Westerwelle Entrepreneurship Program is a 6-month programme for innovative tech startups in Rwanda and Tanzania. 30 selected startups will be provided with the right infrastructure, skills and networks to advance their tech solutions.
This program is supported by Make-IT in Africa, a project by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Program benefits:
• 6-month free access to workspace at the Westerwelle Startup Haus Kigali/Westerwelle Startup Haus Arusha
Access to Makerspace / digital fabrication lab and product development support
Business and leadership skills training with specialized experts
• Technical advisory support: legal, financial and digital marketing
Individual mentoring with investors, business leaders and industry experts
Online/offline meetups with peers and entrepreuneurial communities around the world
• Linkage with East African corporates, investors and other key players.
Important dates (all times in EAT):
• Application deadline: December 15th, 2022 at 11:59 pm EAT
• Online Info session 1: November 23rd, 2022 at 4:00pm EAT
• Online Info session 2: December 9th, 2022 at 4:00pm EAT
• Notification of selection: December 24th, 2022
• Program start: January 3rd, 2022
Please try to answer the questions as accurately as you can, it will take you approximately 20 minutes to fill out the form. We will only consider fully filled applications.