Supporting incubators and entrepreneurship development stakeholders in the Central African Republic through innovative solutions and coaching.
Vision, strategy, product, tech: we support you across every aspect that makes a project succeed, at each step of the way.
You build with the right people. We connect you to IKOUĒ Academy developers and graduates to build your team.
You join a community that fuels your growth and tap our network of coaches and investors.
We start from your idea and make sure it answers a real market need.
The problem: Pin down the concrete need you solve.
Customers: Talk to real customers, early.
The market: Study demand and the competition.
Scoping: Define a clear, realistic project.
You build a simple, usable product, with our guidance at every step.
Scope: Choose the essential features.
Tech: Make the right technical choices.
Talent: Access IKOUĒ Academy developers.
Testing: Test with real users and improve.
You bring your product to market and go after your first customers.
Launch: Prepare and nail your go-to-market.
First customers: Go after your first users.
Measure: Track what really works.
Offer: Adjust your offer and pricing.
You accelerate and unlock funding to scale up.
Traction: Build steady growth.
Investors: Meet our funding network.
Fundraise: Prepare your raise.
Partners: Forge key partnerships.
We challenge your vision and turn it into a clear strategy and a viable model.
Framing, priorities and product decisions: we turn the idea into a clear product, before the first line of code.
Technical choices, best practices and access to IKOUĒ Academy developers to build with.
Launch, measurement and iteration: we help you turn your first users into traction.
An ecosystem for digital inclusion
Born in Bangui, Louma brings together simple tools to pay, get paid and access everyday services, in the Central African Republic and across the diaspora.
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Factory is an incubator that supports Central African founders from idea to product: vision, strategy, product and tech, at every step.
Pitch your project through the Request for Startup form. A short application is enough to start the conversation with our team.
Any stage. The journey starts from your idea and validates it, then helps you build a first version, launch, and grow.
End-to-end mentoring, access to talent (developers and IKOUĒ Academy graduates), and a community with a network of coaches and investors.
Tell us about your project. If it's a fit, we'll guide you from idea to your first customers.
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Accessible digital skills, from Bangui to the regions, preparing a generation to build.
Tools that bring care closer to people and support those who provide it.
Mobile payments, connectivity and online services that bring everyone into the digital economy.
Modernizing supply chains and securing harvests, the bedrock of the Central African economy.
