SAIS Investment Readiness Programme for African Agtech Startups 2025

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Nonprofit organization

SAIS Accelerator

Area

Maghreb

Host Country

Algeria

Deadline

27 Dec 2024

Opportunity type

Fellowships

Opportunity funding

Not funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Applications are now open for the 2025 SAIS Investment Readiness Programme. The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) offers a year-long, tailor-made company development programme for African tech start-ups in agriculture, livestock, food, and climate.

Requirements

To be eligible for the programme, your company must meet the following minimum requirements:

Be registered in Africa
Be for-profit
Have a minimum viable product
Have a digital or tech-enabled solution for the agriculture, food or livestock value chain
Have a management team of at least two people
Have evidence of traction (paying customers, first revenue)
Contribute to climate change adaptation, income generation and/or food & nutrition security

Benefits

Selected start-ups receive services worth up to 35,000 EUR including:

Mentorship and coaching with local and international experts tailored to your specific needs to develop and implement strategies for rapid growth.
Additional services & technical resources to optimise certain key areas of your business, e.g. legal advice, online marketing, digital product optimization, design, and coding.
Individual trainings, e.g. pitch training, growth strategy, data analytics & management, term sheet, valuation, market analysis, marketing & sales.
Investment and partnership facilitation, e.g. guidance on fundraising strategy, preparation of fundraising rounds, support for due-diligence processes, introduction to investors & funds.
Networking and showcasing opportunities at two in-person community events scheduled back-to-back with the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi, and one additional sector conference (travel costs for one representative from each start-up are covered by the programme).
Community exchanges and peer-learning, e.g. virtual group trainings and workshops, company visits, deal rooms, topical exchanges and inputs from external speakers and guests.

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