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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Programme – East Africa 2022

Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Programme – East Africa 2022

Jude OgarNovember 9, 20222 Mins Read
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Deadline: December 15, 2022

Applications are open for the Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Programme – East Africa 2022. The Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Programme is a 6-month programme for innovative tech startups in Rwanda and Tanzania.

30 selected startups will be provided with the right infrastructure, skills and networks to advance their tech solutions. This programme is supported by Make-IT in Africa, a project by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Benefits

  • 6-month free access to workspace at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali/Westerwelle Startup Haus Arusha
  • Access to Makerspace / digital fabrication lab and product development support
  • Business and leadership skills training with specialized experts
  • Technical advisory support: legal, financial and digital marketing
  • Individual mentoring with investors, business leaders and industry experts
  • Online/offline meetups with peers and entrepreuneurial communities around the world
  • Linkage with East African corporates, investors and other key players

Eligibility

You are eligible if:

  • You are passionate about building an innovative high-growth venture addressing a need in a market;
  • Your product is built on technology: IOT/ Sensoring, Data Analytics/ Intelligence/ AI/ Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Robotics, Drones/Aerial Imagery, Digital Platforms, Blockchain, etc. ;
  • You and your team members are domain experts with complimentary skills and have a track record working as a team;
  • Your startup solution has a clear business model and is able to scale its operations in East Africa;
  • Your startup’s product/service contributes to the achievement of the SDGs (i.e. safe and fair job creation, potential to help underserved or low-income communities, climate mitigation and adaptation);
  • You have women in your management team (executive or non-executive);
  • Your operations are based in Rwanda or Tanzania.

Application

Try to answer the questions as accurately as you can, it will take you approximately 20 minutes to fill out the form. They will only consider fully filled applications.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit Westerwelle.

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Jude Ogar is an educator and youth development practitioner with years of experience working in the education and youth development space. He is passionate about the development of youth in Africa.

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