The Investment Readiness Program (IRP) is a 16-week accelerator program that helps young social entrepreneurs under 35 from all around the world become investment-ready through one-on-one mentoring, curated training, peer-to-peer networking, and other opportunities to support youth innovation. The sixth iteration of the IRP will take place from May to August of this year. Young […]
OPEN deploys investment into women-led businesses in Africa, filling a gap in the entrepreneurial and financial ecosystem for female founders in the energy sector across Africa. We will invest up to $100,000 as an equity investment alongside a comprehensive package of support tailored to the needs of the investee company via OPEN+. OPEN+ is utilises […]
The Norrsken Impact Accelerator brings together a global collective of entrepreneurs and investors in Stockholm, Sweden. Among them are founders of more than 50 unicorns and companies such as Klarna, Mojang, Soundcloud, Kry, Good American, Meltwate, Voi, Rekindle and Brilliant Minds. We are an accelerator investing in the best startups solving the world’s biggest challenges. […]
The Young Founders Program (YFP) is a 6-month fellowship offering founders in Asia, Africa, and Latin America 1:1 mentorship, expert sessions, and access to a global network of entrepreneurs and supporters. The top 10 founders of each cohort get the chance to travel to Berlin for a 5-day conference. The Westerwelle Young Founders Programme (YFP) […]
Applications are open for the Japan-Africa Investment Drive (JAID) 2023. The Japan-Africa Investment Drive is a cohort-based investment accelerator that aims to “clinically” match high-potential African startups with suitable Japanese VCs and provide close support to both the startup and the investor throughout the engagement to maximize the prospect of investment. Eight African Startups will […]
Our ambition is to develop and strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Nigeria. This ecosystem should enable youth to develop their business concept and become successful entrepreneurs, by providing them with the necessary opportunities, skills and access to markets. Through Orange Corners we provide young entrepreneurs with a 6-month incubation programme. At the same time, Orange […]
The Bank of Industry in partnership with Lagos Business School establishes the Entrepreneurship Development Program to help equip young Nigerian entrepreneurs to succeed Target Audience: The target audience consists of for-profit entrepreneurs whose businesses solve problems or positively transform society. They may include NYSC members, university/polytechnic graduates, and prospective BOI customers (minimum qualification: SSCE) Eligibility […]
UNDP and FCMB have launched the AgroHack Challenge to crowdsource innovative solutions to the challenges faced across the agricultural ecosystem in Benue State and Nigeria at large. These challenges include: Production Processing Storage Agricultural Finance Agricultural Commerce Supply chain, etc. The winners of the challenge will receive funding and incubation support for 3 months, as […]
The World Bank, with support from the Korea World Bank Partnership Facility (KWPF) and the Korean Green Growth Trust Fund (KGGTF), and in partnership with Plug and Play Tech Center, is launching the Africa-Korea Agtech Innovation Challenge to identify disruptive agricultural technologies (DATs) interested to work in Kenya and Uganda. The World Bank seeks to […]
The ADP Group, a world leader in airport operations, is launching the Play Your Airfield Challenge. Interested in taking part in the creation of the airport of the future? ADP is inviting innovative startups and SMEs to work on a solution to transform its platforms into benchmarks airfields in terms of innovation, sustainable development and […]
