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Are you operating in Africa, generating revenue, and looking to raise between $250K and $10M? This is the opportunity you’ve been looking for! See how to apply for the 2022VC4A Venture Showcase Africa.

2022 VC4A Venture Showcase Africa – Women founder edition

VC4A is looking for up to 16 women founders leading innovative, high-growth scale-ups to showcase to the global network of Africa-focused investors.

According to the Africa: The Big Deal report, in 2021 93% of the funding in Africa went to startups led by male CEOs. Looking at the makeup of founding teams, over 99% of the funding in 2021 was raised by a single male founder, or a founding team with at least one male co-founder.

Based on this knowledge and as a community member dedicated to supporting the startup ecosystem, VC4A now opens a call dedicated to women-led startups from across the African continent. If you are leading a fast growing startup with clear impact potential and you are in the process of scaling up your activities in the region, then apply.

As part of the program, companies get visibility within a curated investor network and are interviewed by leading VC funds as part of the vetting process. The finalists receive mentorship and technical advice directly from the angel investors, VC fund managers and Corporates that participate in the program. The Venture Showcase is an effective way to get visibility for your fundraising campaign and to connect with prospective investors. Last but not least, this is a great opportunity to share and learn from your peers and build long-lasting relationships with them.

Eligibility Criteria

• You have a very strong management team of at least 3 people including one (or more) woman founder;
• Your company is for-profit and registered as an independent legal entity;
• You have a product or service available on the market and generate revenue;
• Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or your business model is new, disruptive and designed for scale;
• Your team is based in one or more countries on the African continent;
• At least one of the founders has an African nationality;
• You are seeking Seed or Series A investment in the range of $250K – $10M;
• While there will be exceptions, most likely your startup has already received external investment, structured as either debt or equity, or received grants from donor organizations.

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Benefits:

• Being recognized as 2022 VC4A Venture Showcase entrepreneur
• Participation in the VC4A Venture Showcase deal room, including 200+ early-stage investor organizations
• Professionally edited 3-minute virtual pitch featured at the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit (November 2-4, 2022)
• 30 min deep-dive session with investors in a private room
• Mentorship and technical support by partnering VC investors and corporates
• AWS Activate offers selected cohort credits, tools, resources, and more to quickly get started on AWS
• Joining the alumni network and having exclusive access to partner events and fundraising opportunities

Timeline:

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The JAMII Femmes Programme 2022 for African women Entrepreneurs

The Visa Creator Program 2022 for Digital Creators

ITU/UN Women Equals in Tech Awards 2022

OWSD PhD Fellowship 2022/2023

ShEquity Business Accelerator (SHEBA) Program 2022

AWIEF Digital Skills Training Program 2022 for Young Females in SA

Harvard Global Health Institute LEAD Fellowship Program 2022/2023

Have you heard of the Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize 2022 for early career Researchers?

Wellcome Mental Health Data Prize 2022 for early career Researchers

The Wellcome Data Prize in mental health supports collaborative approaches to research into anxiety and depression in young people. Teams in the UK and South Africa will explore existing data to find new insights and build digital tools that enable future research.

The Prize aims to generate tangible and scalable outputs that support the mental health research community. The overarching question for the Data Prize is:

“What are the ‘active ingredients’ that make a difference in preventing, treating, and managing anxiety and depression in young people? What works, for whom, in what contexts, and why?”

 Requirements

A key aim of this prize is to build a multidisciplinary mental health data community by bringing together people with mental health research backgrounds and data expertise.  By mental health science we mean any discipline that uses evidence in rigorous and transparent ways, whether based on observation or experimentation. This could include:

• psychiatry
• psychology
• neuroscience
• disciplines within the humanities, social sciences and computer sciences, among others.

Lead applicants:

• must be based in the UK or South Africa.
• may be at any career stage but must have a permanent, open-ended or long-term rolling contract, or the guarantee of one for the full duration of the award.

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Funding

Level of funding:

There are three phases to the prize, each six months long and with different levels of funding and support on offer:

• Discovery phase: 10 teams will be selected to receive £40,000 of funding
• Prototyping phase: 5 teams will be selected to receive £100,000 of funding
• Sustainability phase: £500,000 will be allocated across 3 winning teams

Duration of funding:

6-18 months

Prize structure

There are three phases to the prize, with only a subset of teams from each phase progressing to the next:

1. Discovery Phase (10 teams)

• Teams will produce an analysis of existing data to answer a research question.
• Teams will be supported with data acquisition, and refining use cases (further examination of how, why and where the digital tool they develop could be used) as well as lived experience involvement approaches.

