Hello Nigerians,

You may have great ideas that could be the next Giant Tech Start-Up in Africa, but access to funds, entrepreneurship mentoring from tested and proven tech development platform seeks to abort your dream at infancy. Ironically, there are a handful of seed funding & entrepreneurship mentoring for promising ideas that entrepreneurs can apply for.

Am currently hunting for funding, customer development and mentoring for our Start-Up; www.magbodo.com, with my search through the cyberspace i will post discovered funding and mentoring opportunities to facilitate our collective success in our entrepreneurship journey.

If you know of any similar opportunities for start-up please share on this thread.

caveat emptor: best use of opportunities can only be guaranteed if you apply!

The 440 Accelerator Program 2015 opens in May 2015 here in Nigeria

They select the best fund-able ideas and introduce entrepreneurs to potential investors. Read more @ www.440.ng

STARTUPS MAY APPLY FOR THE WORLD CUP TECH CHALLENGE 2015

This is open to all citizens of the world. Read more @

www.techcabal.com/2015/03/24/startups-may-apply-for-the-world-cup-tech-challenge-2015/

www.worldcuptech.com/registration-info/

registration close by 27th April 2015

iDEA (Information Technology Developers Entrepreneurship Accelerator) provides essential support to entrepreneurs to build software skills, solutions and businesses critical to their success. Entrepreneurs accepted into iDEA Centres receive support in the way of physical work space, shared facilities, training, mentoring and access to capital.

We are now accepting applications into IDEA Nigeria's Lagos and Calabar Centers!

For more information visit www.idea-nigeria.org/

DEMO Africa allows start-ups from all over Africa to meet VCs, investors, tech acquisition specialists, IT buyers and media from across the region and around the globe. The Start-ups are given an opportunity to launch their products to a tech eco-system under the following categories:

Agriculture
Health
Education
Manufacturing
Retail
Media and Entertainment
Communication
Transport and Logistics
Energy
Finance and Banking
Water and Sanitation
Waste Management and Recycling

Registration is currently going on. Read more here https://vc4africa.biz/demo-africa/

Calling all entrepreneurs – CcHub’s Call for Ideas is open!

Co-Creation Hub (CcHub) is a launch pad for start-ups, transforming ideas to sustainable ventures that solve real Nigerian problems. To date CcHub has supported the development and launch of more than 50 innovative technology startups solving social challenges in Nigeria.


These are our 5 tips for creating innovative solutions:

1)Solve ONE clear problem: focus on one problem and not many

2)Understand the problem: observing the environment, infrastructure, culture and lives of people by being there.

3)Think creatively: start big, use constraints as a filter and find the simplest solution.

4)Identify a service gap: is there a service that isn’t being provided or not being provided to a satisfactory manner

5)Deliver value: what are the benefits for people using the end product, does it improve a persons life?



Submit an Idea

Ideas should be submitted by Sunday 31 May 2015. Ideas will be assessed by a panel, and those whose ideas are selected will be invited for an interview. Following this, the most viable ideas will be taken into the CcHub Pre-Incubation and Incubation Programmes.

1000 ideas have walked through our doors but is yours the one that will make it through and stick?

Read more http://cchubnigeria.com/blog/

I found this link very useful. It gave me a list of various accelerator company in Nigeria

http://onyourpalm.com/listing-category/accelerators-incubators-tech-startups/

Submit an Idea before May 15 and Find Out What’s In It for You
Listen up! The African Entrepreneurship Award is offering early mentorship to entrepreneurs who submit their ideas on or before May 15. Submitting an idea now is beginning Round 1 of your journey. While the official deadline is not until June 30, submitting your idea on or before May 15 will allow you to begin receiving feedback after May 30. This gives all of you an extra month to capitalize on feedback offered by our mentors.

Read more https://africanentrepreneurshipaward.com/submit-an-idea-before-may-15-and-find-out-whats-in-it-for-you/

Starting your journey
You can submit your business idea beginning April 13, 2015 through June 30, 2015. As soon as you submit, a mentor will be in touch with you, guiding you to bettering your idea. And yes, if you have a better idea, you can resubmit it. If your initial idea begins to get better as you accept mentoring and you learn along the journey, you may update or edit your submitted proposal – all before June 30, 2015.

Read more https://africanentrepreneurshipaward.com/the-award/the-journey/

You can register your Ideas NOW!!! Between April 13, 2015 through June 30, 2015

Register here https://app.africanentrepreneurshipaward.com/auth/register

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Am just commenting so that I can come back and read well while am on PC

Code213:
this is cool!!! Thanks for the information

You are welcome

Lagos-based accelerator, LeadPath Nigeria has begun accepting applications for the second batch of startups into its 3-month accelerator programme.

The company announced the call for entries yesterday 19th May 2015 on its Twitter handle.

Read more here http://techcabal.com/2015/05/19/leadpath-is-accepting-applications-for-its-second-cohort/

Applications deadline for 2015 DEMO Africa has been extended by a month, reports TechMoran.

