The Africa Finance & Investment Forum (AFIF) is an annual meeting for African SMEs, investors, financiers, market specialists and policy makers. As part of its yearly program, the event features the AFIF Entrepreneurship Award which provides an opportunity for startups based in Africa to win US$10,000.
The AFIF 2017 will be held in Nairobi for the first time and will gather over 300 decision makers linked to Africa’s financial services and SME sector. This edition will focus on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Access to Alternative Finance in key sectors such as energy, water, ICT, health and agriculture.
Just like previous years, The AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017 will be sponsored by Rabobank Foundation and the winner, an existing African small-medium business, will receive US$10,000 cash prize, yearlong media promotion and free participation in the AFIF 2017.
“The AFIF Entrepreneurship AWARD aims to spotlight leading innovation private sector projects happening today in Africa. This is the moment when entrepreneurs can showcase their remarkable achievements, where partners and participants get to know about outstanding projects which are pushing boundaries in their community and country and where other entrepreneurs can be inspired and receive much-needed know-how,” says Inês Bastos, Senior Project Manager at EMRC and head of AFIF 2017.
The application deadline is December 19th, 2016 and more information can be found here.
