Paper Plane Pan-African Program 2025 for tech-enabled African startups (Fully Funded Immersion Week in Morocco)

Application Deadline:  March 16, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Paper Plane Pan-African Program. Paper Plane is a Pan-African program designed for startups in the pre-seed and seed phases, providing distinctive studying Opportunities, investor matching, and publicity to foster their growth on a worldwide scale.

Paper Plane is a program concentrating on African startups which have an MVP. It goals to supply entrepreneurs with entry to pre-seed and seed funding Opportunities, publicity in African markets, and the possibility to attach with regional ecosystem gamers. The program is executed by a 7-week hybrid engagement that concludes in a completely funded immersion week held in Morocco .

Eligibility Requirements

• Pre-seed and seed phases startups
• Incorporated throughout the African continent
• Aimed at worldwide scalability
• Tech-enabled answer tackling world challenges
• Proven traction with demonstrated market validation and enterprise progress

5-week on-line program

Throughout this system startups will acquire sensible insights on the next matters: Expansion, Soft Landing Organisations, Investment, Alternative Investments, and pitch deck growth complemented by hands-on actions that encourage connection-building, information sharing, and peer-to-peer studying.

A totally funded Immersion Trip (GIW)

An immersion program in an MEA nation designed to supply startups with publicity to the market, its numerous actors, and Opportunities. The program additionally facilitates connections and monetary matchmaking by bringing collectively Venture Capitalists (VCs), Soft Landing Organizations (SSOs), Accelerators, and startups.

A Learning method based mostly on follow

Participants will deepen their information on essential matters by: – Training and panel periods led by skilled trainers; – Hands-on expertise with home assignments; – Exchange periods and peer-to-peer studying.

Financing Opportunities and matching

Participants could have the chance to current their concepts and interact with Venture Capitalists (VCs) and accelerators, fostering potential pre-seed and seed funding connections.

Ecosystem Immersion

During the totally funded immersion week in the African nation, startups could have the chance to achieve insights into the Moroccan market, perceive its key gamers, and dynamics, and determine obtainable Opportunities.

An African neighborhood

Participants could have the chance to community with like-minded people and interact with numerous stakeholders on a regional scale, by the entry to the OST worldwide neighborhood.

Paper Plane is supported by Open Startup’s inception companions: AfricaGrow, Columbia Engineering, Columbia Business School, the U.S. Embassy Tunis, AfricInvest Group, and The Dot. Along with this system and anchor program companion: World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Paper Plane Pan-African Program