The extension till June 30, will allow for more submissions and a series of mini DEMO Africa events. These events will enable organisers meet with various entrepreneurs to enable the later receive feedback on applications and also refine their profiles before the final selection process. The event will also see startups give a six minute pitch before a panel of judges.

Read more http://techcabal.com/2015/05/28/applications-deadline-for-2015-demo-africa-has-been-moved-to-june-30/

Eyes on the million dollar prize.

43North, part of New York State’s Buffalo billion initiative, has announced it has begun taking applications for its global business plan competition.

Applications for this year’s competition will end by June 24, 2015.

Read More http://techcabal.com/2015/06/03/43north-opens-applications-for-its-business-plan-competition/

Orange, a multinational telecommunication operator, has opened applications for its fifth Orange African Social Venture Prize. The company began accepting entries yesterday and applications will close on September 18, 2015, according to a news release on Orange’s website.

Read more here http://techcabal.com/2015/05/22/orange-opens-applications-for-the-2015-african-social-venture-prize/

seunope2004:
Hello Nigerians,

You may have great ideas that could be the next Giant Tech Start-Up in Africa, but access to funds, entrepreneurship mentoring from tested and proven tech development platform seeks to abort your dream at infancy. Ironically, there are a handful of seed funding & entrepreneurship mentoring for promising ideas that entrepreneurs can apply for.

Am currently hunting for funding, customer development and mentoring for our Start-Up; www.magbodo.com, with my search through the cyberspace i will post discovered funding and mentoring opportunities to facilitate our collective success in our entrepreneurship journey.

If you know of any similar opportunities for start-up please share on this thread.

caveat emptor: best use of opportunities can only be guaranteed if you apply!

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mintyx:


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Hey, thanks bro!
I developed the site with some friends using a css front end manager foundation 5 you can check it out http://foundation.zurb.com/

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Venture Capital for Africa [VC4A] covers some organization offering training, mentor ship and funding you can still apply for. Click link to get details

https://vc4africa.biz/partners/?limit=0&partner=program&orderby=application_date&list&utm_source=VC4Africa+Business+Journal&utm_campaign=74e11821aa-Weekly_Update_June_23th_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d95eac276c-74e11821aa-328362653

The Wennovation Hub Initiative
Entrepreneurs’ Hub – NigeriaCom Edition Event Schedule

*Application opens July 1, 2015 and closes August 12, 2015
*2 separate lists will be released on August 14, 2015:
*Top 5 entrepreneur / start-up for the “Pitch & Win” at NigeriaCom 2015
*Top 20 entrepreneur / start-up for the year-long Mentorship Program
*September 22, 2015; “Pitch & Win” Session for the Top 5 at the Entrepreneurs Hub, NigeriaCom 2015. Presentations are instantly judged by a panel of industry players and winner announced.
*Post September 22, 2015 – Top 20 Mentorship Program for 12 months by industry leaders
*November 17-19; Grand Finale of “Pitch & Win” at A-Hub, AfricaCom in November 2015

This looks nice...... read more here

http://wennovationhub.org/2015/06/24/wennovation-hub-partners-with-informa/#more-3082

Foot Print to Africa Market Place

Here is how it works:

If you have an ongoing business or business license looking for intra-African or foreign partners with funding, the right equipment or technical partners for joint ventures, OR

You are a manufacturer / manufacturer’s representative looking for a distributor, agent or partnership, OR

You are looking at expanding your business into the rapidly growing African market, then

POST your business to get connected to thousands of visitors daily or SEARCH the listings for new opportunities and initiate a new and profitable business relationship today. It’s fast, easy, simple and free. Log on to the Marketsquare now to get started

More details here http://footprint2africa.com/marketsquare/

The Wennovation Hub Initiative
Entrepreneurs’ Hub – NigeriaCom Edition Event Schedule

*Application opens July 1, 2015 and closes August 12, 2015

You can apply here http://wennovationhub.org/2015/07/02/apply/

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Get your business funded in under 24 hours at Deal Weekend Lagos

We guarantee that at least 1 investment will be made in 24 hours!

We are delighted to announce Deal Weekend Lagos, a 24 hour event in which startups will compete to receive equity investment of between $100k and $250k. We guarantee that at least one deal will be signed in the 24 hours.

Apply to participate on September 4th and 5th where you will meet the most respected investors in the ecosystem who have all built their own businesses and can give you their networks, expertise and funding.

www.440.ng

Apply here http://platform.88mph.ac/login

More details http://440.ng/433/get-your-business-funded-in-under-24-hours-at-deal-weekend-lagos/

seunope2004:
Get your business funded in under 24 hours at Deal Weekend Lagos

We guarantee that at least 1 investment will be made in 24 hours!

We are delighted to announce Deal Weekend Lagos, a 24 hour event in which startups will compete to receive equity investment of between $100k and $250k. We guarantee that at least one deal will be signed in the 24 hours.

