GoGettaz Agripreneur 2024 Prize Competition for African Entrepreneurs (up to $50,000)

Are you an agripreneur leading the charge against these pressing issues?

Do you have a transformative venture that’s making waves in the agrifood landscape?

Africa’s food sector faces mounting challenges in climate resilience, food security, and nutrition. The need for groundbreaking solutions has never been greater.

Benefits

100,000 US Dollars in prizes will go to 2 Winners!

• 2 x 50,000 US Dollar Grand Prizes
• Impact Awards – The judges of this year’s competition will be looking to award ventures that make a significant impact in one or more of the following areas: improving rural livelihoods, nutrition, climate related solutions, technology, gender impact, natural resources conservation, and job creation
• Facilitated participation at the Agribusiness Deal Room
• Invitation to the 2025 GoGettaz Africa Leadership Program for top finalists

Requirements

The Entrepreneur

• Entrepreneur is aged 35 or below on the date of submission to the competition, and is legally recognised as an adult in country of nationality
• Entrepreneur holds nationality (with an official ID) from a country which is a member of the African Union
• Entrepreneur is the founder/co-founder of the venture he/she represents in the competition and plays an active role in its operations and leadership
• Entrepreneur has no criminal record related to corruption, tax evasion, financial impropriety, felony, or other offence, and will provide a signed declaration to that effect, if requested

The Venture

• Venture is already legally registered in a country which is a member of the African Union or will have commenced with the registration of such a legal entity prior to 1 July 2024
• Venture is headquartered in a country which is a member of the African Union
• Venture is designed to be financially sustainable, either as a for-profit business or a non-profit generating some revenue and aiming not to be dependent on donor funding
• Venture plays a role in the agrifood sector and/or supports the development of the agrifood sector through an innovation or process improvement
• The agrifood sector may be defined as businesses engaged in:
  • Agrifood research & development
  • Primary food production (farming)
  • Crop nutrition
  • Irrigation
  • Mechanisation, automation or robotics, including drones
  • Crop protection
  • Hydroponics or urban farming
  • Transport, distribution, storage or logistics
  • Food processing
  • Packaging or marketing
  • Food retail or service
  • Waste management or recycling
  • Digital or technology solutions/services to the agrifood sector
  • Innovative finance solutions/services to the agrifood sector
  • Renewable energy or environmental solutions/services to the agrifood sector

Method of Application

Click Here to Apply

• When you click the button below, you will be taken to our technical partner VC4A (Venture Capital 4 Africa).
• VC4A maintains the GoGettaz Community, and securely collects all the GoGettaz applications.
• To start your application, you will need to create a VC4A profile.
• Your application is saved to your profile. Once you start, you can save your progress and continue later.
• Quality applications get noticed by the evaluators! Your application is your first chance to make a good impression. Take your time to do it right.
• Finish and submit your application before 10 June 2024.
• Once you hit the submit button, you application cannot be updated.

For More Information,

Visit the Official Webpage

Application Deadline: June 10, 2024.