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Viva Technology 2025 AfricaTech Awards for African Innovators

Viva Technology 2025 AfricaTech Awards for African Innovators

This year, VivaTech organizes the fourth edition of the AfricaTech Awards.
This pan-African initiative recognizes and supports startups striving to make a positive impact in three important areas - GreenTech, HealthTech, and E-commerce / FinTech. Startups provide vital solutions to major global challenges and help foster sustainable development.

Despite increasing interest from investors, startups across the African continent often struggle to raise the capital necessary to scale their business. Through the AfricaTech Awards, VivaTech aims to create new opportunities for emerging startups in Africa.

The program provides privileged moments for networking and mentoring with the leaders in tech, major investors, policymakers, and institutions, promoting the brightest African innovators shaping the future.

About Viva Technology

Viva Technology is Europe's biggest startup and tech event.  The eighth edition will take place May 22-25, 2024, in Paris, at Expo Porte de Versailles. VivaTech accelerates innovation by connecting startups, tech leaders, major corporations and investors responding to our world’s biggest challenges.  This is where business meets innovation. VivaTech organizes Europe’s biggest technology and startup event each year, over four exciting days in Paris.  We unite the most disruptive topics in tech, rule-breaking entrepreneurs, and the world’s largest te... continue reading

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Viva Technology AfricaTech Awards

Application Deadline02 Mar 2025
Country to studyFrance
TypeContest
Course to studyView courses
SponsorViva Technology
GenderMen and Women

Aim and Benefits of Viva Technology AfricaTech Awards

TAKE PART IN VIVATECH 2025

  1. Invitation to the event (flight, booth and passes)
  2. Pitch your product on stage on the AfricaTech Lab
  3. Reward for the grand winner: pitch your solution during the grand Award ceremony on VivaTech main stage

MEET KEY PLAYERS TO SCALE YOUR BUSINESS

  1. Network with top corporate partners
  2. Pitch your startup to top VC funds
  3. Challenge your ideas with top other startups
  4. Mentoring from jury members

BENEFIT FROM MAXIMUM VISIBILITY

  1. Be showcased in an article on VivaTech website
  2. Be included in the VivaTech communication plan

Viva Technology AfricaTech Awards Courses


Requirements for Viva Technology AfricaTech Awards Qualification

  • Operating in Africa: Startups with headquarters in Africa

  • Having a solution or product addressing the African market

  • Have raised more than 150K USD

  • Must address one of the following themes: GreenTech, E-commerce, FinTech or Health Tech

Interview date, Process and Venue for Viva Technology AfricaTech Awards

  1. Innovation: Relevance and innovation level of the tech solution compared to existing alternatives (size, problem solved, technology used, protection of the innovation, etc.)

  2. Impact: Innovative product/solution addressing an important global challenge with a high social, economic, environmental, and gender impact.

  3. Scalability: Market sizing and scalability potential of the startup, track record of scaling (target addressable market, geographic ambition on the continent, clients targeted, etc.)

  4. Team Profile: Quality and size of the team (expertise, entrepreneurship background, academic background, number of employees, etc.)

  5. Business Model: Proven ability to monetize the business model and achieve sustainable operations with demonstrated traction and product-market fit (maturity of the startup, commercial traction, number of clients, annual global turnover growth, etc.).

Timeline

  • January 16: Launch of the Challenge
  • March 2: End of applications
  • April 14: Official announcement of the top 45
  • April 28: Official announcement of the top 9
  • June 11-14: Final on stage & Awards ceremony

     


Application Deadline

March 2, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Viva Technology on challenges.vivatechnology.com to apply

For more detials visit: Viva Technology website.

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