The Call for Applications for the Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) is now officially open. If you are a tech start-up operating in the field of Mobility, Housing, or Fintech, you can apply to #SCIPAfrica accelerator.
SCIP aims at supporting 30 high-potential startups from Africa divided into 3 tracks: Smart Mobility, Smart Housing and Fintech for Affordability.
The startups will benefit from individual mentoring, training as well as intensive networking and matchmaking with international business partners and investors, including Volkswagen, Siemens and the African Business Angels Network (ABAN).
Startups will also be able to use Green City Kigali, Rwanda’s flagship smart city project, as a sandbox to test their solutions and enter the Rwandan market. To learn more about SCIP, visit www.scipafrica.com.
SCIP is a joint project of the Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation and the Tech-Entrepreneurship Initiative “Make IT in Africa”. Both initiatives are implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The implementation of SCIP is supported by Luvent Consulting, MEST and AfriLabs.
Who are we looking for?
The startups must have already launched their tech-enabled product or service on the African market and have customers. They should also have a high growth and job creation potential, as well as a positive social and/or environmental impact. Finally, startups from Rwanda and/or with female members in management are preferred at equal qualification.
When and where does SCIP take place?
SCIP is a 6-month remote accelerator running from June to December 2021. It will culminate with demo days organised in Kigali in the last week of September.
How to apply?
Submit your application form on www.scipafrica.com before the end of the Open Call on May 9th. If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to submit additional information about your start-up and participate in an interview.
