African Impact Initiative Challenge Cohort 6 for African Founders

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Applications are open for African Impact Initiative Challenge Cohort 6. The African Impact Challenge empowers daring early innovators solving African challenges with global potential, supporting them in building market-shaping, globally competitive businesses. To date, we have:

Trained over 7,000 founders and funded more than 100 businesses across 46 different countries including Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania, Egypt, Morocco, Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, and Nigeria.
Supported businesses through our Pan-African Health Entrepreneurship (HENT), which supports health tech ventures from any country in Africa, and Country Innovation (CI), which support ventures from a specific African country each year across any industry, this year being Nigeria.

With our track-based funding, builder resources, global network of innovators, and strategic partners like the University of Toronto, you receive the comprehensive support needed to scale and thrive.

African Impact Initiative Challenge Benefits

CAPACITY BUILDING
- Virtual & Self-Paced Venture Support Bootcamp
TRACK-BASED VENTURE FUNDING
- Through Investments or Grants
TRACK-BASED PROGRAMMING
- To Reach Your Next Milestone
FUNDED INTERNATIONAL MARKET EXPOSURE
- Flights and accommodations covered
POST-PROGRAM INVESTOR SUPPORT
- To Access Additional Capital & Scale Further
MARKET ACCESS & PARTNERSHIPS
- To Acquire Customers & Go-To-Market Partners

Eligibility Criteria for African Impact Initiative Challenge

Young Africans under 39 living in Africa.
A desire to pursue impact-focused entrepreneurship as a means of livelihood.
A desire to solve critical problems with technology.
Full time commitment from the team building the venture.

Stream Based Criteria:

Country Innovation Stream: Scalable ventures based in the country of focus from any sector, this year being Nigeria.
Health Entrepreneurship Stream: Pan-African ventures enabling health outcomes, anywhere in Africa.