The 100+ Accelerator Circular Economy Challenge 2023 is looking for entrepreneurs focused on solving pressing sustainability challenges! And is now accepting applications.
AB InBev launched the 100+ Accelerator in 2018 to help the company meet its ambitious sustainability goals faster by identifying startups with breakthrough innovations in five key sustainability pillars: water stewardship, smart agriculture, circular packaging, climate action, and upcycling. (more…)
Pitch AgriHack offers a platform for these visionary minds to present their technological solutions in order to transform the continent’s agricultural landscape. With a total prize money of US$45,000, Pitch AgriHack 2023 will reward the most promising ventures that address key challenges and promote sustainable agricultural development.
Pitch AgriHack 2023 is a testament to the commitment of AGRF, Heifer International, and Generation Africa to foster innovation, create jobs, and enhance food security in Africa. Through this dynamic competition, they aim to inspire a new generation of agritech entrepreneurs who will revolutionize the agricultural landscape and empower smallholder farmers across the continent. (more…)
The Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Program is currently accepting applications for its ninth cohort.
Orange Corners is an initiative of the Kingdom of The Netherlands that provides young entrepreneurs across Africa and the Middle East with the necessary training, mentorship, network, funding and facilities to start and grow their businesses. (more…)
Baobab Network runs a world-class accelerator programme supporting Africa’s boldest innovators to scale homegrown solutions.
Baobab Network accelerator programme is designed to give you the funding and platform you need to take your company global.
The programme offer start-ups $50,000 USD in funding and a 3-month cohort program including personalized two-week consultation sessions with tailored support, in exchange for 10% equity. The venture team works with our portfolio to accelerate growth, build capacity and unlock the next funding stages to help companies scale. (more…)
Project Last Mile in partnership with USAID is seeking to identify enterprises that demonstrate a proven or promising innovation to address emerging disease prevention and/or control, are poised for growth, and would benefit from Project Last Mile’s technical assistance.
Each enterprise will be matched with a Project Last Mile Subject Matter Expert (SME) and will gain one-on-one technical advice, coaching, and mentoring support to design a solution to a key business challenge being faced by the enterprise. Enterprises may also be eligible for up to a maximum of US$200,000 in grant funding, in addition to separate technical assistance. (more…)
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of engineering in 2014, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to developing African innovators, and assisting them to maximize their impact.
It awards crucial commercialization support to ambitious African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to address local challenges, demonstrating the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. (more…)
ICAN-BOI, in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry, will gather a new generation of innovative thinkers from across the tech industry to tackle some of the most pressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), tagged “iHack4SDG Challenge 2023.”
ICANBOI, an innovation hub at the heart of Yaba and Ebutte Metta, opens applications for the iHack4SDG Challenge, which will take place from May 17 to May 24, 2023. The demo for the challenge will be held physically at the ICAN-BOI Innovation Hub. Ten (10) ideas will be selected to participate in the challenge, from which three teams will emerge winners. (more…)
Are you an agripreneur operating an AgriSMEs in Africa within your network who aim to build sustainable and resilient Agribusiness? Then this BRACE program is for you.
In 2023, African Food Changemakers launched the “Building Resilience Against Climate and Environmental Shocks” (BRACE) program. BRACE program is an intensive capacity development program designed to support African small and medium entrepreneurs (agriSMEs) in the agribusiness landscape to be aware about how their businesses are affected by climate change and to enable them develop strategies to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change through climate-smart practices. (more…)
The ReelSkills for Agribusiness (R4A) is a training and job-matching project focused on equipping youth with real skills to succeed in careers in the Agri-processing sector in Nigeria. We will train 1000 youths (60% women) and match at least 800 of these to worthwhile jobs. Our target beneficiaries are 18 – 35 year olds with minimal work experience. (more…)
