Application Deadline: 3 March, 2024
LOCATION: USA
Can your startup create ground-breaking, tech-enabled solutions in your industry? If the answer is yes, submit your application to NPI 2.0. Up to US$220,000 to be won in prizes and an all expense paid training programme in Silicon Valley, USA. NPI is designed to encourage and support ingenuity within the digital ecosystem and fund early-stage, growth driven solutions, with the aim of driving transformative economic growth, enhancing the nation’s productive capacity, and creating jobs.
ELIGIBILITY:
One of the founders must be a Nigerian Citizen
Applicants must be 18 years or older
Applicants must be running Innovative tech-focused or tech-enabled startups
The startup should have operated for not less than six months and operating in or within Nigeria
The startup should be looking to raise a seed round
The startup should have developed a minimum viable product (MVP)
Applicants must be willing and able to commit to a 10-week fast-track accelerator programme
Only one application is permitted per applicant irrespective of the sector. Subsequent applications will be disqualified
BENEFIT:
Top 3 winners will have a pre-set valuation for their startups as indicated below
1st Place Winner – up to $3m
2nd Place Winner – up to $2m
3rd Place Winner – up to $1m
The startups of the top 10 finalists must be registered in Nigeria
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