Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program for East African Founders

Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program for East African Founders

Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program is a 6-month programme for innovative tech startups in Rwanda and Tanzania.

30 selected startups will be provided with the right infrastructure, skills and networks to advance their tech solutions.
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This program is supported by Make-IT in Africa, a project by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
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Requirements

You are passionate about building an innovative high-growth venture addressing a need in a market

Your product is built on technology: IOT/ Sensoring, Data Analytics/ Intelligence/ AI/ Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Robotics, Drones/ Aerial Imagery, Digital Platforms, Blockchain, etc.

You and your team members are domain experts with complimentary skills and have a track record working as a team

Your startup solution has a clear business model and is able to scale its operations in East Africa

Your startup’s product/service contributes to the achievement of the SDGs (i.e. safe and fair job creation, potential to help underserved or low-income communities, climate mitigation and adaptation)

You have women in your management team (executive or non-executive)

Your operations are based in Rwanda or Tanzania

Program Benefits

6-month free access

to workspace at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali/Westerwelle Startup Haus Arusha

Access to Makerspace / digital fabrication lab and product development support

Business and leadership skills training with specialized experts

Technical advisory support: legal, financial and digital marketing

Individual mentoring with investors, business leaders and industry experts

Online/offline meetups with peers and entrepreuneurial communities around the world

Linkage with East African corporates, investors and other key players

Important Dates (all times in EAT)

Application deadline: December 15th, 2022 at 11:59 pm EAT

Online Info session 1: November 23rd, 2022 at 4:00pm EAT

Online Info session 2: December 9th, 2022 at 4:00pm EAT

Notification of selection: December 24th, 2022
Program start: January 3rd, 2022

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see: Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program for East African Founders

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