2. Prototyping Phase (5 teams)

• Teams will create a prototype of a digital tool, and they will also refine and disseminate their research from the discovery phase.
• Teams will be supported with further developing use cases, lived experience involvement approaches and workshops on agile principles and prototyping.

3. Sustainability Phase (3 teams)

• Support includes data science and product design expertise, support on planning user testing and lived experience involvement approaches and continuous feedback sessions.

How to Apply

Application Deadline: 5th June 2022

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The Orange Social Venture Prize 2022 in Africa and the Middle East

RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2022

YALI RLC West Africa Emerging Leaders Program 2022

Global Citizen Curtis Fellowship 2022 for young South African Leaders

Schwarzman Scholars Program 2023 for Young Emerging Leaders

You are invited to join the second cohort of the CcHUB Design Fellowship.

Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) Design Fellowship 2022 for mid-level practitioners ( 6-month paid immersive training program)

It is a 6-month paid immersive training program for those who want to deep dive into HCD as a tool for problem-solving and to further improve the economic prosperity in Africa through design-inspired innovations.

There is an urgency in addressing the myriad of challenges in Africa and it is important to adopt approaches that provide the opportunity for better outcomes and improved equity. The continuing challenges in Africa require home-grown solutions that are developed as a result of the joint participation of the people, stakeholders, and designers that have a unique understanding of context and culture.

There is a need for talent in design thinking. This fellowship is for graduates from any discipline with an interest in building a career in design; and with the increasing interest in the role of design and innovation in solving some of the biggest development challenges and systemic problems in Africa, the fellowship will focus on incorporating HCD in the development of innovations that will lead to a better society.

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Aim of the CcHUB Design Fellowship

The Fellows will participate in a program aimed at

• Incorporating Human-Centered Design (HCD) into how public agencies, civil society organizations and corporates solve problems
• Exploiting technology to improve services, products and processes
• Building partnerships and relationships to collaboratively solve significant social and business challenges
• The design fellowship is a full-time role that comes with a monthly allowance and benefits.

Requirements

Apply if you

• Embrace failure
• Are looking to bring your existing skills to solving problems
• Can work in a fast and dynamic environment
• Are eager to learn and implement learnings to real, tangible issues
• Are a mid-level practitioner

Benefits

• 6 months immersive learning
• A community of like-minded people
• Opportunities to integrate into CcHub in the future
• Exposure to global projects creating change
• Experienced design experts
• Learning and fun

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) Design Fellowship 2022

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NDE Small Scale Enterprises (SSE) Application Form/Link Portal

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African Development Bank (AfDB) 2022 Virtual Internship Program (Monthly Stipend Available)

Standard Bank Youth Development and Employment Programmes 2022

EMERGING Valley, with the support of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the French Development Agency (AFD) are calling for applicants to apply for the EMERGING Mediterranean Acceleration Program 2022, more Information below.

EMERGING Mediterranean Acceleration Program 2022

E.M. Acceleration program for entrepreneurs with high social and environmental impactsfrom the southern shore of the Mediterranean -Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya- committed to e-health, mobility, agritech, environment, edtech, social and solidarity economy or female entrepreneurship.

• customized and personalized mentoring,
• fundraising support,
• preparation for scale-up,
• accelerating social and inclusive innovation,
• networking,
• exchanges between peers,
• leadership…

Eligibility Requirements:

The submission of applications to participate in the Program is free of charge and open to any project leader with the following characteristics:

• be of legal age (+ 18 years);
• have a company that has been in existence for more than 18 months and is domiciled in one of the five (5) countries covered by the EMERGING Mediterranean Program (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia);
• Have a project related to one of the themes below-mentionned:
  • E-health
  • Environment
  • Agritech
  • Edtech
  • Mobility
  • Social and Solidarity Economy
• master the French or English language and agree to express themselves in one of these two languages during the various events planned by the Program;
• not be an EMERGING Mediterranean Laureate from previous editions.

