Welcome to the Pitch Competition Startup Registration
We are excited to see the creative and innovative solutions African startups develop to address the continent's most pressing challenges. This competition has the potential to identify and support the next generation of African entrepreneurs who are poised to make a real difference in the world.
Please register your startup today!
Eligibility
To be eligible to enter, startups must:
Africa based: Majority of operations and initial market must be in the continent of Africa. This excludes Startups founded by entrepreneurs from Africa with operations outside of Africa, or with operations in Africa but plan to initially target an intercontinental market.
Industrial tech: Must be developing a technology based business with use cases for critical infrastructure (Agriculture, Energy, ICT, Transportation, mining, water, manufacturing, logistics)
Prototype: Have a working prototype or a minimum viable product of your solution
Early stage: startup should be less than 3-years old and either be pre-revenue or working with initial POC clients
Scalable business model: Clear value proposition, initial GTM and operations must show consideration for ability for rapid growth, impact potential for target sector.
Minimum 2 Co-founders: All applying teams must have at least 2 team members.
Process
For us to assess whether your venture fits for our event please fill out the form below telling us more about yourself and your business.
We will select the ventures we think best showcase the variety of high quality businesses in the region. Being selected or not does not indicate a judgement from us on your likelihood for success or applicability for funding.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected]
We look forward to receiving your application!
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