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FCMB 2024 AGRITECH HACKATHON AND VENTURE BUILDING, SPONSORED BY FMO

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Application Deadline: September 5, 2024

LOCATION: Nigeria

The 2024 AgriTech Hackathon and Venture Building Program supported by FMO is designed to search out, identify, and groom early-stage businesses across Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the FCMB Hackathon and Venture Building Program 2024, applicants must meet the following criteria:

Stage of Idea:Your business idea should be in the early stages of development.

Team:You should have a team with a mix of skills and experience relevant to building an Agritech business. This could include experience in agriculture, technology, business development, and marketing.

Passion for Agriculture:You should have a strong passion for agriculture and a desire to make a positive impact in the industry.

Commitment:You should be committed to participating fully in the program and working hard to develop your venture.

Legal:Be a legally registered company either as a business name or limited, individual teams of hackers are also encouraged to apply to the hackathon.

BENEFIT:

Monetary Prize: Each winning team will receive a significant financial reward, offering a substantial boost to advance their innovative health solutions. The total prize value is equal to 23,000,000 Naira.

Venture Building Opportunity: Winners will have the chance to engage in a 4-weeks Venture Building program. This unique program will leverage best-in-class product development methodology and business advisory to ship fast and sell faster.

Trophy: In recognition of their exceptional talent, each winning team will be honoured with a commemorative plaque, symbolising their achievement and excellence in the Agri-Sector.

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FAST FORWARD STARTUP ACCELERATOR

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Application Deadline: September 9, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The Accelerator is Fast Forward’s flagship program for tech nonprofits. We bridge the tech and nonprofit worlds, providing training and resources applicable to the challenges only a tech and nonprofit entrepreneur knows. Through the Accelerator, you’ll receive a $25,000 philanthropic grant, build community among your cohort, meet dozens of mentors from the tech & social sectors, and make connections to people who can help you scale. If you’re a nonprofit tech startup, you’re in the right place.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Accelerator is built exclusively for early-stage tech nonprofits. These are organizations that look like typical tech startups—they build tech products—and have selected a nonprofit structure because they are building for impact instead of profit.

Fast Forward’s program is designed to address the unique needs of tech nonprofits:

LEADERSHIP. Tech nonprofits face everything that is hard for a tech startup and everything that’s hard for a nonprofit. To pull it off, the leaders must have steadfast vision and incredible gumption.

LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROBLEM. People solve problems in front of them. We want to empower people to solve the problems they see and experience.

TECH TALENT. The tech vision should be the driving force of the organization and not an auxiliary program. To successfully execute that vision, tech talent must be in a leadership role.

POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT. Impact is a thorny subject. To get to the heart of an organization’s potential, we ask questions like: Who is the organization primarily serving? If successful, how many lives will be positively influenced? How deeply will the organization impact those lives?

SCALABILITY. Software scales incredibly well. We support organizations with a vision for change that is matched only by the potential for scale.

ALIGNMENT. Fast Forward is a small organization. As such, we choose organizations that we are best poised to help scale.

BENEFIT:

A $25,000 philanthropic grant, build community among your cohort, meet dozens of mentors from the tech & social sectors, and make connections to people who can help you scale.

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