Nigerian Agri-Tech Start-ups Invited To Apply For Wennovation Hub Program
Wennovation Hub has opened up its FCMB Agri-Tech Incubation Program, to assist early-stage Agri-tech start-ups in Nigeria.
The Wennovation Hub program, in partnership with the bank, aims at innovators, developing a tech-based solution that would ensure food security in Nigeria.
This partnership would, also, see that, early-stage entrepreneurs, are guided, to test and validate their ideas, as well as, gather their first set of customers, or, pivot, if need be.
This is achieved, through a combination of financial support, training and guidance. Asides from these, the partnership, also, prepares these start-ups for acceleration.
Applications should focus on these problem statements:
– Input
– Production
– Processing and Storage
– Marketing and Sales
Timeline of the program
Internal sorting and selection of 20 applications will go through the immersion stage, on Monday, August 26, 2019.
An immersion exercise and reporting of the remaining applications, would take place on Monday, September 2, 2019.
On Monday, September 9, 2019, the design thinking approach, to problem-solving and social impact entrepreneurship boot camp and incubation will hold.
Agri-Conference, cum Demo Day, holds on Saturday, September 28, 2019, which is the final day of the event.
This will see, all successful start-ups taken, into a six-month post-boot camp after-care program.
Are you an Agri-tech start-up, at an MVP-stage, with some market validation, then, click here to apply.
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