Seedstars Africa Ventures is now accepting applications to fund and support African entrepreneurs

Seedstars

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Seedstars Africa Ventures is looking to finance and support these African champions who are improving value chains, delivering basic goods and services to the bottom of the pyramid, or serving the rapidly rising middle class. Join the challenge if you are a young entrepreneur!

Expected Solutions

Seedstars Africa Ventures is looking for African innovations that can disrupt existing markets or build entirely new ones.

These solutions can be technologically or non-technologically oriented, and they can concern product, operation, marketing, or organizational innovation.

Scope

Financial services, health, education, agriculture, electricity, logistics, mobility, telecommunications, business services, consumer goods… are all possible market verticals for the company to operate in.

The company must be active in Africa and have some momentum there (e.g. sales, users…)

Selection criteria :

– Geography: At the moment, Africa is your primary market.
– Innovation: The company is using technology or other types of innovation tailored for the continent to solve a problem.
– Solution maturity: The solution has already been commercialized and has shown growth potential.
– Scalability: The business has pan-African potential in a wide market.

 

Application deadline May 14, 2021.

To apply or for more information click here.

 

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