Deadline: October 5th 2023 | African Innovation Fellowships Program
Are you an innovative woman from Africa who is passionate about the subjects of science, technology, engineering, manufacturing, or mining? Are you addressing a need for growth in your nation? Are you prepared to build a successful startup that has the potential to alter the world? Apply for the Africa Innovation Fellowship Programme if this is the case.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, the Africa Innovation Fellowship (AIF), in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering, has been creating women-owned STEM ideas. For African women innovators with early-stage engineering innovations or start-ups seeking to grow, scale, and get ready for investor readiness, AIF 2023 is an eight-month leadership and business development opportunity. A number of AIF alums have gone on to submit successful applications for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
AIF begins in October 2023 and concludes in May 2024 with a virtual masterclass series on concept and business incubation, leadership development, fundraising, and pitch readiness. The program’s goal is to give founders the fully financed, on-site entrepreneurship bootcamp, professional engineering council, venture clinic, mentoring, and financial counselling they need to turn their ground-breaking ideas into profitable enterprises.
benefits
- Access to a network of seasoned mentors and subject-matter authorities.
- Workshops and Training: Complete company development training, covering product strategy, market access, external factors, and commercial models.
- Co-working Space: Use of a dedicated workspace with necessary tools.
- Opportunities for networking: Make contact with other business owners, financiers, and possible partners.
- Opportunities for Pitch: Demonstrate your startup to prospective partners and investors.
- Exposure: Make the world aware of your innovation.
eligibility
- The applicant must have a startup or new business idea based on STEM that is registered and based in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Applicants must have created or be in the early stages of commercialising an engineering breakthrough that will assist a country or countries in sub-Saharan Africa on the social and/or environmental front.
- Persons applying must be residents of a nation in sub-Saharan Africa. The primary applicant for teams of two or more must be a citizen of a nation in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- No alumni of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, or co-founders of alumni, shall be eligible for the AIF programme.
- A steadfast dedication to pursuing entrepreneurship.
- Candidates must be willing and able to commit to the eight-month programme, which runs from October 2023 to May 2024.
- Candidates must be in possession of a current passport and available for travel from October 2023 to May 2024.
- Showed enthusiasm for and expertise in their chosen STEM field.
- Willingness to engage in programme activities.
- Candidates need to identify as women.
- Candidates must be at least 18 years old. There is no maximum age.
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