How do you choose which companies to accept into the programme?

Our eligible criteria are:

  • Legal form
    The start-up must be registered and operate in Africa and provide a registration certificate.
  • Team
    Is the founding team complementary?
    Has the team the qualifications and experience to run a business?
  • Digital innovation
    Is the business model based on a proven digital innovation?
    Is the digital solution resolving a specific problem or bringing a pain reliever to the customer needs (explicit problem and solution statement)?
    Is this digital solution bringing amelioration, change or disruption to an existing product in the market?
  • Business model
    Is the source of revenue clear?
    How does the business model increase the income for its users (e.g., farmers, other actors of the value chain)?
  • Market access
    Does the start-up know its market size?
    Does the start-up know its competitors?
    Does the start-up know its barriers to expansion?
    Is there a clear USP of the product?
    Is there a clear product-market-fit?
  • Traction
    Has the start-up proof/evidence of regular revenue (e.g., a proven number of customers that paid for the product)?
    Is the financial plan/statement of the start-up realistic and reliable?
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