If you are a student, employee or young entrepreneur and you have a business idea in an early adopter phase that will help to solve local development challenges in Africa, you are invited to submit your application in English or in French for the Seeds 8-months mentoring program.
Program Goal
This program supports knowledge transfer between experts in Europe and african Startups by offering 1 to 1 mentorship.
SEEDS mission is to unleash the potential of young entrepreneurs in Africa with the goal of helping them solving local development challenges. This is done by fostering experience sharing between entrepreneurs in Africa and experts from the african diaspora in Europe.
This call is focussed on entrepreneurs with technologies in the field of Healthcare, Education and "Made in Africa".
The programme is implemented together with O‘Botama, a non profit organisation based in Cameroon with the mission to incubate and accelerate local entrepreneurs with the support from their network of experts in various fields.
SEEDS mission is to unleash the potential of young entrepreneurs in Africa with the goal of helping them solving local development challenges. This is done by fostering experience sharing between entrepreneurs in Africa and experts from the african diaspora in Europe.
This call is focussed on entrepreneurs with technologies in the field of Healthcare, Education and "Made in Africa".
The programme is implemented together with O‘Botama, a non profit organisation based in Cameroon with the mission to incubate and accelerate local entrepreneurs with the support from their network of experts in various fields.
Benefits
The top 10 applicants will have the opportunity to join an 8-months mentoring program, starting in April 2022.
The teams will benefit from access to industry experts from the african diaspora and get feedback on the technologies applied and their business model.
As part of the program, the entrepreneurs will participate in a mix of virtual business support and physical workshops in Africa.
A grant of €500 will be awarded to each selected applicant during the program upon completion of common defined objectives. You will also get the opportunity to pitch your idea in front of a diaspora business angel group at the end of the program.
The teams will benefit from access to industry experts from the african diaspora and get feedback on the technologies applied and their business model.
As part of the program, the entrepreneurs will participate in a mix of virtual business support and physical workshops in Africa.
A grant of €500 will be awarded to each selected applicant during the program upon completion of common defined objectives. You will also get the opportunity to pitch your idea in front of a diaspora business angel group at the end of the program.
Eligibility
Open to businesses / projects from Benin, Cameroon, Gabon or Togo in the field of Healthcare, Education and "Made in Africa".