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MASTERCARD FOUNDATION AGROHACK CHALLENGE: EMPOWERING YOUNG NIGERIAN AGROPRENUERS

Application Deadline: Monday, September 25th, 2023

LOCATION: Nigeria

AgroHack Challenge is seeking innovative ideas across the agriculture industry’s value chain. These ideas will be accelerated to create new opportunities for many young Nigerians.

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be between 18 – 35 age

Must have a team (minimum of 2 )

Have an innovative or scalable business idea or model in the agricultural sector (ranging anywhere from farm to fork)

Transform a community, a nation, a region, or have a global impact

Have a minimum viable product

Have a business model with a clear customer segment

Have any market traction

BENEFIT:

Participants also stand a chance to win up to one million naira

Accelerator programme

5 days Enterprise boot camp

Intense mentorship from a pool of international mentors

Business support services

Access to investors

Access potential clients

New market opportunities

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AWS STARTUPS BUILD ACCELERATOR FOR PRE-MVP FOUNDERS

Application Deadline: 22 September, 2023

LOCATION: Virtual

A 10-week virtual program where pre-MVP founders get the training and support needed to launch their startups to market.

ELIGIBILITY:

The program is virtual and largely self-paced with the exception of live peer-to-peer gatherings and Ask Me Anything sessions with AWS Startup Solutions Architects.

AWS Build Accelerator is designed for early-stage tech or tech-enabled startups. They are talking startups beyond ideation that are ready to build, refine, and bring their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to market.

The program is industry and vertical agnostic, and we welcome startups with a CTO or technical lead who are currently leveraging cloud technologies to apply.

While the program is open to startups from around the world, programming will be offered in English only. 

BENEFIT:

$2,000 for every qualifying startup in the program

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