The foundation of the University of Abomey-Calavi (FUAC) is home to a program called UAC Startup Valley.
It is a cluster of innovative companies with high potential started by university graduates in general and UAC in particular, to create decent and sustainable jobs. Its mission can be summed up in three points:
- Accompany and coach graduates in the creation and development of innovative companies with high potential for decent and sustainable job creation;
- Disseminate entrepreneurial culture in the academic community;
- Reduce the graduates’ unemployment rate.
The University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC), which is at the service of development, has received funding from the MasterCard Foundation for the implementation of the MasterCard Foundation scholars Program to strengthen entrepreneurial and leadership capacities of young academics and make them job creators and change agents in their community.
The coordination of the MasterCard Foundation scholars Program at UAC has identified the foundation of the University of Abomey-Calavi to lead three (3) studies identifying opportunities to create innovative companies in three (3) different Value chains for the benefit of the incubator UAC Startup Valley.
