AfCEN NextGen
AfCEN’s venture engine for young builders.
AfCEN’s platform for young builders and new ventures. AfCEN hackathons already run on it.
- Status
- Live
- Hackathons
- Run on the NextGen platform today
What NextGen is
AfCEN NextGen is AfCEN's platform for young builders and new ventures. It is live at nextgen.africacen.org.
AfCEN's hackathons already run on the NextGen platform. Teams that keep building after a hackathon stay on the platform, with mentors, investors and opportunities.
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Introductory video coming soon
Until then, ask MANSA for a quick tour of NextGen.
How it works
From first visit to results.
Start with a hackathon
Join an AfCEN hackathon or challenge with one AfCEN account.
Keep building
Teams that keep building stay on the platform, with access to mentors, investors and opportunities.
What you can do with it
Venture tools
Orders, stock, customers, payments and tasks for a new venture, with support for more than one venture.
Opportunity scouting
A module for finding openings for a venture.
Hackathons and challenges
The way in, through AfCEN challenges such as the Salone AI Youth Innovation Challenge.
Who it’s for
Young builders and founders
A route from a hackathon entry to a venture, with mentors and investors.
Connected to the AfCEN intelligence layer
NextGen ventures build on the same graph of sectors, corridors and projects as the rest of AfCEN.
Works hand in hand with
Hackathons
LiveEvery AfCEN hackathon on one platform: pick a challenge, register your team, submit and get judged on a sealed scorecard.
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AfCEN Deploy
LiveDeploy reads the records a business already keeps and answers questions about them in plain words, with the source behind every answer.
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Questions people ask
When does NextGen open?
It is coming in 2026.
How can I get involved now?
Enter an open AfCEN hackathon at aysc.nextgen.africacen.org.
Get started with NextGen
Enter an open AfCEN hackathon at aysc.nextgen.africacen.org; NextGen itself opens in 2026.