Application Deadline: August 16th 2021
Pitch AgriHack 2021 is sponsored by global development organization Heifer International. The competition will identify and amplify efforts by young innovators to build resilience beyond COVID-19 through digital agriculture products and services. These innovations should be scalable and generate measurable impact in Africa’s food systems. Winners will receive funding and continued support to scale up their innovations to transform the agriculture sector.
This seventh edition of Pitch AgriHack invites African businesses to pitch their approach to driving technological innovation in the agriculture sector. Generation Africa, a thematic platform of the AGRF will host the competition, which is sponsored by global development organization Heifer International.
Requirements
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
Benefits
A fourth invite-only category, known as the AYuTe Africa Challenge, sponsored by Heifer International, will award up to US$1.5 million in grants to scalable ventures that are already generating measurable impact for Africa’s smallholder farmers.
Six winners will be selected from the open-application categories and two winners from the invite-only AYuTe Africa Challenge category. The winners will be announced at the AGRF Summit which takes place September 6-10 in Nairobi.
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