SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2026 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: September 28, 2025

Are you an African begin-up remodeling agriculture with know-how or tech-enabled innovation? Are you able to scale your affect and entice funding? Apply now for the SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2026.

The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme is a free, 12 months-lengthy, tailor-made help programme for African begin-ups creating affect within the agricultural sector, whether or not instantly or by means of areas like local weather, livestock, vitality, biotech, fintech, round economic system, logistics, or different agri-adjoining sectors. The programme helps you get investor-prepared and develop by means of customised advisory, focused technical help, and entry to a vibrant group of founders, specialists, and buyers.

Benefits

A one-12 months, absolutely funded, tailor-made help programme together with:

• Up to €20,000 in technical help finances for consultancies, professional help, authorized recommendation, on-line advertising and marketing, licenses, certifications, ESG governance, product optimisation, market entry methods, buyer acquisition & gross sales campaigns, advertising and marketing & PR, graphic design, worker coaching, and extra.
• Access to revolving working capital loans of as much as €50,000 with 9-month maturity at 1.5% curiosity.
• Up to €10,000 in digital company advisory from a global IT consultancy agency to strengthen your digital capacities, advertising and marketing expertise and information analytics.
• Fully sponsored journeys to 2 in-individual group occasions again-to-again with the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi (February of every 12 months), and one further sector convention.
• Investment and partnership facilitation by means of invite-solely pitch classes with a curated community of buyers, bespoke introductions to buyers & funds, steerage on fundraising technique and due diligence.
• A group of 100+ portfolio corporations.

Eligibility

• Be for-revenue and registered in Africa (all international locations besides South Africa)
• Have a administration crew of at the very least two folks.
• Be pre-seed by means of Series A.
• Having a minimal viable product and proof of income and paying clients.
• Be AgriFoodTech or agricultural-adjoining with a direct/oblique affect or relevance for the agricultural sector or stakeholders.
• Have a tech or tech-enabled innovation as a key driver of worth, scale or effectivity.

Applicant corporations will probably be evaluated towards enterprise mannequin, know-how, crew, affect and traction. Special consideration is given to corporations with native founders and gender-various founding groups.

Application

Apply now in English or French by 28 September!

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to SAIS Investment Readiness Programme.