The GSMA AgriTech Accelerator commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is part of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation in Agriculture (i4Ag) and being carried out by the GSMA on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ).
This initiative aims to support and fast-track the growth of innovative, revenue-generating digital agriculture solutions that support the shared vision of improving smallholder farmers’:
Livelihoods
Financial inclusion
Climate resilience
Call for Applications
The GSMA will provide up to 10 selected applicants (cohort members) with technical assistance for a period of two years to support the scaling of digital agriculture solutions.
Benefits
Cohort members will benefit from a range of technical assistance tools, including targeted consulting from the GSMA team, user experience and product design/management support, farmer feedback surveys, access to GSMA events and insights and capacity building for investor readiness.
No direct grant funding will be provided to cohort members of the Accelerator.
Focus areas
Digital Advisory
Agri Digital Financial Services
Digital procurement
Agri e-commerce
Smart Farming
Sectors
Agribusiness, Agritech, Animal Farming, Crop Farming, Farm machinery, Fish Farming
Eligible Countries
Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Jordan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, Zambia
Eligibility Criteria
The Accelerator will select up to ten (10) digital agriculture solution providers who have deployed services aligned with the Accelerator’s objectives and meet the following eligibility requirements:
Demonstrate impact
Revenue generating entity
For Profit organization
Implementing country
Intellectual property
Inclusivity
Application Deadline – Feb 10, 2023