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Awards

• Selection of thirty startups after a call for applications
• A grant of 5000 euros,
• Personalized technical support through individual mentoring sessions
• An important visibility push and media support,
• Integration into the Social & Inclusive Business Camp acceleration program (3 months of pedagogical support by experts in the sector, ending with a Bootcamp in Marseille and a speed-pitching day in front of a panel of investors,
• Transportation and accommodation for the annual EMERGING Valley Summit in Marseille,
• Full-pass to the EMERGING Valley Summit where the laureates’ projects will be highlighted

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Timeline:

The schedule for the Program is as followed:

• April 11, 2022 to May 15, 2022 (6 weeks): Open call for applications for the selection of six (6) candidates per country, i.e. thirty (30) Selected Participants;
• June 24, 25 and 26, 2022: Bootcamp of the two shores of the Mediterranean (hybrid physical and digital format organized from one of the countries of the South Shore) with a final Pitch at the end of which two (2) Finalists per country will be selected, as well as two (2) Finalists of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Award all countries combined;
• July 2022 (date to be confirmed): EMERGING Mediterranean Startup Clinic, giving access to one (1) hour of personalized mentoring to each of the twelve (12) Finalists (in digital);
• July 2022 (date to be confirmed): Final Jury for selection and announcement of the six (6) Winners (in digital);
• 4th week of November 2022: SIBC Bootcamp in Marseille;
• November 28 and 29, 2022: EMERGING Valley Summit in Marseille. Valuation of the Laureates’ projects during the Summit.

More Information

Visit the Official Webpage of the EMERGING Mediterranean Acceleration Program 2022

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Google Solution Challenge 2022 for University Students around the world

UNFPA Innovations to Empower Women and Girls Challenge 2022 (Seed funding up to USD 60,000 USD)

The Africa Business Heroes Competition 2022 for young African Entrepreneurs

The CleanTech Challenge global Business Plan Competition 2022 for student-led innovative clean technology ideas

ACU Higher Education & the SDGs Challenge Grants 2022

The Ashoka Africa Changemaker Storytelling Challenge 2022

UN SDSN Youth Global Innovation and Impact Awards 2022

HEVA/Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) 2022 for East Africans (Fully Funded)

You are invited to apply for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) NINJA Acceleration Program 2022. See more information on how to apply below.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) NINJA Acceleration Program 2022 for Nigerian tech Entrepreneurs

Next Innovation with Japan (NINJA) Accelerator in Nigeria – 2nd Cohort is aims to enhance the Nigerian startup ecosystem by strengthening underperforming and necessary sub-sectors in sectors (such as agriculture, health and cleantech) in Nigeria. The 2nd cohort of the Ninja Accelerator will be conducted entirely online.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your company must have legal incorporation in your country.
• Sector must be agri tech, health tech or clean tech (including finance/logistics in those sectors etc.)
• If you are a foreign company, your company must be legally incorporated with CAC in Nigeria prior to the commencement of the training.
• Applicants startups should be innovative and technology-driven.

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Benefits:

• Tailored Support for Business Growth
• Expansion
• Opportunity for foreign startups to expand into the Nigerian market
• Opportunity to pitch to Japanese investors and corporates at the largest African-focused startup event in Japan
• Legal Support
• Support with legal incorporation of selected foreign startups in Nigeria

Timeline:

• APRIL
• Call for application starts: April 18th 2022
• Call for application ends: May 13th 2022
• Selection Process: 1st screening by documents, 2nd screening by online interview – Mid-May – June 2022
• Finalization of Selection: Mid-June 2022
• Foreign Company Registration Period: June- July 2022
• Online Pitch event to Japanese/ International Investors: July 2022
• Training: August 2022
• Demo day: End of October 2022

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the JICA NINJA Acceleration Program 2022

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CREACT4MED’s Entrepreneurship training academy for entrepreneurs

Design Forward Program 2022 for 3D Digital Creators/Fashion Entrepreneurs

The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition 2022

The Wontanara-Ashoka Program 2022 for East African social entrepreneurs

The JAMII Femmes Programme 2022 for African women Entrepreneurs

NDE Small Scale Enterprises (SSE) Application Form/Link Portal

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Are you ready to thrive as an agrifood entrepreneur? Then power up your inspiration and apply for the GOGETTAZ Agripreneur Prize 2022

GOGETTAZ Agripreneur Prize 2022 for young African Entrepreneurs (US$50,000 cash prize)

The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is back to support food warriors who are fighting to transform Africa’s food system. First, join the GoGettaz Community when you enter the competition and you’ll get access to education, mentorship, and investment networks to help you launch, grow, or scale your agrifood venture. Next, check out the information on this page before you start your application for Africa’s biggest agripreneurship competition. You could be one of two US$50,000 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS in the 2022 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition.

