title: Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance
text: # Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance
  
  The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a US-based business network for African entrepreneurs that provides funding, university scholarships and a support ecosystem. The Alliance was founded by Okendo Lewis-Gayle and is supported by Cisco and the Oppenheimer Generations Foundation, amongst others. Members of the Harambe Alliance have raised over $500 million from Google Ventures, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and Alibaba to support their ventures.
  
  ## Partnerships
  
  The Alliance is supported by and is partnered with:
  
  * Cisco Systems
  * Oppenheimer Generations Foundation
  * The IDP Foundation
  * The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  * Yale School of Management
  * Saïd Business School
  
  ## Notable Members
  
  * Eyram Tawia, founder of Leti Arts
  * Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, former MD of Flutterwave and co-founder of Andela
  * Lungisa Matshoba, CTO of Yoco
  * Kelechi Ofoegbu, COO of Impact Hub Accra
  * Adeteyo Bamiduro of Max.ng
  