Burning Heroes Africa Startup Awards 2024

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Burning Heroes Founders Association is launching the Second Edition of Burning Heroes Africa Startup Awards 2024, spotlighting early-stage tech pioneers from Africa and the Middle East. Calling all innovative startups looking to go global or find a growth point!

Burning Heroes is the first start-up awards created by founders for founders!

Burning Heroes Africa Startup competition is for campus-based, pre-seed and seed Startups in Africa/Middle-East powered by Burning Heroes Founders Association.

Burning Heroes mission is to help Early-stage Startup Founders reveal their potential and help develop the African/Middle-East region which has a huge potential. Burning Heroes is supported by USA, Europe and Africa top partners such as: 500 Global, APX.VC, Techstars, Starta VC, Stanford Entrepreneur Club, Flat6 Labs, Plug and Play, Savant etc.

Burning Heroes Africa Startup Award Categories

There are six main categories our judging panel will use to award prizes.

MOBILITY & PROP-TECH
CLIMATE & AGRI-TECH
FIN-TECH & INSUR-TECH
SPACE & EMERGING/HI-TECH
AI FOR GOOD
EDTECH/CIVIC TECH

Burning Heroes Africa Startup Benefits

Winners across each category will be awarded with the following:

Media mentions as part of the event promotion
Experts’ feedback
Private sessions with experts from the jury
Credits and discounts from our partners
Membership in our closed community of 50+ founders and start-ups experts globally.

Eligibility

Burning Heroes Africa Startup Awards is looking for innovative startups from Africa and the Middle East looking to go global or find a growth point.

They are inviting:

Campus-based Startups
Pre-Seed Startups with market validation and product prototype
Seed Startups

Burning Heroes defines start-ups as any new business that has the potential to scale fast, is agile and often has a characteristic driven by technology or innovation.

How to Apply for Burning Heroes Africa Startup Awards

Click Here to apply

An application should include: a pitch-deck, product/prototype link, brief explanation of the problem you’re solving, and why your solution fulfills the criteria for the categories you’ve selected.
Deadline for Application is April 1, 2024

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