First Thursdays: Financing Your Agribusiness
Application is open for the First Thursdays: Financing Your Agribusiness by Nourishing Africa. Join them on the first Thursday of each month for the peer-to-peer exchange of insights, build shared experiences with other entrepreneurs in the agri-food landscape, and discover new solutions to challenges /first-Thursdays. 2.4 Billion people will live on the African Continent. At the very minimum, if they spend $1 a day on food, this represents a $876 billion annual market. If they spend $10, this represents an $8.76 trillion annual market.
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Eligibility
- Agri-food entrepreneurs
Benefits
To drive the profitable and sustainable growth of the African agriculture and food landscapes by attracting, empowering, equipping, connecting, and celebrating over 1 Million dynamic and innovative young African agri-food entrepreneurs.
• Provide information and resources on the key financing options that entrepreneurs can explore to fund their agribusiness
• Educate agri-food entrepreneurs on the requirements, conditions, and expectations, and comparison between various financing options
• Provide insights on how best to approach funders and common mistakes to avoid when fundraising
• Share information about available financing opportunities at our partner’s organization, Sahel Capital (www.sefaafund.com), and how agribusinesses can access these opportunities.
The Nourishing Africa Hub serves as a platform for entrepreneurs to accelerate their work, connect with funders, markets, and talent, and celebrate their successes on the Continent. The portal includes information about data, funding, knowledge, e-learning, African food and chefs, career opportunities, and other resources to enable entrepreneurs to scale their impact.
Application process
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