The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria is an enterprise development program initiated by Heifer International and implemented by Enactus Nigeria to identify, nurture, and support innovative, relevant and technology-driven agric-centric enterprises to grow, scale and thrive.
Benefits
Compete for a chance to win a share of $20,000 in the AYuTe Nigeria Challenge.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
✓ Be aged 18-35 by the closing day of submission to the AYuTe Nigeria challenge
✓ Be a youth with innovative ideas focusing on the agriculture sector.
✓ Have ideas that are proven to solve social problems and are implementable, technically feasible, economically sound (affordable), and environmentally smart (eco-friendly).
✓ Hold Nigerian nationality with official ID (national identity card, international passport, or permanent voters’ card).
✓ Produce financial statements for the venture.
✓ Be the founder or co-founder of the enterprise represented in the competition and play an active role in its operations and leadership.
✓ Have no criminal record related to corruption, tax evasion, financial impropriety, felony or other offences.
✓ Have the potential for partnership and collaboration with other actors/stakeholders.
The company must have:
✓ Been registered/incorporated with the relevant government agencies in Nigeria
✓ The ability to scale and impact a large number of smallholder farmers, including recorded evidence of demonstrated impact on smallholder farmers’ revenue and/or operations
✓ The potential for job creation and poverty reduction
✓ Alignment with relevant national policies and international treaties (e.g SDGs)
✓ An identifiable technological innovation that addresses the following problems for smallholder farmers:
- Smallholder farmer productivity
- Smallholder farmer income
- Labour intensiveness of operations
- Resilience
- Access to information
- Strong competitive advantage
Timeline of Event
The application period will run from 17 August to 16 September. In September 2022, the first stage of the challenge will identify the top-10 agritech innovators and the second stage will identify the top-5 agritech innovators. The top three enterprises will be awarded cash prizes at a pitch and awards ceremony in October 2022.
Deadline – September 16, 2022
