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Apply! Innovation for Women in Africa Digital Challenge for Startups 2018
The third edition of the AFD Digital Challenge is dedicated to reducing inequalities between men and women on the African continent. The competition is aimed at start-ups which offer innovative services that promote gender equality.
Award-winning start-ups will receive financial and technical support.
The challenge will award 3 categories of projects:
- AFD Digital Challenge Initiative (15 000€ ): Rewarding two startups going through the induction phase and demonstrating an outstanding ability to innovate.
- AFD Digital Success Challenge (50,000€): Rewarding two startups going through the expansion phase and demonstrating an outstanding ability to scale up and develop.
- AFD Digital Challenge-Jury’s Award (20,000 €): Rewarding one startup demonstrating outstanding originality and uniqueness in its approach to the challenge of women inclusion.
ELIGIBILITY
Any innovative entrepreneurial initiative:
- demonstrating the existence of a legal form and having a proven activity on the African continent
- owned by women and/or men, and having a positive impact on women’s inclusion and the reduction of gender inequalities
- leveraging digital technologies to amplify its impact
DEADLINE: November 12, 2018