The programme offers a unique opportunity to fast-track your initiative. It will provide you with the tools, facilities, contacts, and support necessary to convert your ideas and ambitions into a commercially viable venture or product.
Twenty-four (24) teams have taken part in four iterations of the accelerator, with six of them succeeding in securing additional investment immediately after the programme.
This sub-Saharan Africa accelerator programme we are running will largely take place virtually due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions imposed by numerous countries in Africa and globally.
WORTH
The six teams selected from sub-Saharan Africa programme will receive the following:
- Virtual mentorship and coaching from experienced media, startup and tech experts and entrepreneurs.
- Free places on a three-month Media Entrepreneurship course offered by Wits Journalism.
- Access to a technical support development team.
- Opportunities to pitch to potential investors, funders and various stakeholders with an MVP (minimum viable product).
- Access to network which includes but not limited to Programme Alumni.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to committed and creative journalists and media makers who are passionate about fixing what isn’t working in sub-Saharan African media.
- Startups that want to create innovative products or services to serve new audiences, or bring new conversations or ideas to the public.
- Applications from ALL countries across sub-Saharan Africa, particularly those in Benin; Burkina Faso; Cote de Ivoire; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo and Zambia are welcome.
DEADLINE: August 13 2021
To apply and for more information visit here
