Eligibility
To be eligible Startups must fulfill the following criteria:
Business sector
Your startup must offer a product or service for decentralized solar energy market in sub-Saharan Africa, such as:
- Energy productiun or distribution
- Storage systems
- Energy solutions or services for example for health, education, water, sanitation, consumption, mobility, agriculture, mobility
- Energy-efficient products and services
- Financing solutions
- Measuring and control systems
Type of product / service
Your business idea
- is a development of a new product or service with MVP (not just an idea), or
- an improvement of an existing product / service, or
- you introduce with your startup a known product / service into new markets
Location
Headquarters registered in sub-Saharan Africa
Majority of shares
African residents or Non-Africans living permanently in Africa
Independence
No branch or franchise of an international company
Experience
At least one of the founders already has at least 2 years of business experience
Status
Company registered, first customers existing and/or pilot project realised
Age of product/service
max. 8 years
Investment
The company did not yet receive > 500k euros from investors
