SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme 2027 (up to €15,000) – YOA

Deadline: November 15, 2026

Are you an African begin-up constructing a know-how-pushed enterprise in dairy or aquaculture? Are you prepared to scale your impression and appeal to funding? Apply for the SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme 2027.

The SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme helps progressive African begin-ups growing options throughout dairy, aquaculture and livestock worth chains, with a selected give attention to animal vitamin and feed, genetics, animal well being and sustainable manufacturing.

Benefits

A one-yr, tailor-made help programme together with:

• Up to €15,000 in technical help price range for consultancies, knowledgeable 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.
• Fully sponsored journeys to two in-individual neighborhood occasions back-to-back with the Sankalp Africa Summit in Nairobi (February of every yr), and one further sector convention.
• Investment and partnership facilitation by means of invite-solely pitch periods with a curated community of traders, bespoke introductions to traders & funds, steerage on fundraising technique and due diligence.
• A neighborhood of 100+ portfolio firms.

Additional alternatives for eligible begin-ups:

• SAIS Scale-up grant of up to €40,000 that helps begin-ups from the SAIS neighborhood which can be prepared to scale their market attain and deepen their impression.
• Access to revolving working capital loans of up to €50,000 with 9-month maturity at 1.5% curiosity.

Eligibility

• Open to for-revenue and registered in Africa
• Management group of at the very least two folks
• Pre-seed by means of Series A
• At least MVP, ideally recurring income, paying prospects and established partnerships
• Strengthening worth chains in dairy and aquaculture
• Use tech to scale

They are in search of progressive, know-how-pushed begin-ups strengthening livestock worth chains throughout Africa, with a selected give attention to:

• Dairy: Animal well being, genetics, feed and forage, notably related to dairy worth chains in East Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia).
• Aquaculture: Genetics and feed improvements, notably related to aquaculture worth chains in West Africa (Nigeria and Senegal).

Start-ups primarily based in different African nations are equally inspired to apply, these should show that their improvements, options or enterprise fashions provide related learnings or alternatives to strengthen these precedence worth chains.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme.