Gilbert Ewehmeh

Continental Coordinator

Accelerate Africa

With over 20 years working with startups and emerging SMEs across Africa, Ewehmeh, is the Founder & Managing Director of YES Cameroon a social innovation enterprise established since 2006 a leading actor in the Cameroon entrepreneurial ecosystem with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. He is a Business Development Consultant, expert on investment, innovative finance and trade related sectors. He is consulting for governments, GIZ - German Coorperation, the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Central Africa Regional Office and East Africa Regional Office and the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) in UAE Etc. Ewehmeh is the Chief Executive Officer of Startup’Nkap Inc. an Innovative Public Limited Company with offices in Cameroon and Rwanda, that offers Financial and Investment services to startups ventures, small and medium sized enterprises, governments and international agencies. He doubles as the Board Chair of Startupnkap Innovative Microfinance Finance (SIM) a financial institution that works with micro-entrepreneurs to migrate them from informal to formal with focus on savings, microloans and fintech services. Ewehmeh is the Chairman/(Continental Coordinator of Accelerate Africa, a leading continental organization to unleash Africa's economic growth by supporting SMEs and the private sector across Africa with country coordinators (focal points) in over 10 African Countries