Deadline: 18 February 2024
Concordia University, Montreal, QC and Hindsight Ventures are excited to launch the 2nd Edition of the AFRISE Challenge, 2024.
The AFRISE Challenge provides an opportunity for high potential African youth and student entrepreneurs to rise up in their entrepreneurial journey, and contribute to local and regional economic development by becoming job creators.
The program focuses on the central theme of how youth entrepreneurs can enable “African” economies to “Rise”.
AFRISE seeks to identify young innovators and entrepreneurs who have an idea to solve a scalable mass challenge in areas related to
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Agriculture
- Energy / Utility
- Education
- Environment
- Telecommunications
- Arts & Creativity
Duration
- 4 Weeks Virtual Bootcamp
Program Takeaways
- Accelerator Program
- 30 high-potential founders will be selected for a mentorship and leadership development accelerator, that will be delivered by successful founders, industry leaders, domain experts and investors; alongside leaders from Concordia University, District 3 Innovation Centre, Hindsight Ventures and AfriLabs global network.
- International Demo Day
- The Accelerator Program will culminate with an International Demo Day, wherein the Top-15 Entrepreneurs present at a Virtual Demo Day to a group of early stage venture investors and Entrepreneurship Support Organizations for accessing funding support (grant + equity based funding)
- Technology Credits and other Support
- Each startup gets in excess of $600,000 in technology credits from partners such as AWS, Zoho, IBM, Microsoft, Canva, Digital Ocean, FreshWorks and more.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply provided you are a young entrepreneur from Uganda/Nigeria/Morocco/Senegal/Kenya, solving a problem with the potential to have a massive impact.
- The program is aimed at 18 – 35 year old African youth.
For more information, visit Concordia University.
