Pitch
AgriHack! is a new component of the AgriHack Talent program of the Technical
Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA). This first
edition (pilot) is implemented in collaboration with the African Development
Bank (AfDB)
and the support of partners such as CABI DevLab, mLab East Africa, etc. This program aims to accelerate
e-agriculture entrepreneurship in Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific.
It involves:
- a training session (bootcamp) that will strengthen capacity of the young entrepreneurs
- a pitching competition for participating start-ups and entrepreneurs
- opportunities to consolidate, pilot or upscale their platforms and services through grants or additional incubation or acceleration
The ultimate objectives are to help develop business services offered by young e-agriculture start-ups as well as to contribute to accelerating the adoption of innovations for stronger productivity by the agrifood sector in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
The
programme is only open to start-ups whose owners are 35 years old maximum. They
must be owner of a prototype or already operating a mobile application or ICT
services for the agriculture sector.
Winning
start-ups will receive from CTA up to Euros 15,000 in cash
(grant) to advance their services, apart from investment and capacity building
opportunities that may be facilitated by stakeholders involved.
Application
deadline
September
25, 2016
Program
dates
November 22
- November 24, 2016
For more
information, please go http://www.pitch-agrihack.info.
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