The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2025 is offered by “Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS)”, a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) offers a year-long, tailor-made company development programme for African tech start-ups in agriculture, livestock, food, and climate.
The IRP – available in French and English – aims to support you to raise investments and scale up your business.
Benefits of Participation
Selected startups receive services worth up to 35,000 EUR including:
- Mentorship and coaching with local and international experts
- Investment and partnership facilitation
- Community exchanges and peer-learning
- Additional services & technical resources to optimise certain key areas of your business
- Individual training, e.g. pitch training, growth strategy, data analytics & management, term sheet, valuation, market analysis, marketing & sales
- Networking and showcasing opportunities at two in-person community events scheduled back-to-back with the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi, and one additional sector conference (travel costs for one representative from each start-up are covered by the programme)
Eligibility for Participation
To be eligible for the programme, your company must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Registered in Africa
- Profit-bound
- A minimum viable product
- A tech-enabled solution for the agriculture, food or livestock value chain
- Have a management team of at least two people
- Evidence of traction (paying customers, first revenue)
- Contribute to climate change adaptation, income generation and/or food & nutrition security
How to Apply
Click here to apply. The deadline for application is Monday, September 2, 2024.
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