Deadline: 5-Dec-21
The Deep Dive Africa, an initiative by Impact Hub and the Growth Africa Foundation, is back for a second year of connecting early-stage investors and African startups.
The program is funded by Make-IT in Africa, a project implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fu¨r Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Deep Dive Africa exists to drive investor interest from Europe – and at the same time, to prepare African ventures to receive (foreign) capital. In its first edition (2019), the program brought together nine investors from Europe for a startup ecosystem tour of Ghana and Nigeria to meet 25 selected startups. From measurement six months post-program, they learned that the initiative helped Nigerian and Ghanaian startups raise over 500.000 euros in pre-seed investment.
This year’s edition of Deep Dive Africa focuses on four locations, Accra, Lagos, Kigali and Nairobi. Investors will enjoy a tour of the startup ecosystem in each of these cities. A final 3-day virtual event, where investors and startups will connect, takes place from 23 to 25 February, 2022.
For the open call for both investors and startups as well as reports and insights on investing in Africa.
Eligibility Criteria
The Deep Dive Africa programme aims to connect 40 investment-ready startups from Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Kenya (10 per country) to investors from across the globe.
For more information, visit https://deepdive.africa/news/01.php