We map, measure, and analyze entrepreneurial support organizations across Africa, MENA and Europe — so governments, investors and entrepreneurs can make smarter decisions, with science.
Most ecosystem reports rely on self-declared surveys and one-off snapshots. OSE was built the opposite way — and that is the moat.
Every actor is qualified on 14 indicators from observed data, then continuously requalified. No questionnaires, no wishful self-assessment.
Ten years of time series, not a one-off study. You read trajectories and dynamics — not a frozen photograph.
We map who works with whom — centrality, communities, brokers. Ecosystems are networks; we measure them as networks.
Thousands of actors across Africa, MENA and Europe under one consistent framework — genuinely comparable, country to country.
A peer-reviewed framework — five capability layers, validated by an international scientific council. See the methodology →
OSE is a loop, not a catalog. Each turn of the wheel makes the next one sharper — and that compounding is what no single report can replicate.
The Observatory qualifies and tracks every actor — the scientific source of truth.
OSE Expert turns the data into decision intelligence for governments, investors and donors.
OSE Connect activates entrepreneurs and support actors on the ground — and feeds live signal back.
Better policies, better allocation, better programs — new decisions the Observatory then measures.
Observe → Inform → Connect → Act → and back to Observe. The loop is the moat.
From open public data to entrepreneur networking and decision intelligence — pick the door that fits your role.
Live atlas, rankings, country diagnostics, network analyses, cross-continental insights and comparative dashboards. For governments, investors, donors and academics.
Find the right support program, incubator, accelerator or financing partner. For African entrepreneurs and the structures that support them.
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Each card is a live snapshot, refreshed weekly. Pulled from our 5-layer OSE Quality Score model.
Dense but fragile. "Guided platform" archetype dominated by international institutions. Extreme geographic concentration in Tunis (78.5%), critical lack of mature-stage support — startups find no domestic scaling infrastructure.
Africa’s largest entrepreneurial ecosystem by volume. Lagos hub-driven, deeply commercial. Full diagnostic in preparation — subscribe to be notified when the report drops.
Ranked by qualified actors in our database, refreshed weekly. Pulled from api.ose.africa.
Cumulative qualified actors. Each tick = 1 week. The slope is the speed at which we’re mapping the African entrepreneurial landscape.
% of actors providing at least one support service per layer (Africa, MENA, GCC).
See how lower layers (Technical, Cognitive) dominate while higher layers (Symbolic, Psychological) remain structurally under-served.
Source : OSE database, qualified actors across Africa+MENA+GCC. Theoretical anchor: Guéneau (under review) — The Hidden Architecture of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, IJMR.
10+ years of longitudinal observation. 5 theoretical layers. 14 quality indicators. A multi-awarded scientific council.
| Traditional approach | OSE approach | Decision-maker benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Self-reported surveys | Big Data + qualification | Objective, unbiased |
| Static snapshot | 10+ years time series | Understand dynamics |
| Isolated actors | Network analysis | See who works with whom |
| Macro-economics | Meso-analysis (value chain) | The “missing link” of policy |
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