The Worldwide Startup Awards Africa, which aims to provide African entrepreneurs with global visibility and investment opportunities via the GIIG Africa Fund, is currently accepting applications.
For its 2023 edition of the African Startup Awards, the Global Startup Awards (GSA), in collaboration with the Global Innovation Initiative Group (GIIG), return to Africa. The competition aims to identify, acknowledge, network, and accelerate ideas that have the potential to positively impact Africans’ quality of life.
GSA Africa is a pan-African opportunity for SDG-aligned solutions with global relevance, focusing on issues such as agriculture, climate change, commerce, education, healthcare, mobility, and logistics. It is particularly interested in startups that support Web3 technologies, sustainable business models, green innovation, and workplace diversity.
Participants in the year-long competition will first compete at the national level before attempting to advance to the regional finals. After that, in August 2023, the GSA Africa Summit will bring together the continent’s leading innovators in person for a two-day conference and gala dinner to bring together, connect, and celebrate Africa’s most creative minds.
The competition last year, which attracted more than 7,000 submissions, taught us that Africa is a continent teeming with world-class talent, with impact-driven ideas, and with plenty of potential to grow. “Historically, Africa has had to fight against this narrative of the ‘Dark Continent. According to Jo Griffiths, co-founder of GSA Africa, “We’re really eager to spend this coming season meeting with the next batch of leaders in African innovation and to assist their growth with new chances for investment, access to market, and mentorship at a global level.
Here, applications can be submitted through January 31, 2023.
Source: disrupt-africa.com