Eligibility Criteria

GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize is a fantastic opportunity for young African agripreneurs to take their business venture to the next level. In addition to the US$50,000, the competition also offers top agripreneurs the opportunity to attend the annual African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) and make their mark.

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The Entrepreneur

• Aged 35 or below on the date of submission to the competition, and is legally recognised as an adult in country of nationality
• Holds nationality (with an official ID) from a country which is a member of the African Union
• Founder/co-founder of the venture he/she represents in the competition and plays an active role in its operations and leadership
• No criminal record related to corruption, tax evasion, financial impropriety, felony or other offence, and will provide a signed declaration to that effect, if requested

Prize:

• At the AGRF in September 2022, the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition will award one man and one woman with a US$50,000 grand prize each, to launch, grow, or scale their businesses. F
• our Food Warrior Awards will also be presented to GoGettaz finalists who are making a positive impact with their businesses.
• Finalists will participate in the AGRF 2022 Agribusiness Deal Room where they could meet future partners, investors, or clients.

Application Deadline: June 6th, 2022

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the GOGETTAZ Agripreneur Prize 2022

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Toyota Ventures 2022 Call for Innovators

Udacity/Microsoft Cloud & Data Scholarship 2022 (Fully Funded)

HEVA/Netflix Creative Equity Scholarship Fund (CESF) 2022 for East Africans (Fully Funded)

America Visa Lottery 2022/2023 | U.S Electronic Diversity Visa Program – dvprogram.state.gov

TechWomen Emerging Leaders STEM Program 2022 | Study in USA (Fully Funded)

The Visa Creator Program 2022 for Digital Creators

The JAMII Femmes Programme 2022 for African women Entrepreneurs

Interswitch Trainee Programme 2022 for Tech Professionals

The University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator Programme 2022 for AI-focused entrepreneurs and businesses.

The AI Accelerator is delivered by The University of Edinburgh’s world-leading innovation hub for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, the Bayes Centre, as part of the Bayes Centre DDE Innovation and Edinburgh Innovations, the University of Edinburgh’s commercialisation service. It gives data-driven scaleups the opportunity to harness the power of AI and bring about transformative change. From AgriTech to FinTech, AI technology can bring efficiencies, create new propositions and disrupt markets. It can help save lives and the planet. The Accelerator is delivered in partnership with Edinburgh strategic design consultancy NileHQ and supported by Huawei UK.

Requirements

AI-focused entrepreneurs and businesses scaling up from across the UK and the world can apply to take part in this 6-month Accelerator to benefit from the expertise and talent on offer in Edinburgh. The next AI Accelerator programme will be focused around 3 key themes:

• Climate change
• Global health
• General good

Tackling climate change spans every industry. You could be using AI to solve waste management issues or improve energy efficiency. You could be in transport, in agriculture or financial services. What’s important is that your product or service has a clearly demonstrable use in addressing the climate emergency.

Benefits

Apply now if your business is using AI in any of the thematic areas and has the potential to scale in the next six months.

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The successful companies will benefit from a tailored programme for AI scaleups including:

– Workshops and dedicated mentors to support you in developing a wide range of business skills from sales and marketing to financial planning

– Opportunities to connect with the University of Edinburgh’s world leading academic expertise and student talent

– A stipend of between £5k and £10k per company with the chance to win additional funding (exact amount TBC)

– Connections to investors as well as local and global networks

– Support from our dedicated programme team, partners and supporters and your peers

– The opportunity to be a part of the Bayes Centre, the University of Edinburgh’s innovation hub for data science and AI – including access to the centre’s incredible facilities, office space for six months and its inspirational and collaborative data driven community

– Links with Edinburgh’s Data-Driven Innovation hubs, including the National Robotarium, the Usher Institute for population data science, Edinburgh Futures Institute, Easter Bush and Edinburgh International Data Facility.

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Where

•  It is delivered by the University of Edinburgh’s Data Science and AI innovation and enterprise hub – Bayes Centre – on behalf of all the Data-Driven Innovation hubs.
• The next AI Accelerator programme will run from September 2022 to March 2023.

Key Dates

– Applications Deadline 26th May 2022.

– The selection process will take place during June with successful candidates informed around the end of June.

– The programme will start in mid September 2022 and run until the end of March 2023.

For More Information, Visit the Official Webpage of the University of Edinburgh AI Accelerator Program 2022

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Jamlab Accelerator sub-Saharan Africa Programme 2022

ShEquity Business Accelerator (SHEBA) Program 2022

CREACT4MED’s Entrepreneurship training academy for entrepreneurs