Westerwelle Foundation

We empower entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia & Latin America. The Westerwelle Foundation was founded in 2013 by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Guido Westerwelle and entrepreneur Ralph Dommermuth. At its core the Westerwelle Foundation aims at creating opportunities for young people in emerging countries. How do we do this? Through our startup hubs and support programmes. We currently have three startup hubs in Africa: Tunisia, Rwanda and Tanzania. Each Westerwelle Startup Haus offers co-working, capacity building and access to the local startup community. Our programmes support startups all the way from ideation to international acceleration. Our flagship programme is the Young Founders Programme, accelerating 50 founders from Asia, Africa and Latin America per year and ending with a conference in Berlin for the top entrepreneurs.