In Africa there are more than 643 entities specialising in providing early startup business support in one form or another. This is according to a February 2020 report by the most reputable industry network body, AfriLabs (Nigeria).=
Further, the report states that South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya are hosts to the largest number of such entities at more than 50 each. These entities go by a variety of names, including innovation labs, technology labs, co-working spaces, business incubators, hives or simply hubs.