FINCA Ventures Prize Competition 2025 for early-stage African Social Entrepreneurs (Fully Funded to San Francisco, Carlifornia plus $USD 100,000 grant prize)

281

Application Deadline: APril 30, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition. NCA Ventures is internet hosting the second annual Prize Competition to fund early-stage firms with visionary leaders wanting to drive affect and innovation in climate-smart agriculture and fintech in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

The FINCA Ventures Prize Competition helps rising African entrepreneurs who’re leveraging progressive applied sciences and designing disruptive enterprise fashions to drive affect and innovation. Hosted by FINCA Ventures, the Prize Competition is a “shark tank” model occasion that brings collectively early-stage firms and visionary leaders, donors and buyers who’re captivated with entrepreneurship.

This yr’s competitors can be held in San Francisco, California. It will deal with Africa-based social enterprises working within the climate-smart agriculture and fintech sectors.​

Requirements

• Companies should have not less than one African founder, be for-profit, post-revenue, be income producing for 5 years or much less, be operational in sub-Saharan Africa, and deal with points in monetary inclusion or agriculture as described above.
• To win a grant award, contributors should be ready to journey to San Francisco (with prices lined by FINCA) to current in entrance of a panel of judges and attend the awards ceremony and reception.

Categories

• FINCA is wanting for firms with a big presence in sub-Saharan Africa and whose answer matches into one of many following two classes: climate-smart agriculture and fintech for monetary inclusion.

Benefits

• For candidates invited to pitch on the occasions in San Francisco, FINCA will prepare for and canopy the prices of journey.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the FINCA Ventures Prize Competition