Through his pre-incubation, incubation, and acceleration programs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), he supports young entrepreneurs in creating and developing their projects.

Fabrice Ntchango (photo) is a Gabonese serial entrepreneur and the founder and general coordinator of Akewa Accélérateur, an innovation hub supporting businesses, entrepreneurs, organizations, and project leaders in developing innovative initiatives.

Founded in 2013, Akewa Accélérateur is an incubator for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that promotes innovative entrepreneurship in Gabon. As a member of the Afric’innov network, it offers a wide range of support programs. "Akewa Accélérateur provides services ranging from ideation and incubation to the growth acceleration of startups and other organizations. Additionally, our hub offers tailored advice, open innovation, seed funding services, and training for young entrepreneurs and startups," Ntchango stated in May 2024.

Akewa Accélérateur's services primarily focus on sectors such as cultural industries, renewable energy, agri-food, information and communication technologies (ICT), and the environment. Since its inception, Akewa Accélérateur has supported around 100 projects. In 2022, it won the "Tech Company" award from the Alpha Blue Foundation and the African Digital Conference & Awards, recognizing it as Africa's best tech company of the year.

Fabrice Ntchango is also the co-founder and general manager of Iboundji Technologie, a company providing IT and technological engineering services. He serves as the permanent secretary of the One Forest Youth Initiative (OFYI), an international NGO for youth, and the national coordinator for Gabon programs within the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance.

Ntchango holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance, obtained in 2009 from Groupe SupDeco Dakar, a business school in Senegal. He also graduated from Alioune Diop University of Bambey (UADB) in 2012 with a master's degree in legal engineering and project management, with a focus on economics.

Before founding Akewa Accélérateur, Ntchango worked as an accounting assistant at Tradecorp International, a Spanish company specializing in crop biostimulation and sustainable nutrition, in Senegal from 2008 to 2009. Concurrently, he interned as a technical sales representative at Africaine de l’Automobile du Sénégal. In 2010, he was appointed executive director of Gabon Ecologie, where he worked until 2013.

Melchior Koba