Africa ClimAccelerator

About The Program

The Africa ClimAccelerator is a 6-month long program that focuses on supporting 15 innovative, climate-focused early-stage ventures in Africa. Qualified startups must put the objective of enhancing sustainability at the forefront of their own mission and growth.

Startup founders, across a variety of sectors, whose innovation matches well with Africa ClimAccelerator vision will need to address at least one of Climate-KIC’s Impact Goals.

Climate-KIC Impact Goals

• Promote retrofit and decentralized energy.
• Nurture nature-based resilience for cities.
• Accelerate sustainable urban mobility.
• Make agriculture climate-smart.
• Reform food systems.
• Nurture forests in integrated landscapes.
• Build circular material flows.
• Reduce industry emissions.
• Reboot regional economies.
• Mainstream climate in financial markets.

Benefits

Winners will receive:

• Up to €12,000 in grant funding, and access to follow-on funding opportunities.
• Attend customized workshops and training to accelerate your startup by experts from across Climate-KIC, GrowthAfrica, and the Carbon Trust.
• One-on-one mentorship with experienced business and technical mentors active across the climate innovation ecosystem.
• Participate in peer-to-peer learning with high-growth climate startups from across Africa.
• Financial readiness support and connect with the climate investors most active across the continent.
• Access to a growing community of leading actors and partners in the fast-growing climate tech ecosystem in Africa and internationally.

Eligibility criteria

To qualify, your startup must:

• Develop a transformative climate solution that brings social and environmental value in the themes of land use, circular economy, blue economy, energy efficiency, or other climate themes.
• Be registered or plan to register (by end of the program) in any African country
• Have proof of concept exists, (ideally) with a proven need for the solution, main pain points mapped, feedback/ validations already received from potential customers, a tested prototype/minimum viable product created, and a roadmap designed.
• Have at least one member of the team being full-time on the business/project
• Willingly participate in the program activities which will be fully delivered in English