- Entrepreneurship Workshop by the US Mission in Kampala
Are you an entrepreneur running a 1 to 2 years old business?
The American Center has partnered with Stanbic Business Incubator to provide a 5-day entrepreneurship workshop to support you hone your business idea and catapult it to the next level.
The workshop will take place on October 3 – 7 at the American Center, Level 5, Embassy Plaza. It starts at 8am daily.
In order to participate, you must commit to attending all the training sessions and complete this application.
Apply Now: https://cutt.ly/YVSFG60
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- The YouthADAPT Challenge is on!
The competition invites young entrepreneurs and Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa to submit innovative solutions and business ideas that can drive climate change adaptation and resilience across Africa.
Benefits
- 100,000 USD grant for each winner
- Capacity Building and Training
- Mentorship and Coaching
Eligibility
- Youth-led, with applicants aged between 18 and 35
- Delivering climate adaptation or resilience solutions addressing real-life challenges
- Legally registered and operating in Africa
- Able to show revenues for at least two years
Apply by October 4. https://www.youthadapt.africa/challenge/apply
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- Caritas Acholi Agribusiness Innovation Challenge 2022
The Acholi Agribusiness Innovation Challenge seeks to identify and support innovative business solutions contributing to a sustainable and inclusive food system in and around Northern Uganda
The main winners will receive a share of a grant of UGX40,000,000 plus additional five months of mentorship. In addition, 3 – 5 promising early-stage ideas will receive microgrants of up to UGX1,000,000 and mentorship.
Eligibilty:
- Applicants should have an agribusiness innovative idea to be implemented around the Acholi Sub-region.
- Anyone with an already existing agribusiness solution being implemented in the Acholi Sub-region.
- Entrepreneurs with innovative solutions in thematic areas listed above
- Women entrepreneurs are especially encouraged to apply.
Deadline: October 9. https://airtable.com/shrcdaKxU80f2BVwm
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- Orange Corners Nigeria program for entrepreneurs.
The Orange Corners 6-month incubation progamme aims to develop and strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Nigeria.
This ecosystem should enable youth to develop their business concept and become successful entrepreneurs, by providing them with the necessary opportunities, skills and access to markets
Eligibility!
- Be an aspiring entrepreneurs from Lagos, Nigeria
- Be between 18-35 years old
- Have a validated innovative business concept, not more than <2 years old
- The product or service responds to a local challenge in Nigeria
- The product or service relates to the Sustainable Development Goals
Deadline: October 10. https://www.orangecorners.com/country/nigeria/
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- The post-revenue Growth Accelerator Programme in Malawi
The Growth Accelerator Malawi Programme is a 12-months business acceleration programme for youthful high-impact post-revenue businesses looking to grow and scale.
The programme supports entrepreneurs with Up to USD40,000 in co-financing each; Mentorship and Technical Assistance.
Eligibility
- Must be registered as a for-profit enterprise in Malawi with a business license readily available for verification.
- Should have a verified product or service on the market for not less than a year
- Should be operational for not less than two years
- Demonstrate sound financial practices such as basic bookkeeping
- Demonstrate that the business has been generating monthly revenues for at least the past 1 year
- Has the founders or at least one of the founders’ full time involvement in the business
- Be a youthful entrepreneur aged up to maximum of 45 years old
- Should NOT have gone through a previous round of the Growth Accelerator
Deadline: October 14. https://growmalawi.org/apply-now/
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- D-Prize seeds new ventures that distribute proven poverty interventions.
Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a large-scale poverty intervention?
The organisation should solve one of the distribution challenges: Health, water, education, agriculture, livelihoods, energy, & public services.
Up to $20,000 USD is available to the most promising teams
Eligibility
- D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background.
- D-Prize will consider funding existing organizations only if you are distributing an existing intervention and you have a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current donors or revenue.
- Existing organizations applying to D-Prize should have operated for no more than 18 months and raised no more than $30,000 in outside funding.
Early Submission Deadline: October 16, 2022
Regular Submission Deadline: November 6, 2022
Details: https://app.box.com/s/xgyah5wccramu9l69vai4h02ok0451pd
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- The Sustainable Cities Accelerator
The Sustainable Cities Accelerator is an Amazon Web Service (AWS) -sponsored virtual accelerator programme consisting of six weeks of technical, business, and mentorship.
The AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator was designed for mature startups and emerging companies looking to drive commercial and technical milestones.
Benefits:
- Collaboration opportunities with AWS Public Sector customers and members of the AWS Partner Network
- Specialized AWS training
- Up to $100,000 in AWS Activate Credits
- Mentoring from sustainability domain and technical subject matter experts
- Business development and investment guidance from Freshwater Advisors and Public Spend Forum
- Networking opportunities with other participating startups
Deadline: October 21. https://awssustainablecities.com/
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- DW Akademie Film Development Fund
The DW Akademie Film Development Fund offers a one-year fellowship program for filmmakers working on the development of their feature-length documentary, fiction or hybrid films.
Selected paricipants will receive €10.000, mentorship, access to tailor-made training, & networking opportunities.
Eligible Countries: Uganda, Tanzania & Ethiopia.
Deadline: October 26. https://akademie.dw.com/filmfund/
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- Princeton in Africa Fellowships 2023-2024
The Princeton in Africa Fellowship matches talented and passionate college graduates or young professionals with high-impact organizations working across Africa for paid year-long service placements.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be young professionals or graduating seniors at the time of application
- Applicants must be graduates of a U.S. accredited University
- Applicants must be not more than 35 years of age.
Deadline: October 26.
https://fs8.formsite.com/princetoninafrica/2023-24_Fellowship_App/form_login.html
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- The Centre for Strategic Litigation’s East Africa Emerging Public Interest Advocates Programme
The Centre for Strategic Litigation’s East Africa Emerging Public Interest Advocates Programme is a six-month fellowship for young legal professionals.
The programme provides young advocates with the skills and knowledge necessary for public interest litigation and advocacy.
Upto 30 advocates from Kenya, Tanzania, and Ugandan will be educated in public interest litigation and advocacy, both in the classroom and in court.
Eligibility
- Be a citizen of the East African Community Member states and expected to reside in the region during the term of the fellowship.
- be a graduate lawyer admitted to the bar with between one and five years of relevant work experience.
- Demonstrate passion for human rights, rule of law and a commitment to social justice
Deadline: October 31. Apply here: https://app.box.com/s/xgyah5wccramu9l69vai4h02ok0451pd
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- Western Union Foundation Fellowship
The Western Union Foundation Fellowship is a 16-week-long program for next-generation entrepreneurs and community leaders from and working with highly marginalized, refugee, and forcibly displaced communities around the globe.
Eligible countries in Africa: Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda.
This program is offered with virtual and in-person components.
Deadline: Rolling basis. The final application deadline is November 15th.
Apply: https://watson.is/western-union-foundation-fellowship/
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