Davide Menguzzato
Co-founder
Business development and go-to-market across agritech and impact. Founded Campo Digitale; BD lead at DeepLeaf.
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Built to scale beyond borders.
ScaleGate Africa is the African branch of ScaleGate. We work alongside founders, institutions and ecosystem partners across Africa, combining local leadership with an international operating team.
Meet the teamWhy we exist
Ambition is not the constraint.
Execution capacity is.
Across Africa, founders and organisations are building around important problems and significant opportunities. What is often missing is sustained operating capacity to turn that ambition into clear decisions, stronger companies and practical execution.
ScaleGate Africa exists to close that gap. We work close to the market while connecting each engagement to the wider ScaleGate team, international experience and relationships across Europe and beyond.
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Local understanding
Work shaped by the realities of the market, the founder and the institution.
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Practical execution
Defined work carried out beside the people responsible for moving it forward.
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International connection
Access to the experience, markets and relationships of the wider ScaleGate team.
The people behind the work
One operating team across Africa and Europe.
Co founders
Patrik Nemčok
Co-founder
Leads grants and public funding: scouting the right instruments, writing the applications, structuring what follows.
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Alex Nwuba
Managing Partner
ScaleGate AfricaLeads ScaleGate across Africa: partnerships, programme delivery and market access for ventures building between Africa and Europe.
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Alfie Nze
Programme and Education Manager
ScaleGate AfricaRuns ScaleGate's programmes and founder education across Africa, turning the methodology into practical training venture teams use.
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Luís António
Grants and incorporation
Grant writing, incorporation, and business planning: applications, paperwork, and numbers that hold up under review.
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Francesca Cosenza
Communication and design
Communication, UX, and service design: brand, messaging, interfaces, and the customer journeys behind them.
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Luca Nuccio
Marketing
SEO, digital advertising, and marketing technology: campaigns, funnels, and tracking that turn attention into pipeline.
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Mahdi Aboulmanadel
Technology
Founder of DeepLeaf, AI crop intelligence used across Africa and the Middle East. Leads CTO as a service and MVP engineering.
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Ait Houmaid Lahcen
Technical support and MVP engineering
Supports technology operations and builds minimum viable products that get ventures to their first customers fast.
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Put the right operating team behind what comes next.
Tell us where the work stands today. We will start with the priority in front of you.