{"id":2966,"date":"2022-03-10T00:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T00:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2022-03-10T00:57:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T00:57:25","slug":"africatech-awards-to-spotlight-the-next-generation-of-african-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/03\/10\/africatech-awards-to-spotlight-the-next-generation-of-african-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"AfricaTech Awards to spotlight the next generation of African innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Viva Technology and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) today announced a call for applications for the first edition of the AfricaTech Awards, a pan-African initiative developed to recognize and support the most innovative and impactful tech start-ups across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Entrepreneurship has been a key driver of economic growth in Africa, promoting competitiveness and fostering job creation, particularly among young people. According to reports from Briter Bridges*, investment in African tech start-ups reached $4.9 billion in 2021, marking a significant increase from the $2.4 billion invested in 2020. Despite growing interest from investors, this is still a fraction compared to the funding that start-ups received in other parts of the world \u2013 for instance, in 2021, over $100 billion was invested in European start-ups and about $330 billion in start-ups in North America**. Moreover, a lack of infrastructure and inadequate regulations often present additional challenges to the scale-up of start-ups across Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is buzzing with innovative tech solutions that can help address climate change, promote food security, and expand financial inclusion,\u201d said Makhtar Diop, IFC&#8217;s Managing Director. \u201cYet over 80% of African start-ups report difficulties in accessing funding. Initiatives like the AfricaTech Awards, which bring together entrepreneurs, governments, and investors, are key to attracting the resources and support that tech start-ups need to scale their innovations across the continent and beyond.\u201d The AfricaTech Awards will recognize African start-ups that are driving innovation and development impact in three main sectors &#8211; climate tech, health tech, and fintech. Participating startups will have until March 25, 2022 to submit their applications. In May, with support from Viva Technology and IFC, a panel of industry experts from our knowledge partner Deloitte will pre-select the top 45 applicants. The final winners in each category will be announced during the 2022 edition of Viva Technology, taking place on June 15-18 in Paris and online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaTech Awards opens call for applications to recognize cutting-edge solutions in the climate tech, health tech, and fintech sectors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":2963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[7,26,22],"class_list":{"0":"post-2966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-technology","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-technology"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AfricaTech Awards to spotlight the next generation of African innovators - 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