Deadline: 7 August 2017
The Embassy of France in South Africa and the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) are seeking applications for its Young Enterprise Initiative South Africa (YEI South Africa) programme that will focus on providing South African start-up companies with the opportunity to develop and grow their businesses in France.
The YEI South Africa programme will be implemented in parallel with similar programmes in South Korea, the USA, Taiwan and Italy. It provides an opportunity for selected start-up companies to participate in an acceleration programme within the French ecosystem.
The programme intends to provide market access opportunity for South African companies and endeavours to fulfill its strategic role as a Connector for South African companies to gain global markets access. The enabling environment will not only contribute to increased global competitiveness of the South African companies but also assist the French technical experts from a network of incubators to identify and nurture innovative technologies.
Benefits
The selected companies will:
- attend training sessions on how to do business in France,
- attend planned ad hoc B2B meetings with technical and business partners, and
- have access to support services over a one-year period to achieve their business and technical development objectives. The support will be provided after gap analysis has been identified.
Eligibility Criteria
- Clearly show and motivate potential for French and European markets,
- Applicants should be a South African registered company with Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) as an SMME in accordance with the SA Companies Act, 2008 categorisation,
- TIA supported company that has previously and or currently being funded and or supported through TIA programmes such as, the Youth Technology Innovation Programme (YTIP), SEED Fund Programme or Technology Stations and Innovation Skills Development Programme,
- The company may be in any industry or sector,
- The companies must be in early revenue stage or pre-commercialization stage.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply online via the given website.
Eligible Country: South Africa
For more information, please visit YEI South Africa.