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AFRICAN UNION CIVIC TECH FUND 2.0

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Application Deadline: 12 May 2024

LOCATION: African Union

The African Union Civic Tech Fund (AUCTF) presents an opportunity for dynamic African initiatives to catalyse and scale their innovative civic tech solutions. If you are harnessing the power of technology to drive citizen-led transformative action across the African continent, this call is for you.

ELIGIBILITY:

Invitation is open to visionary organizations, initiatives, and projects within African countries to apply for funding.

If you are committed to leveraging technology for civic engagement, transparency, and

community-driven initiatives, this call is tailored for you. Organisations and projects led by and

addressing the challenges faced by women, youth and marginalised groups are encouraged to apply.

Projects operating from diverse locations and contexts are also encouraged to apply, to ensure a balance of representation from north, east, west, central and southern Africa.

BENEFIT:

Successful recipients of the grant call will receive up to €15000 in financial support to scale and accelerate their projects and initiatives. The AUCTF can support up to 15 organisations and initiatives. However, the selection committee reserves the right not to award all or envisaged grants. Upon receiving the funding, the second cohort will undergo capacity building and technical support, which includes training sessions to enhance digital literacy, promoting inclusivity and diversity in your
initiatives; stakeholder engagement approaches and developing advocacy strategies to influence policy at a local level.

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STANDARD CHARTERED WOMEN IN TECH COHORT 7 PROGRAM

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LOCATION: Kenya

The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered in partnership with Strathmore University’s @iBizAfrica incubator. It combines world-class startup support with local and international experience to provide Africa’s most competitive and attractive startup incubation program focusing on immersive learning, mentorship, building and growing Africa’s next iconic startups taking on the continent’s most relevant challenges and opportunities with the support of seed capital.

ELIGIBILITY:

They are seeking to recruit the best entrepreneurial minds, women-led tech startups as key drivers of innovation in business.

The principle founder must be:

A woman.

Above 18 years of age.

Of Kenyan nationality or permanent residency.

The startups must be Kenyan registered companies which are building technological solutions aimed at mitigating Kenyan socio-economic challenges.

The selected startup ventures may be sector agnostic.

The startup ventures must embed components of emerging technologies in building their solutions ie. Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things; Big Data; Machine Learning; Robotics; Augmented & Virtual Reality; 3D & 4D Printing; Cloud Computing; Big Data; Blockchain; Drone Technology and Biometrics e.t.c within their respective sectors.

The applicants must be Women led startup ventures and the teams should be made up of at least 50% women.

Principal applicant must be the founder with a majority stake.

3 months to less than 2 years of operation seeking support for proof of concept, customer, product and business model development.

Pre-revenue with early traction (users). Post revenue is an added advantage.

Not received investment of more than KES. 500,000 and not participated in a similar program in the last 1 year.

Companies solving for any of the 17 SDGs.

BENEFIT:

12 weeks of an immersive learning experience

Access to a leading network of coaching experts

Access to B2B networking opportunities

Personalized mentorship sessions to address your unique business needs

Opportunity to join a supportive Women in Tech Alumni Network

$10,000 equity-free grant seed funding for the top 7 finalists

6 months ongoing support from Standard Chartered and @iBizAfrica to assist with go-to-market and scale for the top 7 finalists.

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