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Africa Innovation Fellowship 2022

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Since 2019, Africa Innovation Fellowship (AIF) has been developing women-owned STEM innovations across sub-Saharan Africa. AIF 2022 is an eight-month leadership and business development opportunity for African women innovators with an early-stage engineering innovation or start up looking to grow, scale and prepare to be investor ready.

AIF kicked off in November 2022 with a virtual masterclass series focused on idea and business incubation, leadership development, funding, and pitch readiness. Fully funded in-person entrepreneurship bootcamp, expert engineering council, mentorship and financial coaching follow over the programme, ending in June 2023.
 
Benefits:
  1. Entrepreneurial and personal development focus on building expertise in commercializing and scaling your business.
  2. Practical insights into growing your business.
  3. Exposure to investors and funders in the African landscape.
  4. Interaction with fellow innovators across Africa.
  5. Access to one-on-one mentorship and venture clinics with subject matter experts.

  Programme Timeline:​
  • Successful candidates notified: 10 November 2022
  • Programme Commencement: 22 November 2022
  • Programme Support: December 2022 to June 2023
 
* For the purposes of this Fellowship, Sub-Saharans African countries include:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland/eSwatini, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NOTE: Djibouti is not included in Sub-Saharan Africa, as it is handled administratively as part of the Middle East and North Africa.

Learn more about the 2022 AIF COHORT
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