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WORLD FOOD PRIZE FOUNDATION

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Application Deadline: April 15, 2025

LOCATION: USA

The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation Corridor, is proud to launch the Innovate for Impact Challenge—a pioneering initiative dedicated to accelerating agricultural technology (AgTech) innovation. This challenge seeks to identify and support early-stage, tech-driven startups whose transformative solutions address the critical challenges of global food security and sustainability.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Challenge is open to early-stage, for-profit startups in the AgTech space. Eligible companies must meet the following requirements:

Be in early stages of development, from validated concepts to pre-Series A funding

Have at least one founder working full-time on the project

Demonstrate innovation, market potential and alignment with sustainability goals

Startups will be evaluated on:

Innovation Impact: The novelty and significance of the solution

Market Potential: Viability and demand within the agricultural industry

Sustainability Contribution: Alignment with environmental and social goals

Scalability and Replicability: Ability to expand and adapt across diverse contexts

BENEFIT:

The top three finalists will receive:

1st Place: $50,000

2nd Place: $10,000

3rd Place: $5,000

All finalists will gain:

Unmatchable global exposure by presenting their solutions at the 2025 Borlaug Dialogue in Des Moines, Iowa, which anticipates a gathering of over 1,500 food and agricultural leaders from more than 70 countries

Unique opportunities to engage with investors, industry experts, fellow entrepreneurs, policymakers and potential partners from around the world

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DEJI ALLI YOUNG TALENT AWARD (DAAYTA) 2025

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Application Deadline: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims at providing young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop innovative start-up ventures that add sustainable economic value to Nigeria.

ELIGIBILITY:

To be eligible for the award, the applicant must:

be a citizen of Nigeria

be between 18 and 35 years of age

submit their application which must be their original work

have an MVP (minimum viable product) i.e. you have customers

must be a limited liability company duly incorporated in Nigeria

must be operating the company on a full-time basis

must commit to be physically available to fully participate in the DAAYTA programs and activities – Entrepreneurial education programme at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria

must commit to be available (physically or virtually) to participate in the 5-month acceleration support for the development of their venture

be able to fund his/her/team’s travel expenses and other associated costs if required

be physically available (with co-founders/team where they exist) for the 2-day Pitch Workshop and Final Pitch Event scheduled for April 9 – 10, 2025

understand the business of ARM, what we stand for, and

be ready to represent ARM as an Ambassador

BENEFIT:

The winner of DAAYTA 2025 shall, subject to the Terms & Conditions, receive funding of ₦12,000,000 (twelve million naira) over one (1) year for the following purposes:

Contribution to working capital.

Participation in an entrepreneurial education program at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. (duration is 4 – 5 months)

5-month acceleration support services for the development of their venture by TVC Labs.

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