Alberta Future Economy Accelerator (AFEA)
An exclusive 1-Year bootcamp for Startups and SME Businesses in Alberta. Helping SMEs to adopt artificial Intelligence to drive regional economic diversification.
Next Cohort Starts August 1st, 2026
Fuel Your Business Growth. Build Alberta’s Future Economy.
About the Program
Where Learning Begin
AFEA is built for Alberta-based startups and SMEs that are ready to grow, innovate, and compete in local, national, and global markets. Through structured training, business advisory support, and capacity-building sessions, participants will gain practical knowledge in business strategy, sales, marketing, operations, innovation, AI, cybersecurity, and export readiness.
The program is designed to help businesses move beyond survival and toward sustainable growth, investment readiness, and global competitiveness.
Why Participate?
By joining AFEA, participants will gain access to practical business development support, expert-led training, peer learning, and strategic guidance designed to help them grow with confidence.
- Improve business operations
- Strengthen market positioning
- Explore AI and digital tools
- Build stronger growth strategies
- Prepare for investment and export opportunities
- Connect with Alberta’s innovation and economic development ecosystem
- Alberta-based startups
- Small and medium-sized businesses
- Entrepreneurs seeking to scale
- Businesses exploring AI and digital transformation
- Companies preparing for export or global market access
- Economic Development Officers
- Sales and marketing
- Business strategy & Economic Dev't Training
- AI and cybersecurity
- Operations improvement
- Business innovation
- Export readiness
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Economic Diversification
AFEA gave us practical tools to strengthen our operations, adopt new technologies, and prepare for growth.