Open Startup International Paper Plane Program 2025 for African Startups – YOA

Deadline: March 15, 2025

Applications are open for the Paper Plane Program 2025 for African Startups. Paper Plane is a program focusing on African startups which have an MVP. It goals to offer entrepreneurs with entry to pre-seed and seed funding alternatives, publicity in African markets, and the possibility to attach with regional ecosystem gamers.

The program equips founders with the instruments, mentorship, and market entry wanted to refine their development methods and join with buyers, trade leaders, and key world companions. As part of this system, chosen startups take part in an intensive six-week journey that features professional-led workshops, tailor-made mentorship, and an immersion journey to Qatar. The program culminates at Open Startup’s Global Immersion Week (GIW25), the place founders have the OPPORTUNITY to pitch to buyers, discover regional partnerships, and place their companies for world development.

The program contains:

• 5-week on-line program: Throughout this system startups will achieve sensible insights on the next subjects: Expansion, Soft Landing Organisations, Investment, Alternative Investments, and pitch deck improvement complemented by palms-on actions that encourage connection-constructing, information sharing, and peer-to-peer studying.
• A completely funded Immersion Trip (GIW): An immersion program in an MEA nation designed to offer startups with publicity to the market, its numerous actors, and alternatives. The program additionally facilitates connections and monetary matchmaking by bringing collectively Venture Capitalists (VCs), Soft Landing Organizations (SSOs), Accelerators, and startups.

Benefits

• A Learning method primarily based on follow: Participants will deepen their information on essential subjects via: – Training and panel periods led by skilled trainers; – Hands-on expertise with home assignments; – Exchange periods and peer-to-peer studying.
• Financing alternatives 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 absolutely funded immersion week within the African nation, startups could have the chance to realize insights into the Moroccan market, perceive its key gamers, and dynamics, and establish out there alternatives.
• An African neighborhood: Participants could have the chance to community with like-minded people and interact with numerous stakeholders on a regional scale, via the entry to the OST worldwide neighborhood.

Eligibility

• Open to pre-seed and seed levels startups.
• Incorporated inside the African continent.
• Aimed at worldwide scalability.
• Tech-enabled answer tackling world challenges.
• Proven traction with demonstrated market validation and enterprise progress.

Application

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For extra info, go to Paper Plane Program.