The International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Support Program 2025 for young West African Innovators and Eco-Entrepreneurs.

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Application Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Support Program. The International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) is launching a name for purposes to pick 50 eco-entrepreneurs and inexperienced innovators from West Africa, as part of the implementation of its tasks 15 “Francophone Innovations and Advocacy” and 18 “Supporting Structural Transformations in the Environment and Climate.” The winners will obtain technical and monetary assist, in addition to steering in scaling up their entrepreneurial initiatives, throughout a session to be held this yr in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Objectives

The fundamental goal is to assist 50 eco-entrepreneurs and inexperienced innovators from West Africa in implementing and scaling up their ecological tasks that generate jobs and earnings, with a specific deal with options tailor-made to the area’s environmental challenges.

Specifically, this includes:

• Strengthening the technical capability of ecological mission leaders in precedence areas reminiscent of sustainable agriculture, waste administration, renewable power, and the round financial system.
• Facilitating entry to inexperienced financing mechanisms accessible in West Africa and growing useful resource mobilization methods tailored to the regional and native contexts.
• Stimulating regional networking of eco-entrepreneurs to foster the change of experiences, cross-border collaborations, and enterprise relationships.

Candidate Profile:

Candidates should:

• Be an entrepreneur or eco-innovative mission chief residing in a West African nation.
• Be between 21 and 35 years outdated.
• Have an lively enterprise or an revolutionary mission within the fields of the setting, sustainable improvement, or the inexperienced financial system.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the area’s environmental points.

Selection Criteria:

• Relevance of the mission to West Africa’s environmental challenges.
• Potential for social, environmental, and financial impression within the nationwide context.
• Technical feasibility and monetary viability suited to the West African market.
• Capacity for innovation and adaptation to native constraints.
• Potential for inexperienced job creation and sustained earnings era.
• Possibility of replicating the mission in different international locations within the area.

Selection Process:

• Receipt and pre-selection of purposes.
• Online interview with an analysis committee.
• Final choice of the 50 winners.
• Intensive coaching.
• Support for scaling up and securing sustainable financing.

Participation necessities:

• Submit a whole application.
• Present a marketing strategy tailored to the regional context.
• Commit to collaborating in all the coaching.
• Demonstrate your means to implement the mission in your nation.

Application package deal:

• Complete private and skilled data.
• Detailed description of the mission (native context, targets, anticipated impression).
• One-year improvement plan.
• Letters of assist from native companions (optionally available).
• OIF assist:
• Technical and monetary assist.
• Teaching supplies will likely be offered.

Additional Information:

• Mr. Yves Nassouri, Coordinator of the “Francophone Innovations and Advocacy” Project
• Ms. Lionelle Ngo Samnick, Coordinator of the “Supporting Structural Transformations in Environmental and Climate Change” Project
• Email: [email protected]
• Focal Point on the OIF Representation for West Africa (REPAO): Agossou Honfo

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) Support Program