{"id":684,"date":"2020-12-11T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/sierra-leone\/?p=684"},"modified":"2020-12-11T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:51:07","slug":"open-call-for-african-business-start-ups-in-energy-agriculture-and-mobility-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/open-call-for-african-business-start-ups-in-energy-agriculture-and-mobility-sector","title":{"rendered":"Open Call for African business Start-ups in energy, agriculture, and mobility sector"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Sierra-Leone<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The search is on for Sub-Saharan African start-ups with tech solutions aimed at impacting positively lower income communities through those industries.<\/p>\n

Seedstars and Shell Foundation have joined forces to look for sustainable, scalable and innovative start-ups addressing universal access to energy-related challenges, as well as sustainable agriculture, mobility and transportation.<\/p>\n

With support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), they are launching the Energy, Mobility and Agriculture Innovation Program to find African tech entrepreneurs in the mobility, transportation, energy, and agriculture space in order to provide them with the resources, training, and potential funding to scale their start-ups and impact. Interested applicants can sign up here before Dec 20th: https:\/\/seedsta.rs\/3meCEG1<\/p>\n

The objective of this program is to support, catalyse and train the highest potential tech-based early stage (seed) African-led start-ups working towards:<\/p>\n

Selected start-ups will be able to take part in Seedstars\u2019 three-month Investment Readiness Program, which will provide the entrepreneurs with 1-on-1 mentoring with industry experts, potential funding opportunities, and leverage human and knowledge resources available within Shell Foundation.<\/p>\n

\u201cStart-ups have immense potential to solve Africa\u2019s biggest development challenges and local African entrepreneurs are uniquely positioned to develop these solutions. We are excited to collaborate with Seedstars to identify and support some of the most promising African-led start-ups that will scale these solutions and improve millions of lives across the continent over time\u201d Tara Collier, Market Development Manager, Shell Foundation.<\/p>\n

The following are the criteria for startups interested in applying for the program:<\/b><\/p>\n

To become part of the mission of providing universal access to energy, and making agriculture and mobility more inclusive and sustainable, send in your applications to the Energy and Mobility Innovation Program page before December 20, 2020: https:\/\/seedsta.rs\/3meCEG1.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE SHELL FOUNDATION<\/b><\/p>\n

Shell Foundation is a UK-registered charity, founded by Shell in 2000, that creates and scales business solutions to enhance access to energy and affordable transport. They exist to serve the low-income communities most affected by these issues.<\/p>\n

The foundation provides patient support to social enterprises and institutions capable of delivering social change at scale across Africa and Asia via disruptive technologies or business models without long-term reliance on charitable support or subsidy.<\/p>\n

To date Shell Foundation\u2019s work has improved the lives of more than 180m people.<\/p>\n

ABOUT SEEDSTARS<\/b><\/p>\n

Seedstars is a Swiss-based private company with a mission to impact people\u2019s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The groups\u2019 activities cover over 90 emerging ecosystems through a variety of initiatives such as the Online Seedstars World Competition, acceleration programs, physical hubs called Seedspace, venture capital investments and company building activities. Seedstars The Documentary is a feature film featuring the company\u2019s vision to give a voice to the game changers of the developing world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey tried to bury us, they didn\u2019t know we were seeds.\u201d \u2013 Mexican proverb<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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