Deadline: 22 March 2024
Apply for the Africa Climate Fellowship to drive climate impact.
Gain expert training, critical resources to accelerate your venture, a one-week in-person residency in Washington, DC, and a one-week in-person residency in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Africa Climate Fellowship is run with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Office of Global Partnerships at the U.S. State Department.
Sectors
- Solutions addressing climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience including but not limited to:
- Renewable Energy Generation and Storage
- Green Building Technologies
- Climate Data and Analytics
- Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems
- WaterTech
- Blue Economy
Program Structure
- Cohort of up to 10 ventures founded by entrepreneurs from across Sub-Saharan Africa, working in the climate space. Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market fit, investment readiness, and leadership.
- Program is delivered through:
- One virtual kickoff meeting
- A one week residency in DC
- Monthly virtual meetings
- A one week residency in Nairobi
Benefits
- Each program includes specific benefits to fellows. Fellows accepted into this program will receive the following:
- A $5,000 USD per venture equity-free stipend to use toward travel expenses to attend the residencies
- One week long residency at Halcyon’s facilities in Georgetown, Washington, DC
- One week long residency in Nairobi with a culminating event featuring pitches from each venture and connections to investors, advisors, and media
- Bespoke training on:
- Product-market fit
- Investment readiness
- Leadership
- Skills development and mentorship
- Honing storytelling and pitching
- Connections to relevant impact investors
- $10,000 USD in Amazon Cloud credits
- A worldwide community of over 450 impact driven entrepreneurs
Eligibility Criteria
- They’re looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to Climate change.
- Location: Must have your venture based in and/or serving Sub-Saharan Africa
- Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product that has the potential to scale
- Team:
- May apply with up to one co-founder
- Applicant must be the CEO and/or hold primary decision-making power
- Must be fluent in English
- Must be at least 21 years of age by the start of the program
- Program Engagement: Must be able to participate in all activities and programming sessions
- Impact: Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards 1 or more of the UN’s 17 SDGs
- In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores each application based on 4 criteria: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.
For more information, visit Halcyon.
