selected weekly Founder Spotlights on ARISE Founders Instagram — professionally produced and promoted, sponsored by Avantage Capital with up to $1,000 allocated per selected spotlight. Selection is not guaranteed.
The vision
The 1% of African Pacesetters.
Our long-term target is 100M African builders. If 10% are actively participating in the community, that is a network equivalent to 1% of Africa's young population — a place to meet people, exchange ideas, discover opportunities, get visibility and build together. It is our ambition, and we are starting with one pilot community.
- Members — designed to scale to
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- Ventures to spotlight as we grow
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- Ventures targeted for funding opportunities
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Talent is everywhere. Access is not.
Across Africa, millions of people have the ambition to build but no affordable route to real business education, tools or networks.
AI changed what one person can build.
A single founder with AI can now do the work of a small team. That advantage should not be reserved for people who already have access.
Scale is the point.
One builder changes one household. A network of millions of builders changes the economics of a continent.
Early-member incentive
The Pioneer Package.
Among the first applications, 1,000 eligible members will be selected at random to receive a limited-edition Pioneer Package, valued at up to $1,000. Selection is subject to eligibility and the official terms — not every member receives one.
Members joined
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Pioneer Packages available
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Every verified member from the early application window is entered automatically. 1,000 eligible entries are then selected at random under the official Pioneer Package terms. The package is a stated value of up to $1,000 — it is not a cash prize.
As the network grows
Visibility. Then Opportunity.
The more the network grows, the more doors open: venture spotlights, challenges, and funding opportunities targeted at 10,000 ventures.
100,000 ventures spotlighted
As the network grows, ARISE aims to spotlight 100,000 member ventures — putting real builders and their work in front of the continent.
$1,000 – $1,000,000
The target is to provide funding opportunities to 10,000 ventures as the network grows, sized to each venture's stage and opportunity.
Opportunity, not entitlement
Funding and spotlighting are opportunities members can earn on the strength of what they build. They are not guaranteed to every member.
To be considered for anything, you first have to be inside — building. That is what the 90-day cycle is for: at the end of a cycle, a venture from each participating community can be selected for funding consideration.
GET MEMBERSHIP ACCESSHow it works
Three Steps. Ninety Days.
01
SET UP YOUR PROFILE
Tell us who you are and what you're building. It takes two minutes and sets up your onboarding.
02
Get Membership Access on Sellenda
Membership Access is ₦30,000 and is purchased on Sellenda, our payment partner. Access opens once your purchase is confirmed.
03
Build through a 90-day cycle
Learn through curated courses and resources, get mentorship, build alongside your community, earn visibility through Founder Spotlights — and at the end of a cycle a venture from each participating community can be selected for funding consideration.
Membership
One Price. Ninety Days.
₦30,000 Membership Access, bought once on Sellenda. Communities can sponsor members in bulk.
Individual Membership Access · 90 days
₦30,000
≈ $20, paid once on Sellenda
- • Curated learning and resources — $10,000 cumulative educational value
- • A 90-day building cycle with your community
- • Weekly founder & mentor sessions
- • Community activities, challenges & networking
- • Founder spotlights & ecosystem opportunities
- • Entry into the Pioneer Package draw (first applications)
Payment is completed on Sellenda, our payment partner — not on this website.
Community sponsorship
Sponsors buy Membership Access in bulk on Sellenda and share a unique code or link with their members. Verified entries are attributed to the sponsor, and the 10% community-leader reward applies. A community qualifies from 100 members; a healthy community runs at 1,000.
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12 months financing
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Dum Victor
Founder & Convener, ARISE
The founder
I Know The Gap.
I've experienced the gap between ambition and access myself. I've seen how difficult it can be to learn how to build, grow and succeed when the systems, networks, knowledge and opportunities that should make that journey easier are disconnected.
And I'm not alone.
Millions of Nigerians have talent, ideas and ambition, but remain stuck trying to figure everything out on their own.
I decided that the next generation should not have to inherit that gap.
So I decided to build what I wish existed.
ARISE is my response.
FAQ
Straight answers.
Your next 90 days start the moment you join.
One Membership Access. A 90-day building cycle, DOT Academy, mentorship, and the opportunities a growing network unlocks. Payment is completed on Sellenda.