Empowering Africa’s Future: Intel Community Reach Program 2.0

ICRP is on a mission to bridge gaps across Africa, calling for innovative projects that empower underserved communities within African Union member states.

From boosting access to STEM education and healthcare to advancing agriculture, environmental services, fintech and digital skills, the program harnesses artificial intelligence—particularly at the edge with AI PCs—and broadband connectivity to drive financial, social and tech equity.

Finalists in this edition won’t just gain recognition, but they will unlock technical expertise, capacity building, and consultancy support to turn their visions into reality.

Aims

• The Intel Community Reach Program (ICRP) aims to help address that issue across the continent.

What’s New in Intel Community Reach Program 2.0?

• The second Edition of the Intel Community Reach Program is designed to expand on the incredible momentum from last year. This new edition will continue to support projects that address critical challenges in sectors such as education, healthcare, agriculture, fintech, environmental services, and digital skills readiness—all empowered by AI and broadband connectivity, in addition to key enhancements including:
  • Expanded Support: Increased technical support, capacity building, and consultancy services to ensure selected projects achieve sustainable impact.
  • Greater Inclusion: Continued focus on women-led initiatives and innovative ideas from diverse regions across Africa.
  • Streamlined Application Process: A simplified and user-friendly digital application platform to make participation easier and more accessible.

Eligibility Criteria

• Project must be in one of the member states of the African Union.
• Project must be present in underserved areas (rural, sub-urban, and urban communities) serving vulnerable populations.
• Project must be tackling social challenges in the area of education including STEM, healthcare, environmental services, agriculture, fintech solutions, and digital skills readiness.
• Project must be enabled or planned to be enabled by AI and/or broadband connectivity.
• The legal entity working on the project (Organizations, enterprises, Startups, SMMEs and institutions) must be registered in the country or in one of the countries where the Project is performed.
• Project can be either local, national, or transnational in the African Union countries.
• The call for proposals is open to residents of the member states of the African Union. All national and local laws and regulations of the applicant’s country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. Applicants must be 18 years of age or older. Employees, officers, and representatives (and members of their immediate families and those living in the same household of each) of Intel Corporation, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, advertising and promotion agencies and any company involved in the design, execution, production or judging of this the Call for Proposals are ineligible. Void where prohibited.

For more information, visit Intel.