Are you a young tech innovator interested in scaling up your solution? Apply for the Africa Impact Challenge
Africa Impact Initiative, a Canada-based organization committed to supporting young innovators, invites applicants for their Africa Impact Challenge. The goal of the Challenge is to enable young tech innovators from Africa to build market-creating innovations that tackle their country’s challenges with technology.
Successful participants will be offered the capital of up to RWF 20,486,915, resources, and a paid incubation period at the University of Toronto to build viable solutions. Interested participants should have comprehensive tech-enabled solutions that address an identified problem/challenge in their respective countries. Preference will be given to scalable, innovative business models with solutions that target non-consumption by increasing adoption, accessibility, or affordability.
Interested participants must fulfill the following to apply
- Be African under 39 years of age living in the countries of the given year’s Challenge
- Have a desire to pursue impact-focused entrepreneurship as a means of livelihood
- Have a desire to solve critical problems with technology
- Have full-time commitment from the team building the ventures
- Stream 1: Ventures based in Rwanda from any sector
- Stream 2: Ventures based across Africa that enable positive health outcomes
To apply for this Challenge, visit: Submit Application