African Union Youth Startup Programme at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 – YOA

Deadline: May 30, 2025

Applications are open for the African Union Youth Startup Programme at the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025. The AU Youth Startup Programme is led by the African Union Commission in partnership with Afreximbank and different companions. It helps younger African innovators by giving them a platform to develop and join with key gamers throughout the continent.

As part of IATF2025 in Algiers, the programme affords chosen startups the probability to:

• Exhibit merchandise, concepts, or prototypes to a worldwide viewers.
• Meet with buyers, enterprise leaders, and different founders.
• Join coaching classes and obtain mentorship.
• Support the AfCFTA objective of stronger commerce throughout Africa.

Benefits

Selected members will obtain:

• A totally sponsored sales space at the AU Youth Startup Pavilion in Algiers to showcase your merchandise/companies.
• Access to matchmaking classes with buyers and enterprise leaders.
• Entry to free coaching and mentorship from skilled entrepreneurs
• Visibility to over 35,000 attendees, together with consumers, companions, and policymakers
• Networking with greater than 2,000 exhibitors from throughout Africa and past.
• The OPPORTUNITY to be thought-about for recognition or funding assist.

Eligibility

This programme is open to younger Africans constructing options with the potential to develop throughout the continent. To be eligible, it’s best to:

• Be between 18 and 35 years previous at the time of application.
• Be a citizen of an AU member state or part of the African diaspora.
• Own or co-personal a registered startup, or have a working prototype fixing well being, schooling, and Food safety challenges in Africa.
• Be accessible on the dates of the IATF.
• Show clear curiosity in innovation, sustainability, or financial improvement.

Application

Follow these steps to finish your application:

• Prepare your particulars – Include a brief enterprise abstract (max 500 phrases), proof of registration of your organization, a PowerPoint pitch deck or visuals of your product and a convincing 2-minute video presentation describing your startup.
• Fill out the type – Make positive all info is full and correct.
• Wait for notification – Selected candidates will probably be contacted by July 31, 2025 by way of e mail.

All submissions have to be in English or French.

For extra info, go to African Union Youth Startup Programme.