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Live ยท 27 954 actors qualified across 139 countries

Make Africaโ€™s
entrepreneurial ecosystems
visible, connected, actionable.

We map, measure, and analyze 16,000+ entrepreneurial support organizations across Africa, MENA and Europe โ€” so governments, investors and entrepreneurs can make smarter decisions, with science.

Backed by world-class scholars:Audretsch ยท Sarasvathy ยท Stam ยท Chabaud ยท Krueger
โ— Africa ย  โ— MENA & GCC
27 954
Actors qualified
+10 326 this week
139
Countries
Africa ยท MENA ยท GCC ยท Europe
14
Quality indicators
Across 5 layers
10+
Years of data
Longitudinal analysis
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Live insights

What our data reveals โ€” today

Each card is a live snapshot, refreshed weekly. Pulled from our 5-layer OSE Quality Score model.

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
North Africa ยท 33 years of data
OSE 508.3
315
Actors
13
Active
798
Connections

Africa’s most interconnected ecosystem. Uniquely driven by a private-sector triad (UM6P-OCP-CGEM) โ€” divergent from the NGO/donor model seen elsewhere. Casablanca + Rabat = 84% of actors.

๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
North Africa ยท 13 years of data
OSE 537.2
327
Actors
12
Active
407
Connections

Dense but fragile. "Guided platform" archetype dominated by international institutions. Extreme geographic concentration in Tunis (78.5%), critical lack of mature-stage support โ€” startups find no domestic scaling infrastructure.

Live ranking

Top 10 ecosystems by actor density

Ranked by qualified actors in our database, refreshed weekly. Pulled from api.ose.africa.

1
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
France5 064
2
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Germany2 267
3
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง
United Kingdom1 442
4
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ
Spain1 181
5
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Italy846
6
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น
Portugal729
7
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น
Austria701
8
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Netherlands643
9
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ
Switzerland557
10
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ
Poland499
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Live ยท 12 months

OSE in motion

Cumulative qualified actors. Each tick = 1 week. The slope is the speed at which weโ€™re mapping the African entrepreneurial landscape.

07 50015 00022 50030 00004-2705-042026-05-04+10 326 this week
+10 326
actors over period
27 954
total today
+10 326
this week
Science you can trust

Built on a peer-reviewed framework.

10+ years of longitudinal observation. 5 theoretical layers. 14 quality indicators. A multi-awarded scientific council.

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Layer 1
Technical
Resources, infrastructure
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Layer 2
Cognitive
Knowledge, training
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Layer 3
Relational
Networks, social capital
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Layer 4
Symbolic
Institutions, legitimacy
๐Ÿ’ก
Layer 5
Psychological
Mindset, agency
Traditional approachOSE approachDecision-maker benefit
Self-reported surveysBig Data + qualificationObjective, unbiased
Static snapshot10+ years time seriesUnderstand dynamics
Isolated actorsNetwork analysisSee who works with whom
Macro-economicsMeso-analysis (value chain)The โ€œmissing linkโ€ of policy

Scientific Council

David B. Audretsch
David B. Audretsch
Indiana University
Saras Sarasvathy
Saras Sarasvathy
Darden School
Erik Stam
Erik Stam
Utrecht University
Karim Messeghem
Karim Messeghem
U. Montpellier
Stรฉphane Foliard
Stรฉphane Foliard
Scholar
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