The incubator provides six months of intensive support to companies in the ideation stage. Its incubation program has empowered over 200 projects in Tunisia across three editions. 

Founded in 2015, Afkar Incubator is a Tunis (Tunisia) -based incubator currently led by Walid Hached and Houssem Aouidi.

The incubator aims to empower individuals with innovative ideas for social change. It supports social innovators by nurturing them into change catalysts, content creators, and influential figures in civil society- individuals poised to become tomorrow's leaders of change. It particularly focuses on projects in the ideation phase that demonstrate creative solutions to existing problems.

Its flagship initiative is a free six-month incubation program that provides a collaborative and diverse environment that encourages collaborative intelligence, friendship, and a wealth of experiences. Entrepreneurs in the program concentrate on formulating their value proposition, conducting experiments, testing and validating hypotheses, developing business plans, creating proof of concept and minimum viable product (MVP), building their brand, and raising awareness.

Addressing the need for greater inclusion of women in the entrepreneurial sector, Afkar Incubator has introduced a program called Afkar Mubadirat. This initiative creates networking opportunities for women across different regions of the country, with recent launches in Jendouba and Sidi Bouzid.

In terms of impact, the incubator has supported 264 projects and 450 grantees, with 56% being men and 44% women. It has financed 54 projects and incubated 42 entrepreneurs in regional innovation hubs spread across seven regions of Tunisia. Thanks to the program, 131 startups have been launched, and 63 have received accreditation.

Among the notable technology companies Afkar Incubator has supported are JTKids, a series of technological construction games for children promoting creative experiences and playful learning; ODIOFIL, a platform offering a variety of audio content, from radio podcasts to audiobooks; IDARA, an online guide facilitating access to administrative procedures in Tunisia; and JAM, an artist matchmaking and creative space reservation application.

Afkar Incubator achieved these results with the help of its partners, including the National Deposit and Consignment Fund (CDC),  French technical cooperation agency Expertise France, French development agency AFD, the European Union, Germanic Development Agency GIZ, Agence française de développement, the European Union, GIZ, capacity-building project ProGreS Migration and global incubator Faster Capital.

Melchior Koba