New Venture Competition

Organized by Africa Business Club at Harvard

The Africa Business Club at Harvard Business School will be hosting the 19th annual Africa Business Conference on February 17-18th, 2016 in Boston, MA. 

As part of the conference, the 4th annual New Venture Competition will showcase the diversity of entrepreneurs making a difference on the continent. Applications for the New Venture Competition will close on December 1st, 2016 at 5pm EST on the African Business Conference website  http://www.africabusinessconference.com/entrepreneurship/#NVC. 

On February 17th 2017, 10 finalists will be invited to pitch their business in front of approximately 700 attendees and receive feedback from a panel of experienced judges. The competition winner and runner-up will be awarded cash prizes of $10,000 and $5,000, respectively.

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December 1, 2016
Program dates Feb 17, 2017: 0:00
Organizer Africa Business Club – Harvard
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Targets
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Retail and wholesale, Agribusiness, Automotive, Banking, Clean technology, Computer hardware, Computer software, Construction, Creative, media and entertainment, Diversified services, E-commerce, EdTech, Education, Electronics, Financial services, Food and beverage, Healthcare, HealthTech, Insurance, Internet, Leisure and travel, Manufacturing, Mobile, Real estate, Renewable energy, Telecom, Transport and logistics, Utilities, Waste management and recycling, Water, sanitation and hygiene

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