NTF V Ethiopia & Ghana– Call for Applications Tech Start-ups

The Netherlands Trust Fund V (NTF V) programme is based on a partnership agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands and the UN International Trade Centre (ITC) and will run till June 2025. The programme supports the digital technologies and agribusiness sector in Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and the digital technologies sector in Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali and Uganda.

We are recruiting tech start-ups to join our NTF V initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda. The project will support 30 start-ups in each country. The selected start-ups will be segmented based on their level of maturity and will benefit from the following services according to their categorization:
1. Growth Stage: post-revenue, targeting new markets, new products
2. Entrepreneurship Stage: Minimum Viable Product (MVP) confirmed, customer acquisition and retention ongoing
A start-up can move from Entrepreneurship to Growth during the programme.

Apply Now! 

►WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
As an eligible tech start-up, you have to:
➔ Use digital technology as a core enabling factor (e-commerce is included)
➔ Be for-profit – but you can also have a social impact – mention it in your application!
➔ Have built a minimum viable product*, which has ideally generated some sales even if only a limited amount
➔ Be established in Ethiopia, Ghana or Uganda
* A Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a product with basic features, but enough to get the attention of the consumer and to provide a feedback loop to guide future development

►DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Ghana – 7 February 2022
Ethiopia – 14 February 2022
Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_kbTV31C0EW-mGJHokM4jcHaNq-xybRYv5ECTS8Ca5hiYFA/viewform

►CONTACT
If you have questions or want to report problems with the form, please contact Ms. Milou van Bruggen (mvanbruggen@intracen.org) or Mr. Martin Labbé (labbe@intracen.org).
Thank you!