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SBN NOURISH NIGERIA CHALLENGE: NUTRIPITCH

Application Deadline: 3 December, 2023

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) is hosting the 2023 Edition of SBN’s Annual pitch competition in partnership with FATE Foundation. The project is a Business Model Research project and is part of a larger program grant of EUR80m focussed on six African countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda)

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be a Nigerian citizen (male or female).

Must be between the ages of 25 and 50 as of January 2024.

Must be the Founder, Owner manager, or CEO of a growth-stage agribusiness. venture. (Only one applicant per business will be accepted).

Should have their Agribusiness focused on Nutrition and Innovation.

Should have a good business model that focuses on reaching low-income consumers.

Should have a unique/innovative marketing strategy.

Should have a minimum of three (3) full-time highly skilled staff in a managerial capacity (excluding part-time staff and low/semi-skilled staff).

Must have their Agribusiness venture registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and be currently operating and generating income.

Must be available to participate FULL-TIME in the one-week boot camp and ALL other activities required throughout the program.

BENEFIT:

One Week Pitch Readiness Bootcamp

GAP Advisory Sessions

Growth Plan Development

Pitch Competition

CEO Fireside Chat

Series of Workshops and Masterclass Sessions (see program highlights for details on this)

4 months Hand-holding Mentorship Community.

Access to our Alumni Community post-graduation

N 10,000,000 Naira to be shared amongst winners of the Pitch Competition

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HANGA SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (SRH) PITCHFEST

Application Deadline: 15 November, 2023, 1700 CAT

LOCATION: Rwanda

The Pitchfest are excited to work with key partners to scout, select, and  provide technical and business  support to 20  startups in Sub-Saharan Africa working on innovative tech-enabled solutions that are addressing challenges  in ways that break the mold in SRH.

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be operating in any country in Sub-Saharan Africa

Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards a sexual and reproductive health (SRH) theme in an innovative and pioneering way

The start-up must present a tech-enabled SRH solution or have the potential to scale through technology. Technology does not need to be the core innovation but it must be enabled by hardware or software of some kind. 

Must present a working prototype. This can be in the form of a working product demo in video format, a pitch deck explaining how the product works, a functional website, or anything  similar. 

Must be registered by the relevant authorities in the country of operation

The start-up should not have raised any venture capital (except angel investors, family, and friends). Start-ups that may have received grant funding from other incubator programs or hackathons are eligible.

BENEFIT:

Funding: grant funding valued at $10,000 USD  with the scope to increase up to $30,000 USD for the highest performing start-ups in the program

Learning: a 3 month, cohort-based learning curriculum, covering entrepreneurship, evidence and SRH

Bespoke Support: Tailored support from venture-building and SRH experts over a period of 9 months for the  eligible start-ups.

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