Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates are early-stage, growth-stage, or women-led AgTech companies with innovative solutions impacting smallholder farmers at scale.
Applicants should have:
- A clear and defined description on how their solution is impacting small holder farmers
- Strong organizational and operational structure
The applicant applying must:
- be aged 18-40 on the day of submission to the 2021 Pitch AgriHack Competition
- hold nationality (with official ID) from any of the 54 nations of the African Union
- be the founder/co-founder of the enterprise represented in the competition and play an active role in its operations and leadership
- have no criminal record related to corruption, tax evasion, financial impropriety, felony or other offences
- Not be a previous Pitch AgriHack finalist or winner
- must submit the application form in English
- must agree with the Terms & Conditions
Early Stage Category
The Venture must have:
- The ability to scale and impact a large number of smallholder farmers
- An identifiable technological innovation that addresses the following problems for smallholder farmers:
- Smallholder farmer productivity
- Smallholder farmer income
- Labour intensiveness of operations
- Resilience
- Access to information for smallholder farmers
- Strong competitive advantage
Growth Stage Category
The Venture must have:
- The ability to scale and impact a large number of smallholder farmers
- Recorded evidence of demonstrated impact on smallholder farmers’ revenue
- An identifiable technological innovation that addresses the following problems for smallholder farmers:
- Smallholder farmer productivity
- Smallholder farmer income
- Labour intensiveness of operations
- Resilience
- Access to information for smallholder farmers
- Strong competitive advantage
Jane Machigere 