Chapter54 Accelerator 2025

Now, let’s be clear, spotting the continent as a strategic axis is not without its questions for scaleups, founders & management teams. To what extent do I have to tweak my operating model? Can I rely locally on categories of partners I’m used to working with? How can I convince my investors about the market opportunity?

All these questions are fully legitimate. That’s why KfW, the German development bank, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has selected Partech Shaker to operate Chapter54, an unprecedented program for European scaleups willing to expand into Africa. This way, KfW confirms its ambition to be a facilitator of dialogue between European and African Tech landscapes.

Chapter54 is a program by doers, with doers, for doers. Each year we will select 10 companies from all over Europe, to support them in expanding to Africa… and for that, we have a plan!

Chapter54 has been designed for highly mature and successful scaleups, which are still motivated by an entrepreneurial spirit.

To be eligible, you need:

• To be registered and have operations in a European country
• To have sizeable and recurring revenues
• To already have a successful experience with international expansion

If this sounds like you, apply here today.