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ECO BANK FINTECH CHALLENGE FOR STARTUPS

Application Deadline: 7 July, 2024

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Ecobank Fintech Challenge is open to all startups with innovative solutions addressing the needs of the African population and its diaspora. It has been created with two objectives in mind:

Identify and support Fintechs that are ready to scale up with resources, funding, partnerships, etc. in Ecobank’s 33 African markets.

Leverage these pan-African Fintech success stories and the solutions they offer to improve Africa’s financial integration and economic development.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Challenge is the ideal launchpad for African Fintech innovators and startups to scale up to the next grand level with full support from Ecobank. It brings together a diverse pool of Africa-focused innovations to solve Africa’s financial inclusion pain points.

All Fintech with relevant financial products for Africa are eligible to apply.

You can enter more than one Fintech product in the competition. However, each product applied must be distinct. You should not submit two products in one application form. Each product must enter as a separate application.

You can participate in the challenge if your Fintech is not based in Africa. However, you must have an African-focus financial product.

BENEFIT:

Commercial partnership and integration opportunities to access and launch products across Ecobank’s 33 African markets

Business acceleration and capacity building support along with the opportunity to be a country-level partner in Ecobank’s ecosystem

Support of a dedicated team to carry out Ecobank’s API tests and enable better integration of Fintech products in the pan-African market

Easy access and relationship building with global and African accelerators, potential investors and mentors because of Ecobank Fintech Fellowship

$50,000 no-strings attached cash prize support to the winning company along with more cash prizes to the top three winners

Launchpad to leverage our existing products such as Omni, Electronic Financial Supply Chain (eFSC), Xpress, Mobile App, MasterPass™ QR, mVISA™ & mCash, etc.

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PAPSSN 3RD MOBILITY INTRA-AFRICA ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME.

LOCATION: Italy

The Pan-Africa Planetary and Space Science Network (PAPSSN) aims to create a mobility scheme for students, academic staff and support staff amongst partners from Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia within the thematic field: “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT)” with particular emphasis for Planetary and Space Sciences (PSS).

ELIGIBILITY:

Partner institution: Università di Bologna – Italy

The eligible countries for TG2 are as follows;

Central:  Burundi,Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe

Eastern:  Comoros,Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania

Northern:  Algeria,Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco

Southern:  Angola,Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Western:  Benin,Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo

Target Group 1 [Applicants From Or Graduated At One Of The Partner Universities]:

1x Msc Credit Seeking* (6 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Credit Seeking (6 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

1x Msc Degree Seeking** (24 Months) To Biust, Botswana

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Addis Ababa University (Aau), Ethiopia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of Nigeria Nsukka (Unn), Nigeria

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

3x Short Term Staff Mobility (One Month To Aau, Cbu And Unn) And 4x Long Term Staff Mobility (Three Months To Biust, Aau, Cbu And Unn).

Target Group 2 [Applicants Not From One Of The Partner Universities]:

1x Phd Degree Seeking (36 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Biust, Botswana

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Addis Ababa University (Aau), Ethiopia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of Nigeria Nsukka (Unn), Nigeria

In order to be eligible for this scholarship applicants must:

Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the relevant Target Group; (Students cannot apply to study in an institution within their home country)

Be registered/admitted at one of the HEIs within the Partnership at the time of the application for a scholarship (Target Group I) or be registered/admitted in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of a country of the lot or having obtained a HEI degree (or equivalent) by an institution of a country concerned by the lot (Target Group 2);

Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host Institutions.

BENEFIT:

Roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs (using a preferred travel agent and calculated against direct linear distance)

Participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable

Comprehensive Travel Insurance (Health, Accident and Travel)

A monthly subsistence allowance for the mobility period

Settling in Allowance

Research Costs: only eligible to students on mobility for 10 months or more and to students who are registered for a minimum of 2 years. The distribution of funds from this pool shall be decided by the partners on the basis of the actual research needs of selected students. Students will be required to submit a budget for research.

An extra allowance corresponding to the monthly subsistence allowances will be paid per academic year to female master students and doctoral candidates, for mobility equal or longer than 2 academic years.

A second return ticket in case the mobility is equal or longer than two academic years.

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