Open call for African startups addressing access to energy, agriculture, mobility issuesSeedstars and Shell Foundation have joined forces to look for sustainable, scalable and innovative startups addressing universal access to energy-related challenges, as well as sustainable agriculture, mobility and transportation. Photo by JESHOOTS.comĀ© from Pexels With support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), they are launching the Energy, Mobility and Agriculture Innovation Program to find African tech entrepreneurs in the mobility, transportation, energy, and agriculture space in order to provide them with the resources, training, and potential funding to scale their startups and impact. The objective of this program is to support, catalyse and train the highest potential tech-based early stage (seed)African-led startups working towards:
“Startups have immense potential to solve Africa’s biggest development challenges and local African entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to develop these solutions. We are excited to collaborate with Seedstars to identify and support some of the most promising African-led start-ups that will scale these solutions and improve millions of lives across the continent over time” Tara Collier, market development manager at Shell Foundation. Criteria The following are the criteria for startups interested in applying for the program:
Interested applicants can apply here https://seedsta.rs/3meCEG1 |