SAIS

Who we are

We are a company development and accelerator programme for African tech and tech-enabled start-ups. Our mission is simple: to help you raise the capital you need to grow and scale your impact. Through our programme, you’ll gain access to a powerful network of experts, mentors, investors and business partners to support your journey.

Since our launch, we’ve supported over 90 start-ups from 21+ African countries, and 70% of them have raised follow-on funding, collectively exceeding $50 million USD.

Are you building a solution that creates meaningful change in 🌾 Agriculture, 🐄 Livestock Farming, 🍎 Food & Nutrition Security, 🌱 Climate Action, or 🔄 Circular Economy in Africa?

💡 Get on our radar! Send your pitch deck or two-pager to sais@giz.de. While applications for the 2025 cohort are now closed, we’re already scouting for high-impact innovations for the 2026 programme. 🚀

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SAIS – “Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups” – is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ GmbH) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), with co-funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Bayer Cares Foundation.