Deadline: 28-May-22
Seedstars has launched the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize – a program focused on the identification and technical support to socially-driven businesses on a mission to enhance the economic inclusion of migrants in the Middle East and Africa
Supporting startups that harness the positive benefits of migration and reduce the vulnerability of migrants by improving their livelihoods, contributing to their social and economic rights, and thereby reducing the pressure for irregular dangerous migration routes.
The Migration Entrepreneurship Prize is a program focused on the identification and technical support to socially-driven businesses on a mission to enhance the economic inclusion of migrants in the Middle East and Africa. Supporting startups that harness the positive benefits of migration and reduce the vulnerability of migrants by improving their livelihoods, contributing to their social and economic rights, and thereby reducing the pressure for irregular dangerous migration routes.
Benefits
- Seedstars IRP: Join the Seedstars Investment Readiness Program
- Seedstars World Competition: Be part of the Online Seedstars World Competition activities including educational program and access to Seedstars network.
- Visibility: Increased visibility and web presence via various media and social media channels.
Eligibility Criteria
- Middle East & Africa
- Startups tackling the positive benefits of migration and reducing the vulnerability of migrants;
- Social-driven businesses alleviating the pressure on populations along migration routes;
- Entrepreneurs proposing products/services targeting migrants directly.
- Tunisia
- Tunisia Migrants living in Tunisia – migrapreneurs who launch a business that targets migrants;
- Tunisians who have lived abroad and returned to Tunisia launching their business idea;
- Any innovative business having activities in Tunisia or being incorporated in Tunisia that has the potential of positively harnessing the benefits of migration.
For more information, visit https://www.seedstars.com/community/entrepreneurs/programs/the-migration-entrepreneurship-prize/