The AFIDBA Accelerator Program is a free 6 months program, targeted at the scaling up of Inclusive and Digital Companies in Africa. AFIDBA is a support program dedicated to inclusive businesses in the acceleration phase and active in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Morocco, or Senegal. By inclusive we mean integrating into their model vulnerable populations with very low income, with little or no access to essential goods & services.

If you are a full-time Entrepreneur and your Business meets the criteria below, then apply today:

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BENEFITS

1. 6 months of intensive acceleration, funded by the AFD.
2. A collective and individual coaching program.
3. A €1,500 digital scholarship.
4. A project strengthened and ready to scale up.
5. A potential hybrid financing for your Business up to 15,000 EUROS (50% in grant, and 50% personal interest-free loan on trust).

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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Be of legal age (18 or over) on the date of the launch of the call for candidates.
• Be a citizen, resident, member of the African diaspora or integrate at least one African person (nationality or diaspora) into the founding team (with decision-making power over the strategies and operations of the company, as well as a substantial share of share capital);
• Carry out an active project in one of the four countries of intervention (at least), namely, Senegal, Morocco, Burkina Faso or Ghana;
• Be available (founder and his team) and physically present in the country to regularly follow the entire acceleration program;
• Be the bearer of an inclusive project (your business integrates the BoP population into your value chain as suppliers, distributors or customers).

SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection of winners is based on the following main criteria:

• Motivations of the entrepreneur
• The relevance of the team profile
• Inclusive nature of the company with social and/or environmental impact
• Viability and sustainability of the business
• The relevance of products/services
  

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The following criteria are valued:

• Digital dimension
• Pro gender dimension

SELECTION PROCESS

Step 1: Evaluation of the application files

Based on the above criteria, an initial pre-selection of 10 projects on average per country will be made by a first selection committee to be held before the end of February 2021. An email notification will be sent to applicants by the Incubators within eight (8) days of the written selection committee’s decision.

Step 2: Bootcamp and final selection

The shortlisted projects will then be further evaluated during a Bootcamp which will be held physically or digitally (in case of confinement measures). At the end of the five (5) weeks of Bootcamp, the Incubators will organize an oral selection committee made up of AFIDBA and external partners. Applicants must present their project in the form of a pitch to select the profiles most suited to the program. The degree of development of the entrepreneur between the start and the end of the Bootcamp is one of the
selection criteria of this oral selection committee.

Step 3: Integration into the acceleration program

The winners of the program will be informed by email notification with the incubation contract to be signed by the Incubator.

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