Apply to participate on September 4th and 5th where you will meet the most respected investors in the ecosystem who have all built their own businesses and can give you their networks, expertise and funding.

www.440.ng

Apply here http://platform.88mph.ac/login

More details http://440.ng/433/get-your-business-funded-in-under-24-hours-at-deal-weekend-lagos/

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The Appsafrica.com Innovation Awards celebrate the enormous growth in mobile, technology and entrepreneurship in Africa. The awards strive to recognise the positive impact technology is having and to encourage future innovation in Africa.
Applications are welcome from innovations launched in at least one African market, regardless of where in the world the venture actually started. We believe innovation knows no borders.

read full story http://appsafrica.com/appsafrica-innovation-awards-2015/

Deadline
Applications are now open and the deadline for entry is midnight September 10th 2015.

Apply here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1itQ2dmS6ZXej04jZ8Ch8GnOF5hMsMEG8wyAujqDoBA8/viewform

God bless you for the wealth of information that you are dishing out for free.

Applications being accepted for Start Path Global


How to Apply to Start Path Global

Each quarter, MasterCard Start Path will recruit a new class of startups to embark on the six-month virtual programme. The call for applications to join the next class is open until September 18, 2015. To enter, visit: www.startpath.com. The programme is open to all non-US based startups who meet the following criteria:

*Solution live in market;
*Established and experienced team;
*Targeting sizeable market opportunity in the retail and financial technology space;
*Demonstrable unfair advantage over competitors;
*Seed or Series A investment recently secured.

Up to 18 promising startups will be invited to pitch their commerce solution to the MasterCard Start Path team in London on October 27 and 28, 2015

read full story here http://www.techcityng.com/applications-being-accepted-for-start-path-global/

A unique opportunity for Start-Ups!
In Africa as elsewhere, many young people aspire to start their own business and build a brighter future, which is why we’ve created the « Startupper of the year by Total » challenge.
Ideas deserve support, especially great ones. And promising ideas deserve a helping hand.

We Want You
Are you under 35 years old? Do you want to create a business or develop one that is less than two years old? Are you a citizen of one of these 34 African countries: Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia or Zimbabwe?* If so, this challenge is for you!

We’re interested in all your projects, regardless of the type of business or activity, as long as they share the characteristics common to creative start-ups: innovation, competitiveness, growth boosting and job creation.


Read the rules of engagement here https://startupper.total.com/en/challenges/startuppers/rules
Apply here https://startuppers.total.com/en/challenges/startuppers

Good luck guys...

seunope2004:
A unique opportunity for Start-Ups!
In Africa as elsewhere, many young people aspire to start their own business and build a brighter future, which is why we’ve created the « Startupper of the year by Total » challenge.
Ideas deserve support, especially great ones. And promising ideas deserve a helping hand.

We Want You
Are you under 35 years old? Do you want to create a business or develop one that is less than two years old? Are you a citizen of one of these 34 African countries: Algeria, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia or Zimbabwe?* If so, this challenge is for you!

We’re interested in all your projects, regardless of the type of business or activity, as long as they share the characteristics common to creative start-ups: innovation, competitiveness, growth boosting and job creation.


Read the rules of engagement here https://startupper.total.com/en/challenges/startuppers/rules
Apply here https://startuppers.total.com/en/challenges/startuppers

Good luck guys...

Thanks, do you have networks for Angel Investors?

Toby77:


Thanks, do you have networks for Angel Investors?

Nope! Just applying creative diligent approach to fine tune our startup [url]magbodo.com[/url] so that the value we offer to students and society can command cash and people to make project profitable

iDEA Incubator & Accelerator currently accepting applications

To all Entrepreneurs in Nigeria developing innovative tech solutions with a high commercial potential, we are accepting applications to our incubator and accelerator.

Business Incubation
We have opened up applications to our incubator program. The incubator supports early stage tech entrepreneurs for up to one year with infrastructure, mentorship, business advisory and professional services in order to help validate the market and build the right product. Apply here until December 18th 2015.
Apply to join the incubator http://apply.idea-nigeria.org/.

Business Acceleration
The iDEA Acceleration Program is a 14-week sprint consisting of 3 modules; Design, Build, Pitch, which gets startups to launch, grow market share, and raise funding. The program consists of 14 mentor-led sessions, one of which holds every week. Experienced mentors, who look to impart knowledge, share experience, facilitate access and drive business performance, lead the sessions. We rely on mentors who have achieved outstanding business performance in Nigeria, while leading large organizations or creating their own very successful businesses. We now rely on a pool of over 80 expert mentors.

The simple objective of the iDEA program is to let you focus on running your business better, while providing you with many resources to help you succeed faster. We take a 6% stake in startups accepted into the program, in exchange for the benefits of the program and 10,000 USD.
Apply to join the accelerator https://www.f6s.com/ideanigeria1/apply

Find out more about idea-Nigeria Here http://www.idea-nigeria.org
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