Africa Business Club IDEA Pitch Competition 2023 (up to $5,000 in prizes)
Closing date: 13 October 2023
Africa Business Club IDEA Pitch Competition 2023
Eligibility Requirements:
Participants will present their business ideas in the form of a business pitch, and to be eligible to participate, participants must meet the following criteria.
1. The business pitch must represent the original work of the team members. The author(s) shall retain all rights to the business pitch regarding its use prior to and following the competition. The business pitch must not contain any fabricated information about (but is not limited to) the background, experience, or education of the management team, the stage of product development, product performance claims, or market survey results.
2. The competition is open to African entrepreneurs based in Africa and black owned entrepreneurs based in the United States. This must apply to at least one member of the management team, but other people may be members of the management team and participate in planning the venture. A participant may submit only one business pitch to the competition.
3. The competition is for African entrepreneurs who created, managed, and owned ventures in Africa or black owned entrepreneurs in the United States. In other words, African entrepreneurs must have played a key role in creating the venture, have key management roles and own significant equity.
4. The competition is for new idea and business development, with the goal of helping businesses registered for at least 6months to access additional funding. Companies must be less than 5 years at the time of submitting their application.
5. The competition is an initiative for new and upcoming African entrepreneurs on the African continent. Teams should respect the rights of their opponents. The Africa Business Club. @Kelley (ABC @Kelley) reserves the right to disqualify teams who act unprofessionally.
Instructions:
Please answer the questions below in the appendix. You have flexibility in how you answer them, but please adhere to the page guidelines. Please give us enough information to understand your business, but please do not add filler material to fill the page.
Exhibits: you may provide exhibits (no more than 5 pages) within this document. You will NOT be evaluated on the content of the exhibits (or lack thereof); however, they may allow us to understand your pitch better. Financial statements are not required.
How to apply
One final note: if this is your first time doing something like this, don’t stress about it! We’ve tried to construct it in a way that is as painless as possible. If you need any help, feel free to contact us at: rnaba@iu.edu, kelleyafrica@gmail.com
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Closing date / deadline for applications is the 13th October 2023