Flame Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has launched with plans for a five-month accelerator that will support between 10 and 15 startups.

Flame University has launched an entrepreneurship and commercialisation hub called Flame Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (FCEI), Global Banking and Finance reported on Saturday.

FCEI includes a five-month accelerator, Flame Origins, that will operate on a cost and equity-free basis to support 10 to 15 startups. Flame Origins will offer services including co-working space, library resources, workshops and events.

To participate, startups must clear a competitive, two-stage shortlisting process. FCEI will also run business competitions that pull together entrepreneurs, investors,…