Eligible Countries: sub-Saharan African countries
To be taken at (country): Nairobi & Switzerland
About the Award: The Swiss – Sub-Saharan business development program (SSABDP) aims to boost the entrepreneurial know-how and exposure of Sub-Saharan graduate students – entrepreneurs seeking growth opportunities by offering a unique program bringing entrepreneurs to innovation hotspot in Nairobi and Switzerland.
Offered free of charge to ambitious young entrepreneurs, this highly competitive program comprises a 3-days workshop for advanced innovation entrepreneurs, and for the top eight candidates, a 4 days intense business development Venture Leaders program in the Swiss startup and business ecosystem.
Type: Training, Entrepreneurship
Eligibility:
- Open to graduate students – entrepreneurs and startups from Sub-Saharan African innovation hubs, with a strong link to academia, developing products or services in the fields of mobile health, pharmacometrics, innovative financing and digital humanities/knowledge transfer.
- Your project or company must be based on research or technology developed at a local university/research institute.
Value of Award: The program is free of charge. Accommodation expenses on site in Nairobi are covered by the program. For the Swiss week, flights, transport and accommodation in Switzerland are also covered by the program.
Duration of Programme:
- Selection of participants: Nov 19th 2018
- Advanced entrepreneurs workshop in Nairobi : December 10th to 12th 2018
- Business development bootcamp in Switzerland
Spring 2019 (dates to be confirmed)
Visit Programme Webpage for Details
Award Providers:
- Venturelab
- Universität Basel
- AfriLabs
- SERI (Swiss Confoederation)
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